DTV News for 6-18-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-18-2007
610 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Summary of DTV Applications Filed
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvsum.html

Top 10 Markets' DTV Status
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat.html

Top 11-30 Markets' DTV Status
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat11.html

Breakdown Chart of DTV On-The-Air Stations
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonairsum.html

DTV Stations Presently On-The-Air (1241 Stations)
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonair.html

Digital Television (DTV) Stations with Active Special Temporary Authorities (STAs) to Operate (369 Stations)
Updated to June 12, 2007
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstas.html



Digital Revolution Excludes Closed Captioning
The Digital Revolution Has Made TV More Ubiquitous Than Ever -- Except for Viewers Who Need Captioning
(TVWeek)
http://tvweek.com/news/2007/06/closed_c ... ed_dig.php

Digital Television
Dummy Headline for DTV
(Center for Public Integrity)
http://www.public-i.org/telecom/report.aspx?aid=889

TV Uncertainty
Is your TV doomed to suddenly stop working? If you have a TV with rabbit ears over it, then the answer is yes.
(KLRT-TV / KASN-TV Little Rock, AR)
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story.a ... 7f&rss=315
http://www.cwarkansas.com/news/local/st ... 78e6eb967f



Feds want to unhook connections
It has been 11 years since Congress voted to break the cable television industry's stranglehold on set-top boxes -- the devices that consumers need to receive digital programming and change channels.
(Associated Press via Tulsa, OK World / Louisville, KY Courier-Journal)
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/arti ... crumb=Tech
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbc ... /706170421

CableCards: The Million-Dollar Questions
Manufacturing Cost Estimates Have Not Changed Since 1998
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6452671.html

Martin Will Vote on Comcast Waiver By July 1
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says he will vote before July 1 on Comcast's petition for full-commission review of a bureau-level decision denying Comcast a waiver of the integrated set-top box ban, which goes into effect July 1.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452184.html

Don't expect a rush for newer set-top boxes
FCC's July 1 order doesn't mean demand will rise
(Wall Street Journal via Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/t ... 05,00.html



HD EXPO Ends On A High Note In Chicago
Kristin Petrovich, CEO of HD EXPO, ended June's two-day HD EXPO by noting that the Chicago event had surpassed expectations on every level.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_15205.shtml

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