DTV News for 7-28-2005

[Lee Wood]

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 7-28-2005 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 521 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Proposed New DTV Tuner Mandate Schedule Will Raise TV Prices and Disrupt Market, Say CEA and CERC </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> New Burdens on Smaller Sets Would Penalize Lower Income Consumers </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Consumer Electronics Association / Business Wire via Yahoo News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB, CEA Assume Position on Tuners [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The consumer electronics industries and broadcasters lined up as expected on the issue of advancing the DTV tuner mandate deadline (the mandate upheld by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts when he was on the D.C. court of appeals, by the way). </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Kerry Urges Return of Analog Spectrum [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Sen. John Kerry weighed in Wednesday on how he thinks the 1996 Telecommunications Act should be revised, emphasizing the importance of reclaiming TV channels for advanced, including perhaps unlicensed, services. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Entravision Fined For Program Guide Snafu [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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