DTV News for 8-15-2005
503 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Letterman's Pet Tricks To Go HD
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2005-08-14-flat-screens_x.htm

Fox plans new HDTV channels
The network is pushing both cable and satellite operators to carry the new channels.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20050814/#Fox

Streaming HD broadband Olympics
(Telecom Asia)
http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=173988

Letter: HD TV view losing favorite Boston stations
(Mansfield, MA News)
http://www2.townonline.com/mansfield/opinion/view.bg?articleid=305112


Utopia Theater: Get It While the Gettin's Good
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/michaelfremer/805mf/

Flat-screen TV prices finally coming down
(Associated Press via Wilkes-Barre, PA Times Leader)
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/business/12387830.htm

Tube TVs refuse to cease, get slim
(Associated Press via Monterey, CA Monterey County Herald)
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/business/12387222.htm

Rest in peace, cathode ray
Supply meeting demand as prices for flat-screens drop 35% in year
(Associated Press via USA Today / Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2005-08-14-flat-screens_x.htm
http://www.desertsunonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050815/BUSINESS/508150323/1003

Koreans seek to slow demise of TV’s dominant technology
(San Mateo, CA Daily Journal)
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=47492


HD DVD may not gain holiday advantage
Hollywood's motion picture studios are no longer planning to use the coming holiday as a launch date for the next generation high-definition DVD.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20050814/#HD

Snaring Fox, the Blu-ray Group launches new DVD security features
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20050814/#Snaring


Wohler to Show 15 New HD Monitoring Products at IBC
New Products Provide Versatility and Convenience in the HD Transition
(Broadcast Newsroom / HD Issues / HDTV Buyer)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34075&afterinter=true
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34075
http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34075

Wohler Provides Versatility and Convenience with 15 New HD Monitoring Products
Wohler’s already extensive range of products now includes a fast growing HD range of audio and video products.
(Kensei News & Information Services)
http://www.kensei-news.com/cetc/publish/broadcast/article_31847.shtml

Professional Broadcast HD Test Signal Generator from Wohler Technologies
The World's Smallest professional Broadcast HD test signal generator from Wohler Technologies is experiencing record success from online website sales at www.wohler.com
(Kensei News & Information Services)
http://www.kensei-news.com/cetc/publish/broadcast/article_31843.shtml


PanAmSat Launches Satellite to Expand Largest US Cable Television Fleet Providing HDTV, IPTV and VOD Services
Latest Launch is Second PanAmSat Spacecraft to Back-up US Fleet Delivering Highest Reliability in Satellite Industry
(PR Newswire via Yahoo News / SpaceRef)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050813/nysa013.html?.v=14
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17620


Govt may delay analog TV switch off [Australia]
(Melbourne Age)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-may-delay-analog-TV-switch-off/2005/08/14/1123957935158.html?oneclick=true

Low digital take-up to keep analog on [Australia]
(Melbourne Herald Sun)
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16257199%255E31037,00.html

Australia 'to abandon 2008 switchover target' [Australia]
(Digital TV Group)
http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=1078