DTV News for 2-5-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 2-5-2007
742 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


DTV Stations In Operation
1600 Stations in 211 Markets Delivering in Digital
(National Association of Broadcasters)
http://www.nab.org/AM/ASPCode/DTVStatio ... ations.asp

Court Case Threatens Digital-TV Transition
The digital-television transition could come to a sudden halt later this year if a public-advocacy group can persuade a federal court that the early 2009 mandated cutoff of analog TV was enacted unconstitutionally by Congress and President Bush about one year ago.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

Viewers Must Chip In For DTV Converters
John Kneuer (pronounced "newer"), assistant secretary of commerce, head of the National Telecommunications & Information Association, says NTIA does not expect the government to cover the entire cost of the set-top boxes analog-only sets will need in a digital-only world.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news

Digital TV Chief: Converter Boxes Will Not Be Free [Phillip Swann]
The federal official overseeing the nation's transition to digital television appears tonight on C-SPAN.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dtv020307.htm



Belo Launches Hi-Def News in Dallas
On Friday morning, WFAA became the first station to broadcast high-definition news in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, and the 28th station nationwide to offer HD newscasts.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

High-definition TV news makes local debut Sunday
High-definition TV is great for viewers, not always so great for those in front of the camera.
(Houston, TX Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chr ... 23207.html

This much is clear: 11 News has gone HD
Channel 11 is proud to be the first station in the city to broadcast programming