DTV News for 1-21-2004

[Lee Wood]

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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,075 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> ABC News to Broadcast State of the Union in HD </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> ABC News plans to broadcast the State of the Union address tonight in high-definition for the first time. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TelevisionWeek)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Presidential Address in High-Def [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> ABC News is scheduled to produce tonight's State of the Union address by President Bush in HDTV, share the feed with CBS, NBC and Fox, and also make it available to other domestic and international broadcasters and satellite channels. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Magna Global Sees Ad Upside in Digital Must-Carry [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Brian Wieser, director of industry analysis for Magna Global, predicts ad agencies will have a bunch of new opportunities if broadcasters get multicasting must-carry. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NBC: Multicasting Might Fly Even Without Must-Carry [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> NBC and members of its affiliate board questioned how viable their business plan of jointly producing digital-TV channels will be if cable systems aren't required to carry them. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NBC Execs, Affils Discuss Varied Topics </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Digital must-carry and network-local partnerships, the transition from Tom Brokaw to Brian Williams as "NBC Nightly News" anchor and this year's Summer Olympics in Athens were among the topics discussed in a meeting of the NBC affiliates advisory board and NBC executives in Las Vegas over the weekend. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TelevisionWeek)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> ATSC Publishes Update of