DTV News for 1-3-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 1-3-2007
776 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Experience CEA at the 2007 International CES
(Consumer Electronics Association)
http://www.cesweb.org/default.asp

Samsung, LG Set Up Duel in Las Vegas
2 Giants to Show Off Full HD TVs
(Korea Times)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200 ... 911870.htm



HDFEST 2007 Calls for Entries
HDFEST is now seeking entries of films for the 2007 festival.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_14636.shtml



Cable high-definition viewers may lose signal from KMOV
Charter Communications Inc.'s high-definition television customers could be without HD programming from KMOV as early as Thursday because of a dispute between the cable company and Belo Corp., which owns KMOV (Channel 4).
(St. Louis, MO Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/busine ... enDocument

WABC Quietly Launches HD News
WABC, the ABC owned-and-operated station in New York, began broadcasting high-definition news last month with absolutely no fanfare.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

WABC Switches to HDTV News [Phillip Swann]
The New York ABC affiliate has quietly been providing high-def news for the last month.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/wabc010207.htm

HDTV Opera Fans Sing the Blues [Phillip Swann]
The first live high-def transmission of the Metropolitan Opera in movie theaters.lays an egg.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/mozardhd010206.htm

Three ways to get HDTV programming
(CNET News.com)
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5108854 ... ag=slide_3



N. America market: Flat-panel HDTV sales soared in November
Unit sales for flat-panel TV and business displays in North America doubled sequentially in November in 2006, increasing an unprecedented 109%
(DigiTimes)
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20070103PR202.html

Baby Boomers Uniquely Positioned to Embrace Emerging Entertainment New Media, TV Land's Joy of Tech Study Finds
Deeper Pockets and Rich Appreciation of Technology Benefits Drive Boomers' Desire to Utilize Entertainment Bells and Whistles
(PR Newswire / Broadcast Newsroom / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 421&EDATE=
http://radio.broadcastnewsroom.com/arti ... p?id=92533
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070102/nytu106.html?.v=86

The joy of tech: baby boomers flock to HDTV
Baby boomers have emerged as the most enthusiastic adopters of new media technologies such as high-definition (HD) TV, digital video recorders (DVRs) and home cinema as well as interactive reality TV shows.
(Siliconrepublic.com)
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/new ... single7562

Thinking going digital for TVs? Check out these tips [Herb Weisbaum]
(KVAL Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/news/consumertips/4785136.html

The top retail dogs in digital HDTVs
With flat-screen TVs (LCD and Plasma, mainly) being THE hot category in retail electronics these days, the bevy of brands, selections and formats has never been quite as...confusing.
(Blogging Stocks)
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/0 ... tal-hdtvs/



Pioneer PDP-4270HD 42-inch Plasma HDTV
Less is More
(Big Picture Big Sound)
http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/pione ... -982.shtml



Pull in HDTV with Linux and the HD-5500
(linux.com)
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/19/1627229



Sky boost from HD TV sales [UK]
BSkyB pointed to forecasts for strong Christmas sales of high-definition televisions as the broadcaster also revealed its Sky+ digital video recorder had passed the 2m sales mark ahead of target.
(London Daily Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.j ... nsky03.xml

Anger at threat to TV signals [Australia]
The Federal Opposition has condemned the sale of new television channels to the mobile phone market at the potential expense of free-to-air TV signal quality.
(News Interactive)
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0 ... public_rss