DTV News for 12-4-2002
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 7:06 am
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 12-4-2002 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,488 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Adelstein Can Tip DTV Balance [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Democrat Jonathan Adelstein, sworn in Tuesday as a member of the FCC, is positioned to cast the tie-breaking vote on at least one important cable issue. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=108714&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Deployment Issues Keep HDTV Fuzzy [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Anaheim, Calif. -- How to deal with the myriad bandwidth, content and business issues of HDTV remains a fuzzy picture at best. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=108768&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> GAO wants cable-ready DTV sets </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bpihw/20021203/en_bpihw/gao_wants_cable_ready_dtv_sets">story.news.yahoo.com/news...y_dtv_sets</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital Terrestrial Television Revolution Put on Hold </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2002/0001851777&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...777&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mark's Monday Memo - 2002 December 2 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm01988.html">www.digitaltelevision.com...01988.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Are You High? Def </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Tech Central Station)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-120302B">www.techcentralstation.co...51-120302B</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Higher-End TV Models Get More Price-Friendly </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(New York, NY Newsday)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/health/ny-pigear3029281dec03,0,7072252.story?coll=ny%2Ddiscovery%2Dprint">www.newsday.com/news/prin...ry%2Dprint</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mitsubishi Announces XD300U ColorView DLP Projector </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 6.6-pound model offers 2,100 ANSI lumens, 2,000:1 contrast ratio </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/mitsubishi021203.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...021203.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Scientific-Atlanta Combines HDTV With High- Speed Internet in New Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 4200HD Set-Top Receives Any HD Format, Features Integrated Cable Modem </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_sa_hddocsis.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...docsis.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> InPhase Technologies to Develop Rewritable Holographic Media for HDTV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Development to be Financed Through Award from U.S. Government's Advanced Technology Program </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_inphase_holohd.htm">www.broadcastnewsroom.com...holohd.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_inphase_holohd.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...holohd.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Motorola Announces Additional Key Customer Wins For Its High-Definition DCT5100 Set-Top </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> CableOne, Charter Communications, Insight Communications, and Time Warner Cable, along with Armstrong and BendCable, Join the Growing List of MSOs Deploying Motorola's HD DCT5100, Which Also Includes Comcast and Shaw </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2002/0001851783&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...783&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Pace to Show HD Personal Video Recorder at Broadband Plus </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Company showcases cable technology geared toward generating new revenue </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_pace_hdpvr.htm">www.broadcastnewsroom.com..._hdpvr.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_pace_hdpvr.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12..._hdpvr.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Pace Showcases Breadth of Cable Solutions at Broadband Plus </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Technology Geared Toward Generating New Revenue for Cable Operators </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Broadcasting)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={3757E881-F7F0-46BC-9EC7-7C1B838E91AB}&Bucket=Current+Headlines">www.digitalbroadcasting.c...+Headlines</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Harmonic's DiviCom MV50 Encoder Completes Phase Four Digital Program Insertion Testing at CableLabs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Advanced DPI Support Maximizes Advertising Revenue Opportunity for Live Programming </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Broadcasting)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={BA390911-A842-458E-8E87-5D6E5FD1F2CE}&Bucket=Current+Headlines">www.digitalbroadcasting.c...+Headlines</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview sales going through the roof [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 'Poor man's digital TV' confounding critics... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Silicon.com)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=56657">www.silicon.com/bin/blade...INT1=56657</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Launch success for free BBC digital TV [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Electronic Telegraph)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$PNJ0LAGU3NLJFQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2002/12/04/nview04.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/12/04/ixhome.html">www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...xhome.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview sellout wrongfoots rivals [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Guardian Unlimited)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,853302,00.html">www.guardian.co.uk/busine...02,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> UK viewers welcome Freeview [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/dec2_9.html#uk">www.advanced-television.c..._9.html#uk</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Network Electronics routes TV2 Nord [Norway] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TVBEurope)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.croft-uk.net/tvbe/story.asp?79">www.croft-uk.net/tvbe/story.asp?79</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END-->
