DTV News for 11-15-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-15-2006
825 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

High definition of greed at play in HDTV flap
(Columbus, OH Dispatch)
http://www.dispatch.com/features-story. ... G1-03.html


WTHR newscast will be in HD
Television station will be first in the state to broadcast news in high-definition format
(Indianapolis, IN Star)
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... -1/ZONES04

Eyewitness News in High Definition
WTHR (Channel 13) will make television history this week when it becomes the first local station to broadcast a newscast in the HD (high definition) television format. The premiere newscast will happen Wednesday, November 15, beginning at 5 p.m.
(WTHR-TV Indianapolis, IN)
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... nu188_12_2

NASA To Broadcast Live HDTV From International Space Station
The space agency is working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Discovery HD Theater, and Japanese broadcast network NHK to produce two live broadcasts.
(InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/showArti ... =194300586

First live HD transmission from space set for Nov. 15
Astronauts are scheduled to make history when they transmit live HD images from the International Space Station 220mi above the earth.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/fi ... nsmission/


Black Friday HDTV Deals -- Revealed! [Phillip Swann]
Web site gets an early peek at post-Thanksgiving discounts.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/blackdeals111506.htm

New HDTVs get higher def and better colour
Increased resolution, new peripherals and connections promise the best TV yet.
(PC World Canada)
http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/e855c ... 0d/pg0.htm

Time to go for flat-screen TV
But will it be plasma or LCD? There are differences
(Vancouver, BC Province via Canada.com)
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story ... d210b9eedd

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