DTV News for 9-19-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 9-19-2005
468 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Oct. 19 Is Deadline for DTV Bill [Paid Subscription Required]
The Senate Commerce Committee has just gotten word from the Budget Committee that the new deadline for a DTV transition bill is Oct. 19.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Multicast Aligns Cable, Consumer Groups [Paid Subscription Required]
'92 Foes Side With Operators Against Digital Must-Carry
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... lay=Policy

Broadcasters, cable skirmish over DTV multicast must-carry
As part of its legislative push, the NAB unveiled results of a new study showing the financial benefits of multicast DTV carriage by cable systems.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 50916/#DTV

Converter Prototypes Demonstrated on Capitol Hill
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3242


CBS and UPN to Add 5.1 to their Vast HDTV Primetime Lineup
(Audio Revolution)
http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0905/14.cbs51.html

The Dead & The Despair in HDTV [Phillip Swann]
HDNet's World Report brings home the disaster of New Orleans in chillingly clear high-def.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/worldreport091605.html


KGBT 4 Launches 24/7 Local Weather Channel
(KGBT Harlingen, TX)
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.a ... 3&nav=0w0v

New from KSLA TV 12, a 24-hour music television channel that features the best artists, the best songs, and the best images of all time in a pure all-music presentation.
Available NOW free over-the-air on channel 12.2 on your digital tuner, and coming soon to cable systems across the Ark-La-Tex.
(KSLA Shreveport, LA)
http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=3711558

Introducing: The Tube!
(WTNZ Knoxville TN)
http://www.wtnzfox43.com/Global/story.asp?S=3671257

Introducing: The Tube!
(WFLX West Palm Beach, FL)
http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/story.asp?S=3671257


PrairieWave Goes HD in S.D. [Paid Subscription Required]
PrairieWave Communications began carrying the HD signal of South Dakota Public Broadcasting