DTV News for 1-18-2006
347 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
No additional DTV legislation expected in 2006
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet said his panel would not consider additional legislation this year relating to digital television.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20060116/#
Congress Takes Aim at 'Analog Hole'
"Hollywood wants to put a mark -- sort of like a mark of the beast for video content -- that says that this is MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) content, and we want to control what you can do with it," Fred von Lohmann, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, told TechNewsWorld.
(TechNewsWorld via E-Commerce Times)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/48335.html
When They Pull The Plug On Analog HD Broadcasts, Will You Be Ready?
PureLink Adapts Users To 2009 HD Transition
(eCoustics.com)
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/190372.html
Fitch Report: U.S. Telecom Industry Regulatory Review
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060117/20060117005932.html?.v=1
High-definition Super Bowl flagged
(Greensboro, NC News Record)
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060118/NEWSREC0101/601170333
Digital Television, Part 1: Making Sense of it all
(Engadget)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/17/digital-television-part-1-making-sense-of-it-all/
Common questions about high definition TV
(NNPA via Toledo, OH Journal)
http://www.thetoledojournal.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=65411&sID=24
EchoStar: HDTV Plus Satellite Equals Profits
New high-definition video points to accelerating growth at this independent satellite TV company.
(Kiplinger Online)
http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/columns/picks/archive/2006/pick0117.htm
Sports Fans Driving HDTV Purchases
New findings from the Consumer Electronics Association determine that around half of current HDTV owners purchased because of HD sports programming.
(DesignTechnica)
http://news.designtechnica.com/article9301.html
Sports Fans Drive HD Television Sales According to New Survey
Sports Fans Quickly Adopt New Delivery Platforms of Sports Content Including Internet and Wireless
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060117/20060117006027.html?.v=1
Voom’s WorldSport HD Goes Alpine [Paid Subscription Required]
Voom HD Networks’ WorldSport HD is heading for the slopes.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6300039.html?display=Breaking+News
Times are a-changin on the tube
Make your own DVDs of shows or jump into high-definition -- big choices ahead for TV
(San Bernardino, CA Sun / Long Beach, CA Press-Telegram)
http://www.sbsun.com/ontv/ci_3410500
http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_3410500
High Def Forum Reaches 100,000 Post Milestone
Leading high definition (HDTV) forum reaches 100,000+ posts
(PR Web)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb334251.htm
Swanni's High-Def Life: The Celebrity Edition! [Phillip Swann]
Today's stars: Elliott Gould, David Hasselhoff, The Sopranos' Vincent Curatola, Chrissie Hynde, Bob Crane and many, many more.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/highdeflifecelebrities011706.htm
Why 1080p? [Rodolfo La Maestra]
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2006/01/why_1080p.php
New 720p and 1080p DLP Chipsets Announced
TI Unveils Breakthrough DLP HDTV Innovations with LED Technology and New Chipsets
(eCoustics.com)
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/190529.html
HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES
Shane Buettner covered developments in the HD DVD and Blu-ray format wars at this year's CES. This is his report.
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/features/106ces1/
Fight Over DVD Format May Trap Customers
(Boston, MA Globe via RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/360615/fight_over_dvd_format_may_trap_customers/index.html?source=r_technology
Snell & Wilcox and Omneon Partner to Deliver SD/HD Mastering and Server Solution
Collaborative partnership enables integration of MEMPHIS encoder and Omneon Spectrum server system
(HD Issues / Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36857
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36857
DVDO's 1080p Video Processor is Now Shipping
Flexible connection, wide array of resolution and display options combine on the most advanced video processor available
(HD Issues / Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36841
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36841
Sinclair monitors DTV stations with Modulation Sciences technology
The technology is helping Sinclair stations stay compliant with their broadcast signals.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20060116/?r=1&#modsci
Brits show appetite for mobile TV
Watching TV on mobile phones could be a money-spinner for mobile operators if the results of two trials are anything to go by.
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4620792.stm
Discovery Brings HD to Japan, Canada [Paid Subscription Required]
Discovery Communications now counts more than 100 networks around the globe.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6300095.html?display=Breaking+News
Brazil Rules Out Use of U.S. Digital TV Standard, Estado Says [Brazil]
(Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aMtiayu59_4M
'TV switch may be postponed' [UK]
(Newham Recorder)
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED17%20Jan%202006%2017:31:17:683
Southern Cross to commence in Charters Towers and Ayr [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=814
347 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
No additional DTV legislation expected in 2006
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet said his panel would not consider additional legislation this year relating to digital television.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20060116/#
Congress Takes Aim at 'Analog Hole'
"Hollywood wants to put a mark -- sort of like a mark of the beast for video content -- that says that this is MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) content, and we want to control what you can do with it," Fred von Lohmann, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, told TechNewsWorld.
