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DTV News for 8-21-2006

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:25 am
by Lee Wood
DTV News for 8-21-2006
911 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

USDTV: Up From the Ashes
The original investor behind USDTV is trying to rescue the broadcast wireless cable company from bankruptcy and keep the business going.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... splay=News

Broadcasters Resist Degradation
Now that broadcasters have bothered to spend millions to transmit high-definition images, they're loathe to see the bits plucked out of them. So it was that network affiliate groups have implored lawmakers to reconsider downconversion language in the pending telecom reform bill.
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=4181

Cable companies lose round in CableCard battle
The cable industry suffered a blow on Friday when a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's mandate requiring cable operators to distribute a technology called CableCards, which will allow digital cable subscribers to get rid of their cable set-top boxes.
(CNET News.com / ZDNet News)
http://news.com.com/2100-1033_3-6107359 ... &subj=news
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6107 ... subj=zdnet

Court Upholds FCC Cable Order
Arlington, Va. - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Federal Communications Commission