DTV News for 7-2-2007

Lee Wood · Post by **Lee Wood** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:06 am

DTV News for 7-2-2007
596 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Rembrandt Lawsuit Could Affect DTV Transition
Rembrandt Technologies, a Philadelphia company that specializes in acquiring patents that show potential for commercialization, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., against several major U.S. television networks and cable operators.
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0016/t.6968.html

FCC denies industry bid to delay cable box rule
U.S. regulators turned down a request by the cable television industry to delay new rules designed to open up the market for cable TV set-top boxes.
(Reuters / Yahoo News)
http://www.reuters.com/article/televisi ... 5420070630
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070630/tv_ ... ivers_dc_1

It's a new day for cable-TV boxes, as consumers are free to choose
The summer's just started, yet cable operators are already drenched in sweat. They are bracing for a deadline they staved off for more than a decade