DTV News for 12-18-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 12-18-2006
792 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

CableCards Can't Tell Future Yet
The Feature's Value for a Television Depends on What Happens Over the Next Year.
(Hampton Roads, VA Daily Press / RedOrbit)
http://www.dailypress.com/business/loca ... ?track=rss
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology

HD sports coverage varies by team, region
(Wall Street Journal via Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News / Wichita, KS Eagle)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/t ... 13,00.html
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/n ... ews_to_use

TV Offers Competing Yule Logs on Dec. 25
(Associated Press via Cherry Hill, NJ Courier-Post / RedOrbit)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/p ... 1/61217009
http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/7 ... r_oddities



KJCT News 8 broadcasts digital and HD
(KJCT-TV Grand Junction, CO)
http://www.kjct8.com/story.cfm?storyID=1250

Chicago Station Goes HD
Starting Jan. 6, WLS Chicago will become the first station in Nielsen's No. 3 market to broadcast its complete local news and programming lineup in high-definition.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

ABC 7 Chicago goes HD
ABC 7 will become the first and only television station in Chicago to broadcast local news and programming in high-definition.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/ab ... o-hd-1215/

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