DTV News for 4-6-2004
999 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
Shapiro To DTV Summit: The Future Is Here
WASHINGTON— "The future has arrived" for digital television (DTV), declared CEA president Gary Shapiro in kicking off the ninth annual DTV Summit here by announcing more than 9 million DTV products are now seated in U.S. homes. Consumer enthusiasm for digital television products is so strong that the CEA has upwardly revised its sales projections for the next several years, Shapiro announ......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
Transitions, Perceptions
A couple of weeks ago, I got up far too early and couldn't get back to sleep. I turned the TV on and caught the 1957 comedy, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" It starred a young Tony Randall as a junior executive at a major ad agency. His mission was to get a major movie star, played in breathy splendor by Jayne Mansfield, to endorse a client's brand of lipstick....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
Mark's Monday Memo - 2004 April 5
(Digital Television)
www.digitaltelevision.com...02128.html
TV Guide Prepares For Next DTV Wave
NEW YORK— Having accomplished most of its goals in 2003, Gemstar's TV Guide Consumer Electronics unit has stepped up its efforts in 2004 to have its subscription-free interactive program guide system implemented in all U.S. digital television sets and most digital recording devices, while expanding its share of international markets....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
SHVIA Debate Over Distant DTV Signals Intensifies
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=389
Nashville Public TV Uses DTV to Provide Emergency Services
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=394
Big Changes Coming With Digital TV
New Technology Mandated By FCC
(WCAU-TV hiladelphia, PA)
www.nbc10.com/consumerale...etail.html
For TV Stars, High Def Is Dicey
(Time Magazine)
www.time.com/time/magazin...13,00.html
Former WPIX Exec to Head up Metropolitan TV Alliance
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=395
Electronics Makers, Holders Of Copyright Fight Over 'Fair Use'
(Investor's Business Daily)
www.investors.com/editori....asp?v=4/6
CEA Holds Digital TV Awards
(Electronic House)
www.electronichouse.com/d...odeId=1974
TWICE Among DTV Academy Award Winners
WASHINGTON— TWICE was among the award winners during the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers (DTV Academy) Awards that were presented on March 22 during the Consumer Electronics Association's ninth annual HDTV Summit. The annual DTV Awards are independently voted on and bestowed by the DTV Academy for excellence in all aspects of digital content development and delivery, analog-to-digi......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
ESPN and Adelphia Sign ESPN Broadband, ESPN Deportes and ESPN HD Distribution Agreements
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
ESPN Inks HD, Broadband Pact with Adelphia [Paid Subscription Required]
Adelphia Communications has signed a deal for carriage of ESPN HD, ESPN Broadband and ESPN Deportes.
(Multichannel News)
www.multichannel.com/arti...aking+News
Deep Cover
Three HT editors don their consumer personas to find out how much the average mass-market salesperson really knows about today's most popular technologies.
