DTV News for 7-19-2005

530 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting



NAB agrees to 2009 DTV deadline

A show of bipartisan support for a Jan. 1, 2009 analog shutoff date is sure to be ratified in Congress.

(Broadcast Engineering)

broadcastengineering.com/...20050717/#





What happens to TV spectrum after the return?

Public safety officials will need at least three years after the spectrum is returned to use it effectively.

(Broadcast Engineering)

broadcastengineering.com/.../#spectrum





Cox Inks Pair of Retrans Pacts

Cox Communications has reached retransmission-consent deals with Clear Channel Communications and Raycom Media.

(Multichannel News)

www.multichannel.com/arti...erral=SUPP



Clear Channel inks TV broadcast-rights pact with Cox

San Antonio-based Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) will provide analog and digital carriage rights to Cox for two NBC stations, two CBS stations, one ABC station, four Fox stations and five UPN stations.

(San Antonio, TX Business Journal)

www.bizjournals.com/indus...aily1.html



Bucs Go High Def

WFLA-TV will telecast Tampa Bay’s 2005 preseason games in high definition television (HDTV), offering Buccaneer fans an unparalleled viewing option

(Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

www.buccaneers.com/news/n...ewsid=4573



Experience KRIS-TV in High Definition

(KRIS-TV Corpus Christi, TX)

www.kristv.com/Global/sto...?S=2064095





Upcoming DisplaySearch Conference to Assess Regional HDTV Market Outlook: North America Had Highest HDTV Penetration in Q1'05 at 26%

(Business Wire via Yahoo News)

biz.yahoo.com/bw/050718/185525.html?.v=1



Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch LCD Display

Big, wide flat panel offers exquisite output, low price, unique features

(Digital Video Editing)

www.digitalvideoediting.c...inter=true



JVC Reaffirms ATI's Digital TV Technology Leadership

High-Definition Displays Feature ATI's High Quality, Cost-Efficient Digital Reception Solutions

(Business Wire / Yahoo News)

home.businesswire.com/por...ewsLang=en

biz.yahoo.com/bw/050719/195125.html?.v=1



Matsushita says plasma TV sales above target

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said on Tuesday that global demand for plasma televisions and the profitability of the firm's plasma business were running above target, a positive sign for its quarterly earnings report due next week.

(Reuters)

today.reuters.com/news/Ne...ITA-DC.XML





Miranda expands HD product line

The company will debut HDV interfacing, channel branding processors and new monitoring and control systems at IBC2005.

(Broadcast Engineering)

broadcastengineering.com/...8/#miranda





Joint Patent License For ATSC Digital TV Tech Makes Progress

MPEG LA Holds First Patent Holders Meeting

(Business Wire via Yahoo News / Denver dBusiness News)

au.biz.yahoo.com/050719/17/64qf.html

denver.dbusinessnews.com/...wsid=35937





Sky launches HD site for consumers [UK]

(Digital TV Group)

griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/n...93&id=1018



Digital TV Switchover Becomes Big Business [UK]

Media contracts worth £18m per-year offered ahead of 2012 switch-off

(eGov Monitor)

www.egovmonitor.com/node/1973



Launch of world-first high power DVB-H trial [Australia]

(Digital Broadcasting Australia)

www.dba.org.au/index.asp?...newsID=704