DTV News for 11-25-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-25-2005
401 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Coming TV Signal Changes Bring Confusion, Anger
(KIRO-TV Seattle, WA)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/5393909/det ... a&psp=news

HDTV - A Primer
(KSDK-TV St. Louis, MO)
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.a ... ryid=88263


Comcast offers new HDTV package
Comcast Cable will launch its 14-channel, high-definition television service in northern Colorado today.
(Greeley, CO Tribune)
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/2005 ... 0/-1/rss01

Comcast digital adds HDTV
(Loveland, CO Daily Reporter-Herald)
http://www.lovelandfyi.com/Top-Story.asp?ID=2989


So many television choices, let's break it all down
(Missoula, MT Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005 ... news02.txt

Taking the leap to digital TV
(Los Angeles, CA Times via Baltimore, MD Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainme ... &cset=true

High Def, Low Cost: HDTV Prices Plunge
Fierce competition and a supply boom send costs tumbling for LCD, plasma TVs.
(PC World / Washington, DC Post / ABC News)
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article ... RSS,00.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00101.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorl ... id=1344872

As television prices fall, expect more people to go digital
Affordability of HD sets encourages more consumers to make switch from analog
(Boston, MA Globe via Austin, TX American-Statesman / Seattle, WA Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.statesman.com/business/conte ... 5HDTV.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ ... source=rss

Big-picture bug
Prices of fancy TVs are falling out of the dream stage and into the range of more budgets
(Raleigh, NC News & Observer)
http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/370785.html

Price alone might not win TV sales
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... ived=False

LG 23LX1R 23-inch LCD HDTV
(Toronto, ON Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... Technology

Black Friday Prices Announced on VIZIO TV's
Most Popular 32" LCD Gets $100 Price Drop to $899; L37HDTV Broadens Big-screen LCD Market with $1,499 Everyday Price; VIZIO 50" Plasma Hits Magic $2,499 Price Point; VIZIO Sales Accelerate 3 Times Faster Than U.S. Flat Panel Market in 2005
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 145&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051123/law021.html?.v=38

Westinghouse places orders for 32-inch LCD TVs with Wistron
(DigiTimes)
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20051124A6024.html


New DTV features
The advent of digital television is about to change as enhanced, interactive and networking brings new features to the TV/PC convergence.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... /20051123/#

Canon develops printer for digital TV broadcasts
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsartic ... -CANON.xml


FCC amends EAS rules
The rules now include digital media technologies.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 51123/#eas

New channel ITV4 airs with Quartz Routers and Master Control
The new digital channel is home to drama, comedy, cult classics, Hollywood movies and sport
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Professional)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... p?id=35878
http://www.dtvprofessional.com/articles ... p?id=35878


Philips Unveils New Semiconductor System Solutions
Provide Quality and Intuitive Features in Set Top Boxes and Home Media Devices
(Broadcast Newsroom / DTV Professional)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... p?id=35861
http://www.dtvprofessional.com/articles ... p?id=35861

ST, Sagem push MPEG4 set top boxes
(EE Times via CommsDesign)
http://www.commsdesign.com/news/market_ ... =174401695

World First for Sagem Communication and STMicroelectronics: First MPEG4 Set-Top Boxes Based on Single-Chip Video Decoder
Roll-out of leading-edge set-top boxes from Sagem, powered by ST's STB7100 MPEG4 decoder chip, will enable broadcasters to offer increased number of digital TV channels
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 264&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051123/nyw082.html?.v=28


ExpressVu Offers 30 HD Channels for NCAA Basketball & Football [Canada]
In the fast-moving world of High Definition programming, starting December 1, Bell ExpressVu will carry 30 HD channels when it makes NCAA basketball and football programming available.
(Broadcaster Magazine)
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/arti ... 05&btac=no

Rogers Cable Hits Milestone With 100,000 High Definition Television Customers [Canada]
Popularity of High Definition Television Proves Consumers are Demanding 100% Digital-Quality Picture and Sound
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 573&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051124/to199.html?.v=17

Rogers Cable Hits 100,000 High Definition Customers [Canada]
(Broadcaster Magazine)
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/arti ... 05&btac=no

Broadband TV set to boom in Europe
Broadband will revolutionize the way households in Europe watch TV with video streamed over high speed internet connections becoming increasingly popular, especially in France and Italy
(Computer Business Review)
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.a ... 822D677680

Wishart Challenges Hoon on Digital TV Wilderness [UK]
Pete Wishart MP, SNP Spokesperson on Broadcasting, today (Thursday) challenged the Leader of the House to allow a Commons debate about the lack of digital coverage in large parts of Scotland, including in his own constituency.
(Scottish National Party)
http://www.snp.org/snpnews/2005/snp_pre ... 0903659835

Freeview gets iTV services to rival Sky [UK]
(New Media Age)
http://www.nma.co.uk/Document.aspx?did= ... 26ace20bf7

Sky to launch high-definition TV [UK]
Sky digital customers will soon be able to view programmes in all their cinematic glory, as the broadcaster prepares to launch its high-definition programming.
(ElectricNews.net)
http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=9655004

Sky previews HD platform to journalists [UK]
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?cla ... 93&id=1315

Spain speeds up switch to digital [Spain]
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2005 ... 5.htm#spai

Televisa group wins Spanish TV license [Spain]
(Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051125/med ... spain_dc_2

Dutch number of digital TV subscribers grows 21% in Q3 [The Netherlands]
(Telecompaper)
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/articl ... &type=&yr=

Digital 'poses threat to TVNZ's survival' [New Zealand]
Television New Zealand and Maori Television face possible extinction if the Government does not step in and help free-to-air broadcasters move to a digital platform.
(Stuff)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,348 ... 53,00.html

All I want for Christmas is an HDTV [Australia]
(Sydney Morning Herald / Melbourne Age)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/all ... 48327.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/ ... 48327.html