DTV News for 7-5-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 7-5-2006
958 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Tower backers court retailers
The TV group battling to build a digital tower atop Lookout Mountain wants electronics stores to pass out its brochures.
(Denver, CO Post)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4011841


A CableCard That Hasn't Been Able to Kill the Set-Top Box
(New York, NY Times / Halifax, Nova Scotia Herald)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/03/techn ... cable.html
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/513982.html

Is it time to take the HDTV plunge?
Now that prices are no longer diving, budget-minded buyers may be ready to test the water
(Dallas, TX Morning News / KING-TV Seatttle, WA)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... f67ac.html
http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/ptec ... 7bd80.html

Flat-screen sales soar
Last year, revenue for the TVs began to surpass that of traditional CRT-based sets.
(San Francisco, CA Chronicle via Orange County, CA Register)
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/mo ... 202201.php

HDTV is here