DTV News for 1-30-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 1-30-2006
335 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

DTV Station Status
DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - Jan. 22, 2006
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1146

Senate Takes Up the Broadcast Flag
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3662

Senate supports copy-protection bills
But some say it will limit new technology
(Video Business)
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6302643.html

On the security of broadcast flag-type systems
(Educated Guesswork)
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/movabl ... urity.html


Super Bowl In High Definition Broadcast Not Certain For Triad Time Warner Customers Trouble Viewing?
Kick-off is just more than a week away, yet no conclusion to whether Time Warner customers will receive clearer signal.
(WFMY-TV Greensboro, NC)
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/article.a ... ryid=56116

Super Bowl Gets Supersized Production [Paid Subscription Required]
Super Bowl XL should be a technical production worthy of its lofty Roman initials. ABC will bring a large-scale HDTV production system to Detroit for the Feb. 5 contest between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ial+Report

A Super All-HD Debut
When the Seattle Seahawks meet the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday in Detroit, it will mark a new television viewing experience: the first time that virtually every frame of the Super Bowl coverage will be shot and broadcast in high definition.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=29288

ESPN Zone Unveils Nationwide Rollout of High Definition TV
In time for Super Bowl XL at some locations
(Broadcast Newsroom / HD Issues)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... p?id=37083
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewar ... p?id=37083

High-def pops on VOOM
(Associated Press via Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/m ... 40,00.html

Dishing Up Some HDTV
DISH and DirecTV announce more HD content and the rollout of MPEG4.
(Ultimate AV)
http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/ ... telliteHD/

NBC affiliates pioneer HDTV in Central Washington
(Yakima, WA Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/298314120790543

WXIA sharpens focus with HDTV technology
(Atlanta, GA Journal-Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/cont ... ens_f.html


Why Don't They
Broadcasters are getting serious about HDTV, and for that we're all grateful. But some of them, and their sponsors, still don't get it.
(Ultimate AV)
http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/thomasnorton/

Digital Television, Part II: Global status
We already tried to make a bit of sense of the global digital television (DTV) salmagundi in Digital Television, Part 1: Making Sense of it all. Now, let's look at the DTV implementation status on a global scale affecting your living room TV and future, mobile handheld devices shall we?
(Engadget)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/18/digi ... al-status/

Digital Television, Part III: Device pr0n!
Here we are at the end of this three part series on digital television (DTV). Part 1: Making Sense of it all set out to, um, make some sense of all the standards while Part II: Global status provided a snapshot as to how the implementations are shaping up on a world wide scale. But we know what you really want: device pr0n. So without further ado