FCC Chair: Analog or Digital? TV Stations, Not Cable Operators, Should Decide Seeking to get past one of the major hurdles on the move from analog signals to digital, TV stations should have the right to determine whether local cable operators use the analog signals or the new digital versions, said Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. (MediaPost) http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=31741 Consumer Electronics Association Releases Digital America 2005 Annual Publication Highlights Trends in the Consumer Technology Industry(Consumer Electronics Association) http://www.ce.org/publications/books_references/digital_america/PDF/2.Introduction.pdf Consumer Groups Want Congress To Fund DTV Boxes For Analog TVs Consumer groups want Congress to pay for the $4 billion that might be required to upgrade consumers' analog TVs so they can accept digital signals.(This Week in Consumer Electronics) http://www.twice.com/article/CA622495?display=Breaking+News 80m US TV sets need digital converters(Digital TV Group) http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=982 Fallout from the Broadcast Flag decision When the District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals overturned the FCC's Broadcast Flag rules, the fallout fell on the modernization of the Emergency Alert System. (CED Magazine) http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/2005/0705/07cc.htm High-Def Gets a Wake-Up Call (Broadcasting and Cable via Hoovers) http://www.hoovers.com/free/news/detail.xhtml?ArticleID=NR200506273020.2_a81200297d37e314 Fujitsu Leads Field in HDTV Record/Play PCs(Nikkei Electronics Asia) http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/neasia/001620 Kreisen Adds HDMI, HDCP To HDTV Line Kreisen has added HDMI and HDCP support to its entire line of high-definition TVs.(This Week in Consumer Electronics) http://www.twice.com/article/CA622493?display=Breaking+News Mitsubishi Unveils Highest High-Def TV in the World! (Business Wire) http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050630005148&newsLang=en