(Home Theater Magazine)
www.hometheatermag.com/bootcamp/404deep/
Hitachi Forecasts Bullish Year For Plasma, Projection TV
YOKOHAMA, Japan— 2004 will be a breakout year for both plasma television and microdisplay-based rear-projection TV, according to U.S. market forecasts issued to reporters touring Hitachi's manufacturing facilities here. Hitachi Home Electronics marketing VP Leo Delaney added that significant strength would also continue to come from the traditional CRT-based projection TV market and direc......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
DisplaySearch US FPD Conference Attracts Record Number of Attendees
FPD Market Upgraded with Component Shortages a Concern
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
Flat with a View
(ExtremeTech)
www.extremetech.com/artic...X1K0000532
Accessories Should Complete HDTV Retail Sales
With HDTV sales gaining momentum, adding high-margin accessories to the sale of an HDTV set is now a necessity for consumers as well as retailers. Accessories are a key to providing consumers with the maximum HDTV viewing experience and increasing satisfaction. The HDTV market has created new opportunities to add to each customer's total sale, therefore increasing the retailer's profitability....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
HE2004 Returns To NYC In May
NEW YORK— The Home Entertainment Show (HE2004) returns to the Big Apple showcasing a wide variety of consumer electronics and digital imaging products from May 20 to 23 at the Hilton New York hotel. The Hilton, site of the 2001 and 2002 shows, is expected to greet 15,000 attendees. The first day of the show is reserved for members of the trade and the press, while consumers will have the ......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
AI Installs High Power MSDC IOT Analog Transmitter at WNUV
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=398
BBC Technology Presents at the NAB 2004 Conference
Executives from BBC Technology and the BBC partake in four presentations: digital conversion, a case study on ESPN; digital TV implementations; Freeview coding and compression technologies; and a market analysis of personal video recorders
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
Oregon Public Broadcasting Makes Transition to HD with Fujinon Studio Lenses
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Profesional / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...sti3jq.htm
www.dtvprofessional.com/2...sti3jq.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...sti3jq.htm
Leitch Announces VelocityHD
New high-definition video NLE set to debut at NAB 2004
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Profesional / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...1ok5no.htm
www.dtvprofessional.com/2...1ok5no.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...1ok5no.htm
Leitch Takes Non-Linear Editing Performance "Higher" With VelocityHD
Leitch Technology announced VelocityHD, a format-flexible non-linear editing system that brings the power of Leitch's Velocity non-linear editing line to the realm of high-definition video.
(Videography)
www.uemedia.net/CPC/video...7564.shtml
Snell & Wilcox Announces New High Definition Compression Pre- Processor
Pre-Processor Frees Up Bandwidth While Improving Picture Quality
(Broadcast Newsroom / Digital Video Editing / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...4z0wfm.htm
www.digitalvideoediting.c...4z0wfm.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...4z0wfm.htm
Snell & Wilcox Intros New HD Compression Pre-Processor
Snell & Wilcox announced the introduction of the CPP1000 Prefix-HD, a new multi-standard high-definition compression pre-processor that provides the dual benefits of improved picture quality for viewers and lower bandwidth usage for cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV
(Videography)
www.uemedia.net/CPC/video...7555.shtml
Survey: British Citizens Do Not Understand DTV Switchover [UK]
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=396
Driving Digital Switchover [UK]
A report to the Secretary of State
(Ofcom)
www.ofcom.org.uk/research/dso_report/
The case for switchover [UK]
"Digital switchover [is] of benefit to both individual consumers and the economy as a whole." This is the powerful conclusion of Ofcom's first report on progress towards digital switchover.
(Digital Television Group)
www.dtg.org.uk/latest/lat...itchco.htm
Ofcom wants action on digital TV switchover [UK]
Ofcom appears to have put back the target for digital TV switchover by a year after urging the Government to move from planning to implementation in the drive to turn off the analogue signal.
(netimperative)
www.netimperative.com/cmn...0000064041
Ofcom urges gov to act on digital TV switchover [UK]
(Register)
www.theregister.co.uk/200...witchover/
Ofcom: UK needs 'certainty' on switchover [UK]
TV regulator Ofcom says that the government needs to provide "greater certainty" over the timing for digital switchover.
(Digital Spy)
www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...14123.html
Ofcom: free satellite TV could be the answer to digital switchover [UK]
(Advanced Television)
www.advanced-television.c...l#ofcomsat
Viewers need incentives to go for digital TV [UK]
(Financial Times)
news.ft.com/servlet/Conte...2571727143
BBC launches new digital push [UK]
The "digital monkeys" return for a new series of adverts aimed at analogue viewers yet to convert to digital.
