538 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting TV STATIONS IN OPERATION - 1508 Stations in 211 Markets Delivering in Digital http://www.nab.org/newsroom/issues/digitaltv/dtvstations.asp Digital Television Transition -- Hearing I -- Tuesday, July 12 2005 - 10:00 AM (EDT) Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Dan Inouye (D-Hawaii) have announced two Full Committee hearings on Tuesday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m in room 253 of the Russell Building to examine issues concerning Digital Television (DTV) transition. Witnesses are: Mr. Edward Fritts, President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters; Mr. Manuel Abud, Vice President & General Manager, KVEA-TV in Los Angeles (Telemundo); Mr. Kyle McSlarrow; President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association; Mr. Patrick Knorr; Vice Chairman, American Cable Association; Mr. Richard Slenker, Executive Vice President, DirecTV; Mr. John M. Lawson, President and CEO, Association of Public Television Stations (U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation) http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1567 Live Webcast [Requires RealAudio] Digital Television Transition -- Hearing I -- Tuesday, July 12 2005 - 10:00 AM (EDT) (U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation) http://commerce.senate.gov/live.ram">http://commerce.senate.gov/live.ram">http://commerce.senate.gov/live.ram Senate turns eye to digital TV, music licensing (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters / Washington, DC Post) http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyid=2005-07-11T093904Z_01_N11455760_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-MEDIA-CONGRESS-DC.XML http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071100169.html Congressional Push for DTV Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee next week. (DesignTechnica) http://news.designtechnica.com/article7811.html 20050702 Schubin's Saturday Stuff (Mark's Monday Memo) (Digital Television) http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02190.html Terrestrial boxes set for lift-off The retail value of Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) set-tops will reach beyond $10 billion by 2009, according to a new study from In-Stat. (CED Magazine) http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/2005/0705/cedaily050708.htm#5 Time to get ready, set for digital television? (Washington, DC Post via Seattle, WA Times) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002370091_ptdigitaltv09.html?syndication=rss http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002370091_ptdigitaltv09.html?syndication=rss Rear-projection advance is hot TV ticket The Digital Light Processor rockets to the lead in picture clarity and detail, luring TV makers and buyers (Portland, Or Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1120750776124940.xml&coll=7 Optoma Introduces Its Latest Home Theater Projector Featuring The DarkChip 3™ DLP Chipset (Widescreen Review) http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_detail.php?recid=10089 'European complaints could delay DTT' [UK] (Digital TV Group) http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=193&id=1000 Belarus: Switch to Digital TV Broadcasting Set for 2015 [Belarus] (Radio Netherlands via RedNova) http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=168278&source=r_technology EuroDisplay 2005 19-22 September, Edinburgh, Scotland Enlightenment on DisplayWhat better place to host the premier display research conference than Edinburgh, Scotland, long-known as the "Centre of the Enlightenment?" Join key display industry players from around the globe for this important event, covering all aspects of display-related science and technology, from fundamentals to advanced developments in established as well as novel display fields. With its unique Medieval and neoclassical charms, beautiful Edinburgh, the Scottish capital and a World Heritage Site, is one of the world's top tourist destinations. Edinburgh is also within easy reach of some of the world's most famous and challenging golf courses, as well as many of Scotland's famous whisky distilleries. EuroDisplay 2005 http://www.sid.org/conf/eurodisplay2005/eurodisplay2005.html, the 25th International Display Research Conference (IDRC), will take place from Monday, 19 September through Thursday, 22 September at the beautiful Edinburgh International Conference Center http://www.eicc.co.uk/content/ in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. Future Display Development Workshop Monday, 19 September - Displays for Mobile Phones - OLEDs - Displays for Large-Screen TVs - Organic Electronics Technical Conference Tuesday, 20 September to Thursday 22 September - OLEDs - 3-D Displays - Components - TFTs on Flexible Substrates - Plasma Displays - Human Factors - Novel LCDs - Projection - Paper-Like and Flexible Displays - FEDs and Addressing - Poly-Si TFTs - LCD Novel Fabrication and Alignment - Integrated Systems - Novel Technologies Poster Session: Featuring 74 Additional Papers Keynote Speaker: Professor Sir Richard Friend of Cambridge University, U.K., one of the pioneers of organic-based displays. Exhibition Tuesday, 20 September to Thursday 22 September Leading electronic information-display companies from around the world will showcase their latest products to a prestigious international audience. If you are interested in exhibiting, please contact Kate Dickie, Exhibit Sales Manager, +1-212-460-8090 ext. 215, e-mail: [email protected]. Click here (http://www.sid.org/conf/eurodisplay2005/eurodisplay2005.html) for full program and registration information. ABOUT SIDThe Society for Information Display (SID) is the premier international not-for-profit society exclusively devoted to the advancement of electronic-display technology, manufacturing, and applications. Its international headquarters are located at 610 South Second Street, San Jose, CA 95112, U.S.A. Visit SID online at www.sid.org. Society for Information Display 610 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95112 Tel: (408) 977-1013 Fax: (408) 977-1531 email: [email protected] website: www.sid.org