DTV News for 2-4-2003

[Lee Wood]

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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,426 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Golden, Colo., Is Besieged with Digital Television Broadcast Tower Proposals </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Denver, CO Post via NewsAlert)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Time Warner bringing HDTV to local stations [Austin, TX] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Austin, TX American-Statesman)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Comcast to Air NBA All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday Night in HDTV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Comcast HDTV Customers Will be Able to Watch One of the Year's Most-Anticipated Sporting Event in High-Definition </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(PR Newswire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mark's Monday Memo - 2003 February 3 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Spectrum fees for TV broadcasters proposed </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Electronic Media)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.emonline.com/news/web020303.html#spectrum">www.emonline.com/news/web...l#spectrum</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Statement from NAB President & CEO Edward O. Fritts on President Bush's Spectrum Tax Proposal </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> White House budget calls for analog-TV fees [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The White House is again pushing to create a spectrum fee for broadcasters. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Bush Pushes Analog-Spectrum Tax [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Bush White House is pressing ahead with plans to tax commercial TV stations $500 million per year for failing to complete the digital-TV transition by Dec. 31, 2006. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> House Gets Digital Cameras, But No HDTV for Now [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The cameras on the House floor are going digital. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Roll Call Online)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> All Future Sports Broadcasts in Fox Widescreen to Carry Dolby Digital 5.1 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Business Wire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Fox Turns Up Dolby 5.1 Sound [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Fox Sports is pumping up the sound this year for all of its events broadcast in