Kagan Forecasts 50% of TV Households Will Have Digital TV by 2007 (Business Wire / Yahoo News) http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050809006064&newsLang=en http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050809/96064.html?.v=1 Date Extended for Filing Conflict Decision Form 383 (TV Technology) http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=961 According to In-Stat Digital Terrestrial TV and Free-to-Air Satellite Services to Drive PC-TV Tuners (Business Wire via Yahoo News) http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050810/105081.html?.v=1 Gamers Watch Less TV -- But More HDTV Ziff Davis study of video game players finds that they are spending increasingly little time in front of the tube. (TVPredictions.com) http://www.tvpredictions.com/gamershdtv080905.htm Prices for flat-panel televisions drop sharply in 2Q05 PMA sell-through research finds flat-panel TV prices plummet as DLP™ and 3LCD RPTVs strike out for market share (Infocomm.org) http://www.infocomm.org/index.cfm?objectID=AE80DD84-DA4F-4C77-AC2BB015DB80C9BB MSTV Receives 'Impressive Response' to Terrestrial D-A Converter Box RFQ (TV Technology) http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=962 New HD Site Launched By DMN HDIssues.com addresses the rapid developments in HD technology and content production (Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer) http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34002 http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34002 Experience colour like no other at home with Sony [UK] (Digital TV Group) http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=PR&subclass=&id=1068 UK Gov Looking To Subsidise Digital TV Transition via BBC? [UK] (Digital Lifestyles) http://www.digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=platforms&id=2467 Spain allocates new DTT licences [Spain] (Advanced Television) http://www.advanced-television.com/2005/news_archive_2005/Aug8_Aug12.htm#spainallo August 11, 2005 NAB Wants Sooner DTV-Tuner Mandate The NAB is urging the FCC to accelerate mandates for inclusion of over-the-air digital tuners in new TV sets. (Multichannel News) http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA634076.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark's Monday Memo) (Digital Television) http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02195.html Nearly 90% of All US Households to Have Digital TV by 2009 eMarketer Report Explores the Technologies and Dynamics That Will Change Broadcasting, Communications and Advertising Forever (Market Wire / Yahoo News) http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=92865 http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050811/092865.html Is your TV set for digital? (Canton, OH Repository) http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=5&ID=236869&r=0 Television Stations High definition television, with its promise of sharper, movie- theater quality pictures, has slowly been entering the Richmond area. (RedNova) http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=204268&source=r_technology KARE 11 Launches First Local Twenty-Four Hour Digital Weather Service (PR Newswire / Yahoo News) http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-10-2005/0004086239&EDATE= http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050810/cgw040.html?.v=20 HDFEST 2005 World Tour to Launch South Florida Film Festival event is first stop (Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer / HD Issues) http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34030 http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34030 http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34030 High Definition Tours World HDFEST's "high-definition only" screenings will allow attendees the full experience of what high-definition and digital cinema currently have to offer audiences and will include a special selection of animation , documentaries, features and shorts. (Digital Broadcasting) http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={3FA85319-778F-47DB-B998-ABED1897531C}&Bucket=Current+Headlines HDFEST 2005 World Tour Launches with South Florida Film Festival Event HDFEST will be launching its 2005 World Tour next month with a film festival event in South Florida September 9-10. (Videography) http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13551.shtml A Look Ahead at HDTV, Shot by You (New York, NY Times) http://tech2.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/technology/circuits/11pogue.html Australian Film Shot on JVC's GY-HD101E HD Camcorders The first film in the world to be shot with two JVC GY-HD101E ProHD cameras is now in production. The film entitled "Reality Check" stars Paul Mercurio (lead actor of Australian film, Strictly Ballroom) and Dieter Brenmar (actor in Australian television drama, Home and Away) is a kind of 'Survivor gone wrong' movie. (Videography) http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13553.shtml HDTV: Do your worst (TV Squad) http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/08/10/hdtv-do-your-worst/ 'Software guy' builds HDTV antennas out of frustration [How Antennas Direct got started] (St. Louis, MO Post-Dispatch) http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/09BE6D90BF616D338625705A000CC681?OpenDocument Format fight The peace talks are over - a war seems inevitable between the two formats competing to replace DVD to become the high definition (HDTV) pre-recorded/recordable disc standard. (Guardian Weekly) http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1546157,00.html DVD format war will rage for two years Experts predict long battle for supremacy between Blu-ray and HD DVD (vnunet.com) http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2140916/dvd-format-battle-gartner-two Consumers Reluctant To Buy High-Definition Media (TechWeb News via InternetWeek) http://www.internetweek.com/news/168600602 JVC Commences Volume Production of New 0.7-Inch D-ILA Full HD Liquid Crystal Device (PhysOrg) http://www.physorg.com/news5693.html New Pioneer PureVision Plasma Televisions Make HDTV Look Picture Perfect Enhanced Contrast Ratios Offer Better Black Level Than Ever Before (Business Wire / Yahoo News / eCoustics.com) http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050810005669&newsLang=en http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050810/105669.html?.v=1 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/154055.html New Plasmas Set the Mark for Excellence in HDTV with Increased Contrast Ratio and Excellent Black Levels (New Age Media Concepts) http://press.namct.com/content/view/2599/2/ The Difference is Black and White with New Pioneer Elite PureVision Plasma Televisions New Plasmas Set the Mark for Excellence in HDTV with Increased Contrast Ratio and Excellent Black Levels (Business Wire / Yahoo News / eCoustics.com) http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050810005658&newsLang=en http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050810/105658.html?.v=1 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/154057.html Samsung's New Plasma TVs Target Specialty A/V Retailers With High-End Design CES Innovations Award-Winning HP-R5072 Anchors New 72-Series, Which Offers 42", 50" and 63" Models Through Professional A/V Retail and Home Install Channels (Widescreen Review) http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_detail.php?recid=10230 In-Stat: Digital TV services to drive PC-TV tuner sales (DigiTimes) http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20050811PR200.html Digital Terrestrial TV And Free-to-Air Satellite Services To Drive PC-TV Tuners (Media Center PC World) http://www.mediacenterpcworld.com/news/479 TV on the PC Gets Real Time Warner launches trial in San Diego (Broadcasting & Cable) http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA632697.html?display=Feature&referral=SUPP DTV: Video for nothing and your flicks for free (CNET Crave) http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,39191476,00.htm Live Mobile TV Broadcasts Of International Sporting Event DVB-H technology allows television channels to be distributed effectively to users of mobile devices. All television channels and special event channels can be accessed by viewers as live broadcasts. (Digital Broadcasting) http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={A757DB8D-D656-4F90-B750-F2246C3E64A9}&Bucket=Current+Headlines National Geographic plans UK HDTV channel [UK] (Digital Spy) http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds23356.html Tibetan farmers and herdsmen enjoy "digital TV" [Tibet] (People's Daily) http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/11/eng20050811_201717.html Gov't to allow 2 new BS digital HDTV stations [Japan] (Kyodo News via Yahoo News) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050810/kyodo/d8bt0akg1.html Digital TV Markets [Australia] When is digital television available in your area (updated 3 August 2005) (Digital Broadcasting Australia) http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=22