DTV News for 3-26-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 3-26-2007
694 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Past DTV Newslinks can be found in a searchable archive on the HDTV Magazine website at:
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Avoiding March Madness in '09
While March Madness typically refers to the sports-crazed calendar of activities that occurs this time of year, the slogan could have a different meaning in 2009 if millions of Americans suddenly realize their TVs are no longer able to receive broadcast television.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/blog/200000 ... 07814.html

Inslee White Space Bill Lets FCC Finish What It Started
Jay Inslee's white space bill is the most protective of incumbents of four such bills introduced on Capitol Hill. The Washington State Democrat, along with Republican Nathan Deal of Georgia, introduced the Wireless Innovation Act of 2007 in the House March 20.
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0015/t.3670.html



KCBS Joins HD-News Club
Two CBS-owned stations in Los Angeles are in the final stages of a move to a new state-of-the-art digital broadcast center, joining the growing legion of broadcasters doing high-definition news. KCBS executives have relocated their offices to the CBS Studio Center lot in Studio City, around eight miles to the northwest of the current site on Sunset Boulevard.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... splay=News

KVOA Preps for HD News
KVOA Tucson is looking at a late-April launch for high-definition local news, at which point it claims it will be the first Southern Arizona station to offer such fare.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Q&A: Robert D. Jacobson, In Demand Networks
On the Demise of INHD2, and Rebranding of INHD Into Mojo
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=648

DirecTV goes for the guys' eyes as HD media-buying dollars 'spent more efficiently'
Women make more than 80% of the decisions about household spending and even exert control over the dollars spent for that major "guy toy" - the giant-screen television.
(USA Today / Yahoo News)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertisi ... htm?csp=34
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/200703 ... fficiently

Why Don't People Like DIRECTV's HDTV Commercials? [Phillip Swann]
USA Today says few consumers like them "a lot."
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dads032607.htm

Does HD Help Ratings?
From 'ER' to 'Lost,' Some Evidence Suggests Not
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=649

Viewers seek clarity on high-definition offerings
Channel shortage turns off HDTV owners
(Greenville, SC News)
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.d ... /703250320

High-definition TV still elusive for O's games on MASN
With the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network gearing up to air more than 150 Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals games this upcoming season, officials are still not sure whether it will provide viewers with high-definition broadcasts.
(Baltimore, MD Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/st ... 00^1436249

Bad Time For HD Box Shortage
If my math is correct, last Friday (March 23) marked the 100-day countdown to July 1, 2007. Just in case you