DTV News for 11-1-2003
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 11:10 am
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 11-1-2003 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,156 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital TV: A clear, fuzzy future </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Minneapolis, MN Star Tribune)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4187667.html">www.startribune.com/stori...87667.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Little To Fear From Broadcast Flags </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Forbes)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://forbes.com/home/2003/10/31/cx_ah_1031tentech.html">forbes.com/home/2003/10/3...ntech.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Too Much of a Good Thing? [Paid Subscription Required] [Editorial] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> I feel a bit like Henny Penny declaring that the sky is falling. But digital must-carry may not be the panacea that many broadcasters think it is. Let me explain. The FCC gave each TV station a second channel to make a smooth transition from analog to digital. Stations would operate in both modes for a number of years before finally giving up the analog channel.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333172&verticalid=311&industry=Editorials&industryid=1034&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Getting Set for HDTV [Paid Subscription Required] [Opinion] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The television has certainly come a long way. Dial back to 1922, when Charles Francis Jenkins was the first American to demonstrate TV technology by broadcasting still pictures. To follow was the first generation of television sets. These sets had a small motor with a spinning disc and neon lamp working together to provide a blurry, reddish-orange picture about half the size of a business card!...... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332984&verticalid=316&industry=Opinion&industryid=21962&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Court Upholds FCC Tuner Mandate [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> FCC chief Michael Powell's drive to muscle through the digital-TV transition scored a big legal victory last week when federal judges upheld the requirement that TV manufacturers install DTV tuners in most sets. In sustaining the 2002 FCC decision, the judges ruled that potential gains from speeding the DTV transition outweighed the burden imposed on manufacturers and consumers.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333174&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&industryid=1024&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Court Backs DTV Tuners Mandate [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Broadcasters scored a legal victory last Tuesday when a federal court upheld rules requiring television makers to gradually include off-air digital tuners in nearly all new sets, under a timetable that begins next year. The National Association of Broadcasters lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a tuner mandate, saying it would expedite the transition from analog to digital TV.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332999&verticalid=316&industry=Policy&industryid=1078&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> PHILA & DFAST: Two Licenses That Have Wide Impact [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> We interrupt the ongoing translations of the plug-and-play agreement, related Federal Communications Commission rules, down-rez and selectable output controls to delve into the wonkery of security licenses. From a technology standpoint, the starting point for this discussion is at the corner of "CableCARD" and "host device," like a TV outfitted with a CableCARD slot.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332982&verticalid=316&industry=Broadband+Week&industryid=1071&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Adelphia to begin HD format </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Buffalo, NY News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20031101/1040313.asp">www.buffalonews.com/edito...040313.asp</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Dolan: Voom Working Against the Odds [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cablevision Systems chairman Chuck Dolan was far from defensive in addressing the criticism leveled at his start-up DBS service, Voom. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332789&display=Breaking+News">www.broadcastingcable.com...aking+News</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Dolan Defends Voom DBS Service [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Most executives would get fairly agitated in the face of Wall Street's crescendo of yowls over Cablevision Systems' Voom DBS plan. Despite his enthusiasm for the venture, though, Cablevision Chairman Chuck Dolan is anything but defensive, saying he understands investors' frustration. Dolan addressed the criticism of Voom a week after restructuring the planned spinoff of the venture to sharehold...... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333145&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&industryid=1024&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Westinghouse Brand To Emerge On LCD TVs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> City of Industry, Calif.
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,156 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital TV: A clear, fuzzy future </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Minneapolis, MN Star Tribune)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4187667.html">www.startribune.com/stori...87667.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Little To Fear From Broadcast Flags </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Forbes)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://forbes.com/home/2003/10/31/cx_ah_1031tentech.html">forbes.com/home/2003/10/3...ntech.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Too Much of a Good Thing? [Paid Subscription Required] [Editorial] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> I feel a bit like Henny Penny declaring that the sky is falling. But digital must-carry may not be the panacea that many broadcasters think it is. Let me explain. The FCC gave each TV station a second channel to make a smooth transition from analog to digital. Stations would operate in both modes for a number of years before finally giving up the analog channel.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333172&verticalid=311&industry=Editorials&industryid=1034&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Getting Set for HDTV [Paid Subscription Required] [Opinion] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The television has certainly come a long way. Dial back to 1922, when Charles Francis Jenkins was the first American to demonstrate TV technology by broadcasting still pictures. To follow was the first generation of television sets. These sets had a small motor with a spinning disc and neon lamp working together to provide a blurry, reddish-orange picture about half the size of a business card!...... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332984&verticalid=316&industry=Opinion&industryid=21962&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Court Upholds FCC Tuner Mandate [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> FCC chief Michael Powell's drive to muscle through the digital-TV transition scored a big legal victory last week when federal judges upheld the requirement that TV manufacturers install DTV tuners in most sets. In sustaining the 2002 FCC decision, the judges ruled that potential gains from speeding the DTV transition outweighed the burden imposed on manufacturers and consumers.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333174&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&industryid=1024&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Court Backs DTV Tuners Mandate [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Broadcasters scored a legal victory last Tuesday when a federal court upheld rules requiring television makers to gradually include off-air digital tuners in nearly all new sets, under a timetable that begins next year. The National Association of Broadcasters lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a tuner mandate, saying it would expedite the transition from analog to digital TV.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332999&verticalid=316&industry=Policy&industryid=1078&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> PHILA & DFAST: Two Licenses That Have Wide Impact [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> We interrupt the ongoing translations of the plug-and-play agreement, related Federal Communications Commission rules, down-rez and selectable output controls to delve into the wonkery of security licenses. From a technology standpoint, the starting point for this discussion is at the corner of "CableCARD" and "host device," like a TV outfitted with a CableCARD slot.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332982&verticalid=316&industry=Broadband+Week&industryid=1071&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.multichannel.com/inde...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Adelphia to begin HD format </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Buffalo, NY News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20031101/1040313.asp">www.buffalonews.com/edito...040313.asp</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Dolan: Voom Working Against the Odds [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cablevision Systems chairman Chuck Dolan was far from defensive in addressing the criticism leveled at his start-up DBS service, Voom. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA332789&display=Breaking+News">www.broadcastingcable.com...aking+News</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Dolan Defends Voom DBS Service [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Most executives would get fairly agitated in the face of Wall Street's crescendo of yowls over Cablevision Systems' Voom DBS plan. Despite his enthusiasm for the venture, though, Cablevision Chairman Chuck Dolan is anything but defensive, saying he understands investors' frustration. Dolan addressed the criticism of Voom a week after restructuring the planned spinoff of the venture to sharehold...... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA333145&verticalid=311&industry=Top+of+the+Week&industryid=1024&pubdate=11/03/2003">www.broadcastingcable.com...11/03/2003</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Westinghouse Brand To Emerge On LCD TVs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> City of Industry, Calif.