DTV News for 4-7-2004

[Lee Wood]

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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 998 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Condoleezza Rice Testimony Will Broadcast Live on WHYY Digital TV, 91FM and WHYY.org </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Study Finds High-Definition TV Lacks Programming </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> HDTV service remains extremely limited in its reach, with only four countries offering the service beyond an experimental basis </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(RTO Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> High-Definition TV Services Finally Establish A Foothold </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Wide Screen Review)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 20 Stations Make Transition To DTV; 1,175 Local Stations Now In Digital </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Wide Screen Review)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Samsung unveils high quality image TVs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Reuters via Forbes / Times of India)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB 2004 Session to Focus on MPEG, Advanced Video Coding </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> As part of the NAB2004 New Media Professionals conference, the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) and The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) have organized a full-day session on Sunday, April 18, entitled "MPEG - Advanced Video Coding and Beyond." </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Videography)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB2004 Digital Cinema Summit to Feature SMPTE Technology Day </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB2004 Digital Cinema Summit to Feature SMPTE Technology Day </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> NAB and SMPTE join forces to produce weekend digital cinema technology sessions at NAB2004 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> BBC Technology to Talk DTV Conversion, More, at NAB 2004 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Executives from BBC Technology and the BBC partake in four presentations </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Professional)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Gefen Provides 3 Methods For Extending HD Video Systems </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Three new ways to extend HD video </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom)<br>
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