(Digital Spy)
www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...14131.html
Japan Adopts Technology to Block DTV Program Duplication [Japan]
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=397
Widescreen/HD program schedule [Australia]
(Updated 6 April 2004)
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
www.widescreentv.info/program.html
BCL covers the rugged bits to finish its digital upgrade [New Zealand]
(New Zealand Herald)
www.nzherald.co.nz/storyd...unications
999 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
Shapiro To DTV Summit: The Future Is Here
WASHINGTON— "The future has arrived" for digital television (DTV), declared CEA president Gary Shapiro in kicking off the ninth annual DTV Summit here by announcing more than 9 million DTV products are now seated in U.S. homes. Consumer enthusiasm for digital television products is so strong that the CEA has upwardly revised its sales projections for the next several years, Shapiro announ......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
Transitions, Perceptions
A couple of weeks ago, I got up far too early and couldn't get back to sleep. I turned the TV on and caught the 1957 comedy, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" It starred a young Tony Randall as a junior executive at a major ad agency. His mission was to get a major movie star, played in breathy splendor by Jayne Mansfield, to endorse a client's brand of lipstick....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
Mark's Monday Memo - 2004 April 5
(Digital Television)
www.digitaltelevision.com...02128.html
TV Guide Prepares For Next DTV Wave
NEW YORK— Having accomplished most of its goals in 2003, Gemstar's TV Guide Consumer Electronics unit has stepped up its efforts in 2004 to have its subscription-free interactive program guide system implemented in all U.S. digital television sets and most digital recording devices, while expanding its share of international markets....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
SHVIA Debate Over Distant DTV Signals Intensifies
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=389
Nashville Public TV Uses DTV to Provide Emergency Services
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=394
Big Changes Coming With Digital TV
New Technology Mandated By FCC
(WCAU-TV hiladelphia, PA)
www.nbc10.com/consumerale...etail.html
For TV Stars, High Def Is Dicey
(Time Magazine)
www.time.com/time/magazin...13,00.html
Former WPIX Exec to Head up Metropolitan TV Alliance
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=395
Electronics Makers, Holders Of Copyright Fight Over 'Fair Use'
(Investor's Business Daily)
www.investors.com/editori....asp?v=4/6
CEA Holds Digital TV Awards
(Electronic House)
www.electronichouse.com/d...odeId=1974
TWICE Among DTV Academy Award Winners
WASHINGTON— TWICE was among the award winners during the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers (DTV Academy) Awards that were presented on March 22 during the Consumer Electronics Association's ninth annual HDTV Summit. The annual DTV Awards are independently voted on and bestowed by the DTV Academy for excellence in all aspects of digital content development and delivery, analog-to-digi......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
ESPN and Adelphia Sign ESPN Broadband, ESPN Deportes and ESPN HD Distribution Agreements
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
ESPN Inks HD, Broadband Pact with Adelphia [Paid Subscription Required]
Adelphia Communications has signed a deal for carriage of ESPN HD, ESPN Broadband and ESPN Deportes.
(Multichannel News)
www.multichannel.com/arti...aking+News
Deep Cover
Three HT editors don their consumer personas to find out how much the average mass-market salesperson really knows about today's most popular technologies.
(Home Theater Magazine)
www.hometheatermag.com/bootcamp/404deep/
Hitachi Forecasts Bullish Year For Plasma, Projection TV
YOKOHAMA, Japan— 2004 will be a breakout year for both plasma television and microdisplay-based rear-projection TV, according to U.S. market forecasts issued to reporters touring Hitachi's manufacturing facilities here. Hitachi Home Electronics marketing VP Leo Delaney added that significant strength would also continue to come from the traditional CRT-based projection TV market and direc......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
DisplaySearch US FPD Conference Attracts Record Number of Attendees
FPD Market Upgraded with Component Shortages a Concern
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
Flat with a View
(ExtremeTech)
www.extremetech.com/artic...X1K0000532
Accessories Should Complete HDTV Retail Sales
With HDTV sales gaining momentum, adding high-margin accessories to the sale of an HDTV set is now a necessity for consumers as well as retailers. Accessories are a key to providing consumers with the maximum HDTV viewing experience and increasing satisfaction. The HDTV market has created new opportunities to add to each customer's total sale, therefore increasing the retailer's profitability....
