DTV News for 12-28-2002
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 9:06 am
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 12-28-2002 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,464 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Broadcasters Seek DTV-Simulcast Delay [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Commercial TV stations are looking for a way around a federal rule that requires simulcasting of some analog programming on their new digital-TV signals. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=110151&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDTV: Just Plug and Play [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and cable operators (in the guise of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association) have reached agreement on "plug-and-play" for digital TV sets, a move that will allow consumers, sometime in 2004, to buy DTV sets that will not require a cable set- top box to receive HDTV content via cable.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story_stocks&articleid=CA267917&display=sectionStory&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&pubdate=12/30/2002&STT=000&industryid=1024">www.broadcastingcable.com...tryid=1024</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HPA Retreat Gets New Venue [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Hollywood Post Alliance's annual Technology Retreat, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 in Palm Springs, Calif., will have a new home: the Palm Springs Marquis. The move is in response to the retreat's growing crowd, which made it an exception among industry events last year. Mark Schubin, who organizes the event, describes the retreat as an SMPTE conference combined with a circus.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story_stocks&articleid=CA267883&display=sectionStory&verticalid=311&industry=Technology&pubdate=12/30/2002&STT=000&industryid=1030">www.broadcastingcable.com...tryid=1030</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo) 2002 December 24 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm01992.html">www.digitaltelevision.com...01992.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> ATSC 'Standard' Newsletter - Issue 9, December 2002 [PDF File] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television Systems Committee)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.atsc.org/ATSC_Winter_2002.pdf">www.atsc.org/ATSC_Winter_2002.pdf</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDTV headaches: Stations' conversion complicated by costs, lukewarm demand </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Cincinnati, OH Business Courier)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2002/12/23/story6.html">cincinnati.bizjournals.co...tory6.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Thin is In </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Home Theater)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?257">hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?257</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Onkyo TX-SR800 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Home Theater)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?256">hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?256</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> November DTV Sales Pass Two Million Mark For 2002 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=751">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=751</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDNet Deals In HD With Paramount, Warner Bros. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=753">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=753</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> A Taste of HD </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=754">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=754</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Tandberg HD Encoder Deployed for Digital Dailies </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=756">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=756</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Grass Valley Scores $8M Production Deal with NEP Sharpshooters </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=762">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=762</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CBS, RCA Team Up For HD Football </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=757">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=757</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Six More Stations Cross The Digital Road </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=758">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=758</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Critics Fear Broadcast Flag Would Stomp on Consumer Rights </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Washington, DC Post) <br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42953-2002Dec27.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...Dec27.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> The FULL Story... No Digital TV for 7 Years [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Carlisle, Cumbria News and Star)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/helper_fullstory.asp?sid=13923">www.news-and-star.co.uk/h...?sid=13923</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,464 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Broadcasters Seek DTV-Simulcast Delay [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Commercial TV stations are looking for a way around a federal rule that requires simulcasting of some analog programming on their new digital-TV signals. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=110151&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDTV: Just Plug and Play [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and cable operators (in the guise of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association) have reached agreement on "plug-and-play" for digital TV sets, a move that will allow consumers, sometime in 2004, to buy DTV sets that will not require a cable set- top box to receive HDTV content via cable.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story_stocks&articleid=CA267917&display=sectionStory&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&pubdate=12/30/2002&STT=000&industryid=1024">www.broadcastingcable.com...tryid=1024</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HPA Retreat Gets New Venue [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Hollywood Post Alliance's annual Technology Retreat, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 in Palm Springs, Calif., will have a new home: the Palm Springs Marquis. The move is in response to the retreat's growing crowd, which made it an exception among industry events last year. Mark Schubin, who organizes the event, describes the retreat as an SMPTE conference combined with a circus.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=story_stocks&articleid=CA267883&display=sectionStory&verticalid=311&industry=Technology&pubdate=12/30/2002&STT=000&industryid=1030">www.broadcastingcable.com...tryid=1030</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo) 2002 December 24 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm01992.html">www.digitaltelevision.com...01992.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> ATSC 'Standard' Newsletter - Issue 9, December 2002 [PDF File] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television Systems Committee)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.atsc.org/ATSC_Winter_2002.pdf">www.atsc.org/ATSC_Winter_2002.pdf</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDTV headaches: Stations' conversion complicated by costs, lukewarm demand </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Cincinnati, OH Business Courier)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2002/12/23/story6.html">cincinnati.bizjournals.co...tory6.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Thin is In </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Home Theater)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?257">hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?257</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Onkyo TX-SR800 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Home Theater)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?256">hometheatermag.com/shownews.cgi?256</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> November DTV Sales Pass Two Million Mark For 2002 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=751">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=751</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> HDNet Deals In HD With Paramount, Warner Bros. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=753">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=753</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> A Taste of HD </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=754">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=754</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Tandberg HD Encoder Deployed for Digital Dailies </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=756">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=756</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Grass Valley Scores $8M Production Deal with NEP Sharpshooters </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=762">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=762</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CBS, RCA Team Up For HD Football </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=757">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=757</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Six More Stations Cross The Digital Road </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TV Technology)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=758">www.tvtechnology.com/dail...php?id=758</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Critics Fear Broadcast Flag Would Stomp on Consumer Rights </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Washington, DC Post) <br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42953-2002Dec27.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...Dec27.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> The FULL Story... No Digital TV for 7 Years [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Carlisle, Cumbria News and Star)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/helper_fullstory.asp?sid=13923">www.news-and-star.co.uk/h...?sid=13923</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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