(TechNewsWorld via E-Commerce Times)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/48335.html
When They Pull The Plug On Analog HD Broadcasts, Will You Be Ready?
PureLink Adapts Users To 2009 HD Transition
(eCoustics.com)
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/190372.html
Fitch Report: U.S. Telecom Industry Regulatory Review
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060117/20060117005932.html?.v=1
High-definition Super Bowl flagged
(Greensboro, NC News Record)
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060118/NEWSREC0101/601170333
Digital Television, Part 1: Making Sense of it all
(Engadget)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/17/digital-television-part-1-making-sense-of-it-all/
Common questions about high definition TV
(NNPA via Toledo, OH Journal)
http://www.thetoledojournal.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=65411&sID=24
EchoStar: HDTV Plus Satellite Equals Profits
New high-definition video points to accelerating growth at this independent satellite TV company.
(Kiplinger Online)
http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/columns/picks/archive/2006/pick0117.htm
Sports Fans Driving HDTV Purchases
New findings from the Consumer Electronics Association determine that around half of current HDTV owners purchased because of HD sports programming.
(DesignTechnica)
http://news.designtechnica.com/article9301.html
Sports Fans Drive HD Television Sales According to New Survey
Sports Fans Quickly Adopt New Delivery Platforms of Sports Content Including Internet and Wireless
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060117/20060117006027.html?.v=1
Voom’s WorldSport HD Goes Alpine [Paid Subscription Required]
Voom HD Networks’ WorldSport HD is heading for the slopes.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6300039.html?display=Breaking+News
Times are a-changin on the tube
Make your own DVDs of shows or jump into high-definition -- big choices ahead for TV
(San Bernardino, CA Sun / Long Beach, CA Press-Telegram)
http://www.sbsun.com/ontv/ci_3410500
http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_3410500
High Def Forum Reaches 100,000 Post Milestone
Leading high definition (HDTV) forum reaches 100,000+ posts
(PR Web)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb334251.htm
Swanni's High-Def Life: The Celebrity Edition! [Phillip Swann]
Today's stars: Elliott Gould, David Hasselhoff, The Sopranos' Vincent Curatola, Chrissie Hynde, Bob Crane and many, many more.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/highdeflifecelebrities011706.htm
Why 1080p? [Rodolfo La Maestra]
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2006/01/why_1080p.php
New 720p and 1080p DLP Chipsets Announced
TI Unveils Breakthrough DLP HDTV Innovations with LED Technology and New Chipsets
(eCoustics.com)
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/190529.html
HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES
Shane Buettner covered developments in the HD DVD and Blu-ray format wars at this year's CES. This is his report.
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/features/106ces1/
Fight Over DVD Format May Trap Customers
(Boston, MA Globe via RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/360615/fight_over_dvd_format_may_trap_customers/index.html?source=r_technology
Snell & Wilcox and Omneon Partner to Deliver SD/HD Mastering and Server Solution
Collaborative partnership enables integration of MEMPHIS encoder and Omneon Spectrum server system
(HD Issues / Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36857
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36857
DVDO's 1080p Video Processor is Now Shipping
Flexible connection, wide array of resolution and display options combine on the most advanced video processor available
(HD Issues / Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36841
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36841
Sinclair monitors DTV stations with Modulation Sciences technology
The technology is helping Sinclair stations stay compliant with their broadcast signals.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/20060116/?r=1&#modsci
Brits show appetite for mobile TV
Watching TV on mobile phones could be a money-spinner for mobile operators if the results of two trials are anything to go by.
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4620792.stm
Discovery Brings HD to Japan, Canada [Paid Subscription Required]
Discovery Communications now counts more than 100 networks around the globe.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6300095.html?display=Breaking+News
Brazil Rules Out Use of U.S. Digital TV Standard, Estado Says [Brazil]
(Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aMtiayu59_4M
'TV switch may be postponed' [UK]
(Newham Recorder)
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED17%20Jan%202006%2017:31:17:683
Southern Cross to commence in Charters Towers and Ayr [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=814
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