DTV News for 4-12-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 4-12-2007
677 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


FCC eyes forcing cable TV to carry digital, analog
U.S. cable companies like Comcast could be forced to carry both analog and new digital signals by early 2009 if a proposal circulated by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission goes forward, a source familiar with it told Reuters on Wednesday.
(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/governme ... 4720070411

FCC's Martin Considers Dual Carriage Mandate
An FCC source confirms that Chairman Kevin Martin is floating a proposal that could require cable systems to deliver both a digital and analog version of a TV station's signal after the February 2009 transition to digital.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6432839.html

Martin Returns to Must-Carry Issue
As the country moves from analog to digital TV signals, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin is proposing the FCC do more to ensure that cable providers carry broadcasters' digital and analog signals during the transition.
(TV Week)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11876

NCTA Pans Martin