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,488 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Adelstein Can Tip DTV Balance [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Democrat Jonathan Adelstein, sworn in Tuesday as a member of the FCC, is positioned to cast the tie-breaking vote on at least one important cable issue. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=108714&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Deployment Issues Keep HDTV Fuzzy [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Anaheim, Calif. -- How to deal with the myriad bandwidth, content and business issues of HDTV remains a fuzzy picture at best. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=108768&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> GAO wants cable-ready DTV sets </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bpihw/20021203/en_bpihw/gao_wants_cable_ready_dtv_sets">story.news.yahoo.com/news...y_dtv_sets</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital Terrestrial Television Revolution Put on Hold </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2002/0001851777&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...777&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mark's Monday Memo - 2002 December 2 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm01988.html">www.digitaltelevision.com...01988.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Are You High? Def </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Tech Central Station)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-120302B">www.techcentralstation.co...51-120302B</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Higher-End TV Models Get More Price-Friendly </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(New York, NY Newsday)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/health/ny-pigear3029281dec03,0,7072252.story?coll=ny%2Ddiscovery%2Dprint">www.newsday.com/news/prin...ry%2Dprint</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mitsubishi Announces XD300U ColorView DLP Projector </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 6.6-pound model offers 2,100 ANSI lumens, 2,000:1 contrast ratio </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/mitsubishi021203.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...021203.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Scientific-Atlanta Combines HDTV With High- Speed Internet in New Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 4200HD Set-Top Receives Any HD Format, Features Integrated Cable Modem </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_sa_hddocsis.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...docsis.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> InPhase Technologies to Develop Rewritable Holographic Media for HDTV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Development to be Financed Through Award from U.S. Government's Advanced Technology Program </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_inphase_holohd.htm">www.broadcastnewsroom.com...holohd.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_inphase_holohd.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12...holohd.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Motorola Announces Additional Key Customer Wins For Its High-Definition DCT5100 Set-Top </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> CableOne, Charter Communications, Insight Communications, and Time Warner Cable, along with Armstrong and BendCable, Join the Growing List of MSOs Deploying Motorola's HD DCT5100, Which Also Includes Comcast and Shaw </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2002/0001851783&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...783&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Pace to Show HD Personal Video Recorder at Broadband Plus </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Company showcases cable technology geared toward generating new revenue </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Newsroom / HDTV Buyer)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_pace_hdpvr.htm">www.broadcastnewsroom.com..._hdpvr.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12_dec/news/cw_pace_hdpvr.htm">www.hdtvbuyer.com/2002/12..._hdpvr.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Pace Showcases Breadth of Cable Solutions at Broadband Plus </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Technology Geared Toward Generating New Revenue for Cable Operators </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Broadcasting)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={3757E881-F7F0-46BC-9EC7-7C1B838E91AB}&Bucket=Current+Headlines">www.digitalbroadcasting.c...+Headlines</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Harmonic's DiviCom MV50 Encoder Completes Phase Four Digital Program Insertion Testing at CableLabs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Advanced DPI Support Maximizes Advertising Revenue Opportunity for Live Programming </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Broadcasting)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalbroadcasting.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={BA390911-A842-458E-8E87-5D6E5FD1F2CE}&Bucket=Current+Headlines">www.digitalbroadcasting.c...+Headlines</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview sales going through the roof [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> 'Poor man's digital TV' confounding critics... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Silicon.com)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=56657">www.silicon.com/bin/blade...INT1=56657</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Launch success for free BBC digital TV [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Electronic Telegraph)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$PNJ0LAGU3NLJFQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2002/12/04/nview04.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/12/04/ixhome.html">www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...xhome.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview sellout wrongfoots rivals [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Guardian Unlimited)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,853302,00.html">www.guardian.co.uk/busine...02,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> UK viewers welcome Freeview [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/dec2_9.html#uk">www.advanced-television.c..._9.html#uk</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Network Electronics routes TV2 Nord [Norway] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TVBEurope)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.croft-uk.net/tvbe/story.asp?79">www.croft-uk.net/tvbe/story.asp?79</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END-->
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