DTV News for 9-23-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 9-23-2005
464 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Stevens Says DTV Bill Markup By Oct. 25 [Paid Subscription Required]
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said Thursday that a DTV transition bill will be marked up by the budget committee Oct. 25.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

US: LG lends digital TV expertise to US house
U.S. House of Representatives plans analog switchover policy, assisted by presentation on digital television broadcasting technology from LG Electronics
(Korea Times via Asia Media News)
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.a ... ntid=30164

LG advises US on switchover strategy
(Digital TV Group)
http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php ... =0&id=1182


Saturday Night Live Returns October 1
NBC'S "Saturday Night Live" Kicks Off Its 31st Season October 1 In High-Definition And With High-Powered Stars
(NBC Universal)
http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/en ... tlive.html

Program Review - Winged Migration on HDNet Movies [Dale Cripps]
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/20 ... review.php

RCN Launches WB HD
RCN will launch HD signals from The WB under terms of an agreement the MSO reached with Tribune.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP


Digital TV Shoot-Out
(Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/finance/2005/09/2 ... artner=rss

The HDTV waiting game
(CNET Reviews)
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-633 ... =cnetfd.dl

HD is Everywhere
Screen Options Becoming Aggressive -- Delivery Battle Could Be Brutal
(HD Issues / Digital Producer)
http://www.hdissues.com/articles/viewar ... p?id=34761
http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles ... p?id=34761


JVC Takes HDV Tapeless
(Television Broadcast)
http://televisionbroadcast.com/articles ... 1064.shtml

Canon Enters HDV Arena With XL H1
(Television Broadcast)
http://televisionbroadcast.com/articles ... 1063.shtml


Number of HDTV sets worldwide to reach 28.6m by end-2005