DTV News for 6-19-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-19-2006
974 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

DTV Station Status
DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - June 12, 2006
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1309


Martin Bails on Must-Carry Vote
Multicast must carry won't be voted by the FCC at the agency's public meeting Wednesday in a serious setback to chairman Kevin Martin, who had the agency poised to deal the cable industry one its worst regulatory defeats in more than a decade.
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

US FCC puts off vote on TV multicasting on cable
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, unable to muster enough support for a proposal that would require cable companies to carry extra channels television broadcasters are planning to air, on Sunday withdrew plans to vote on the issue this week.
(Reuters)
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehy ... ews&rpc=44

FCC delays vote [Paid Subacription Required for Complete Story]
FCC chairman Kevin Martin on Sunday withdrew plans for voting this week on a proposal that would have required U.S. cable operators to carry extra digital channels that television broadcasters plan to air.
(Hollywod Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/te ... 1002690120

Sorry, no FCC "must-carry" decision on Wednesday
(Lasar's Letter on the FCC)
http://www.lasarletter.com/blog.php#multi

NAB seeks to clarify multicast must-carry confusion in Congress
A June 8 letter from NAB president and CEO David Rehr aims at clearing up the misconceptions.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/Mult ... -20060615/

Advocacy groups oppose digital multicast must-carry
A letter last week from seven advocacy groups to the FCC expressed opposition to proposals to require cable operators to carry the digital multicast channels of broadcasters.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/FCC- ... -20060615/

Martin Eyes Multicast Must-Carry Win [... or not]
FCC Stands Ready To Hand Cablers a Big Legislative Loss
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... lay=Policy


FCC Issues Details for DTV Use It or Lose It
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=4038

ATSC publishes A/112 E-VSB implementation guidelines
Available in Acrobat PDF from the ATSC Web site, the document provides guidelines to "parameter selection and implementation scenarios where useful."
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/ATSC-E-VSB-20060615/


Telco to Carry PBS Digital Feeds
Verizon Will Run Signals of up to Three Stations per Market
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=10211

Verizon To Carry PBS Multicast Channels
Verizon will take a page from the cable industry and give noncommercial stations' digital multicast must-carry channels a home on its FiOS video service.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Verizon Unveils DTV-Carriage Deal
Verizon Communications Friday announced a