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
HE2004 Returns To NYC In May
NEW YORK— The Home Entertainment Show (HE2004) returns to the Big Apple showcasing a wide variety of consumer electronics and digital imaging products from May 20 to 23 at the Hilton New York hotel. The Hilton, site of the 2001 and 2002 shows, is expected to greet 15,000 attendees. The first day of the show is reserved for members of the trade and the press, while consumers will have the ......
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
www.twice.com/article/CA4...04/05/2004
AI Installs High Power MSDC IOT Analog Transmitter at WNUV
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=398
BBC Technology Presents at the NAB 2004 Conference
Executives from BBC Technology and the BBC partake in four presentations: digital conversion, a case study on ESPN; digital TV implementations; Freeview coding and compression technologies; and a market analysis of personal video recorders
(Business Wire)
home.businesswire.com/por...=news_view
Oregon Public Broadcasting Makes Transition to HD with Fujinon Studio Lenses
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Profesional / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...sti3jq.htm
www.dtvprofessional.com/2...sti3jq.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...sti3jq.htm
Leitch Announces VelocityHD
New high-definition video NLE set to debut at NAB 2004
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Profesional / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...1ok5no.htm
www.dtvprofessional.com/2...1ok5no.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...1ok5no.htm
Leitch Takes Non-Linear Editing Performance "Higher" With VelocityHD
Leitch Technology announced VelocityHD, a format-flexible non-linear editing system that brings the power of Leitch's Velocity non-linear editing line to the realm of high-definition video.
(Videography)
www.uemedia.net/CPC/video...7564.shtml
Snell & Wilcox Announces New High Definition Compression Pre- Processor
Pre-Processor Frees Up Bandwidth While Improving Picture Quality
(Broadcast Newsroom / Digital Video Editing / HDTV Buyer)
www.broadcastnewsroom.com...4z0wfm.htm
www.digitalvideoediting.c...4z0wfm.htm
www.hdtvbuyer.com/2004/04...4z0wfm.htm
Snell & Wilcox Intros New HD Compression Pre-Processor
Snell & Wilcox announced the introduction of the CPP1000 Prefix-HD, a new multi-standard high-definition compression pre-processor that provides the dual benefits of improved picture quality for viewers and lower bandwidth usage for cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV
(Videography)
www.uemedia.net/CPC/video...7555.shtml
Survey: British Citizens Do Not Understand DTV Switchover [UK]
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=396
Driving Digital Switchover [UK]
A report to the Secretary of State
(Ofcom)
www.ofcom.org.uk/research/dso_report/
The case for switchover [UK]
"Digital switchover [is] of benefit to both individual consumers and the economy as a whole." This is the powerful conclusion of Ofcom's first report on progress towards digital switchover.
(Digital Television Group)
www.dtg.org.uk/latest/lat...itchco.htm
Ofcom wants action on digital TV switchover [UK]
Ofcom appears to have put back the target for digital TV switchover by a year after urging the Government to move from planning to implementation in the drive to turn off the analogue signal.
(netimperative)
www.netimperative.com/cmn...0000064041
Ofcom urges gov to act on digital TV switchover [UK]
(Register)
www.theregister.co.uk/200...witchover/
Ofcom: UK needs 'certainty' on switchover [UK]
TV regulator Ofcom says that the government needs to provide "greater certainty" over the timing for digital switchover.
(Digital Spy)
www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...14123.html
Ofcom: free satellite TV could be the answer to digital switchover [UK]
(Advanced Television)
www.advanced-television.c...l#ofcomsat
Viewers need incentives to go for digital TV [UK]
(Financial Times)
news.ft.com/servlet/Conte...2571727143
BBC launches new digital push [UK]
The "digital monkeys" return for a new series of adverts aimed at analogue viewers yet to convert to digital.
(Digital Spy)
www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...14131.html
Japan Adopts Technology to Block DTV Program Duplication [Japan]
(TV Technology)
www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=397
Widescreen/HD program schedule [Australia]
(Updated 6 April 2004)
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
www.widescreentv.info/program.html
BCL covers the rugged bits to finish its digital upgrade [New Zealand]
(New Zealand Herald)
www.nzherald.co.nz/storyd...unications
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