DTV News for 6-27-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-27-2007
601 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Why does my TV have warning label?
The TV set I just bought has a warning label saying it will need a "converter box" in 2009 because of a switch to digital broadcasting. What's that about?
(Associated Press via State College, PA Centre Daily Times / Columbia, SC State)
http://www.centredaily.com/business/tec ... 36664.html
http://www.thestate.com/367/story/103225.html



Broadband National Partners with Operators on HDTV Promo
Online Marketer Joins Forces with Comcast, Time Warner, Charter
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... ryid=47197

Broadband National Teams With Cables Big Three To Bundle Digital Services and HD Flat-Screen Televisions
Broadband National has teamed up with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications in bringing this opportunity to market
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 565&EDATE=
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070626/cltu073.html?.v=83

When HDTV Is Not HDTV [Phillip Swann]
ESPN2 HD's widescreen coverage of the 2007 Wimbledon tennis tournament has some high-def viewers fooled.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/nothd062607.htm

TBS Goes Hi-Def This Fall
Basic cable network TBS will launch a high-definition version come Sept. 1 called "TBS in HD".
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6455590.html

TBS in HD Sets Sept. 1 Launch
HDTV Simulcast of TBS