DTV News for 9-13-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 9-13-2005
474 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Cable Nets Urge Rejection of Must-Carry Rules
More than 90 cable TV networks sent a letter Monday urging federal lawmakers to reject an effort by broadcasters to win legislation requiring operators to carry all of the free programming streams TV stations multicast on their new digital television channels.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=8510

More Than 90 Cable Networks Representing Diverse Sources of Programming Urge Congress to Oppose Multicasting
(National Cable & Telecommunications Association)
http://www.ncta.com/press/press.cfm?PRi ... rticles=ok

DirecTV's Hill Predicts U.S. HD Boom [Paid Subscription Required]
David Hill, DirecTV Entertainment Group president, told an audience at the IBC tech conference in Amsterdam that the U.S. market will have a