DTV News for 12-11-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 12-11-2006
799 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Congress oks TV tower
Convinced local officials were deadlocked and time was running out, Colorado Republican Sen. Wayne Allard decided to discreetly present a bill that would allow a digital TV tower to be built on Lookout Mountain in Jefferson County.
(Denver, CO Post)
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4813325?source=rss

Golden Digital TV Tower Bill Reaches Bush's Desk
A late-night vote in Congress has broken an 8 year deadlock over the construction of a digital TV tower in Jefferson County.
(KCNC-TV Denver, CO)
http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_344131700.html



Veteran HDNet faces competition
When HDNet launched five years ago as the nation's only 24-hour high-definition network, HDTVs were a novelty seen only in sports bars and living rooms of the rich.
(Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/t ... 55,00.html

Why HDTV Owners Don't Watch HDTV [Phillip Swann]
The industry is being too passive in signing up new customers.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/hdwatching121006.htm

DIRECTV to Liberty Media: The HDTV Impact [Phillip Swann]
News Corp. reportedly will swap its control of DIRECTV to Liberty Media this week.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/libertydirectv121006.htm

Time Warner Cable Sues DirecTV
Time Warner Cable filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against DirecTV Thursday alleging that the satellite operator falsely advertised that Time Warner subscribers wouldn