DTV News for 11-27-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-27-2006
813 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Climbing the Hi-Def Mountain
On Christmas Eve 1996, the FCC approved the high-definition television standard that launched a new era. Ten years later, broadcast networks now offer the bulk of their primetime programming and major sports coverage in HDTV. Cable networks provide a wealth of HDTV content, even dedicated HD networks.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ay=Feature

Two Years And Counting
The eventual success of high-definition television (HDTV) rides on the country's conversion to digital TV (DTV). Last December, when Congress voted to set Feb. 17, 2009, as the hard date for turning off analog TV broadcasts and completing the switch to DTV in the U.S., it set a finish line for the long slog that has been the digital transition.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ay=Feature

HD Express For Local News
When Phoenix-area viewers tuned in for the late news on KPNX Nov. 2, the first night of November sweeps, the NBC affiliate offered a crisp, new view of the headlines. For the first time, Gannett-owned KPNX produced and broadcast its news in high-definition. Lin Sue Cooney and Mark Curtis anchored from a glittering new set.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ay=Feature

Pretty Pictures, And Much More
Providing stunningly lifelike images, HDTV has been a boon to documentary producers. Programmers like Discovery Networks, PBS and Voom HD Networks offer scores of high-definition documentaries on nature, wildlife or science topics. But HDTV's advantages go beyond mere resolution.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ay=Feature

Wiley Defined Hi-Def
Former FCC Chairman Dick Wiley has been a driving force on the HDTV issue since its beginning almost two decades ago. Now a partner in the Washington law firm Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Wiley headed the FCC's Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), which helped forge the HD industry. He spoke to B&C's John Eggerton about the early challenges.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... splay=News

Local HD News Offered By 24 Stations [Phillip Swann]
And a new high-def launch is scheduled in January, TVPredictions.com has learned.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/localhdnews112506.htm

Digital a Windfall for Gray Stations
Winning Formula Puts Competing Net on New Signal
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=30899