DTV News for 5-7-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 5-7-2007
652 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


FCC Seeks Comment to Ensure All Cable Customers Receive Programming After the Digital Television Transition.
Second Further Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7-71A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7-71A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]

TV Warning Order Issued
The FCC this week released its order compelling retailers to label analog-only TV sets. As of May 25, merchants will have to display a written warning that analog TVs won't work the usual way come 2009. The order was approved at the commission's open meeting in April.
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0014/t.5848.html

In 2009, analog TVs obsolete
If you're planning on buying a new TV, remember that after Feb. 17, 2009, only digital signals will be broadcast, and analog sets will no longer be able to receive over-the-air television signals.
(Miami, FL Herald)
http://www.miamiherald.com/419/story/96527.html

Digital Switch
The average american spends 30 hours every week in front of the television but many of the TVs you are watching on wont work at all.
(WIFR-TV Rockford, IL)
http://www.wifr.com/news/headlines/7343786.html



Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
(Federal Communications Commission)
News Release
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2874A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2874A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]
Order (Charter Communications)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2008A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2008A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]
Order (GCI Cable)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2010A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2010A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]
Order (Millennium Telcom)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2009A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 2009A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]

FCC Gives Charter Set-Top Reprieve
While the FCC has maintained a hard line on enforcing rules that require cable operators to separate the channel surfing and security functions of their set-top boxes in order to foster a retail set-top market, the Commission has granted waivers of the rules' July 1 deadline to large operator Charter Communications and three small cable operators.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6439430.html

FCC Grants Three Set-Top Waivers
The FCC, on the eve of the cable industry