DTV News for 6-25-2003
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:04 am
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 6-25-2003 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,285 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Fox Television to Add HDTV to Primetime by Fall 2004 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(New York, NY Times)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/business/media/25TUBE.html?ex=1057118400&en=2a3f8fe190b850b2&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE">www.nytimes.com/2003/06/2...ner=GOOGLE</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> TV Guide </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which big-screen TV is fairest of all? </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Fortune)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fortune.com/fortune/peterlewis/0,15704,459973,00.html">www.fortune.com/fortune/p...73,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> LodgeNet to begin offering HDTV in hotels </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Aberdeen, SD News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/6160963.htm">www.aberdeennews.com/mld/...160963.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> On Command Launches HDTV Service for Hotel Public Viewing Areas </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/06-24-2003/0001970812&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...812&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> On Command Introduces High Definition TeleMate(TM) Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Video-on-Demand Entertainment Company Demonstrates Prototype at HITEC 2003 </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/06-24-2003/0001970811&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...811&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> New Pioneer Plasmas Have Pure Drive for Complete Digital Signal Path </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> More Than One Billion Colors on Display </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/06-25-2003/0001971585&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...585&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Projectors Debut TI's "Matterhorn" Chipset </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Union City, Calif. - Runco International announced it is now shipping four additions to its Digital Light Processing (DLP) video front projector line, including two new entry level Reflection Series models based on Texas Instruments' new 'Matterhorn' chipset. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.twice.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=121692&display=breakingNews">www.twice.com/index.asp?l...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Samsung Selects Trident's DPTV(TM)3DPRO and PanelPro(TM)Multimedia (PMM) Technologies to Power Its 32" HDTV- Ready LCD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire / Silicon Vallink Biz Ink)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2003/0001971497&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...497&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2003/0001971497&EDATE=WED+Jun+25+2003,+07:00+AM">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...,+07:00+AM</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital viewers hooked on free TV [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Guardian Unlimited)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,984103,00.html">media.guardian.co.uk/broa...03,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital TV marches on [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Nearly half of all homes in the UK now have access to multichannel TV services, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has said. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(BBC News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3016630.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enter...016630.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview now in 1.6 million homes [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Spy)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds11277.html">www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...11277.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> UK: one in five homes have digital free-to-air [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.advanced-television.com/2003/News_archive/june23-30.html#ukoneinfive">www.advanced-television.c...koneinfive</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Europ
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 1,285 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Fox Television to Add HDTV to Primetime by Fall 2004 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(New York, NY Times)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/business/media/25TUBE.html?ex=1057118400&en=2a3f8fe190b850b2&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE">www.nytimes.com/2003/06/2...ner=GOOGLE</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> TV Guide </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which big-screen TV is fairest of all? </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Fortune)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fortune.com/fortune/peterlewis/0,15704,459973,00.html">www.fortune.com/fortune/p...73,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> LodgeNet to begin offering HDTV in hotels </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Aberdeen, SD News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/6160963.htm">www.aberdeennews.com/mld/...160963.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> On Command Launches HDTV Service for Hotel Public Viewing Areas </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/06-24-2003/0001970812&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...812&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> On Command Introduces High Definition TeleMate(TM) Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Video-on-Demand Entertainment Company Demonstrates Prototype at HITEC 2003 </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/06-24-2003/0001970811&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...811&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> New Pioneer Plasmas Have Pure Drive for Complete Digital Signal Path </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> More Than One Billion Colors on Display </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/06-25-2003/0001971585&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...585&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Runco Projectors Debut TI's "Matterhorn" Chipset </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Union City, Calif. - Runco International announced it is now shipping four additions to its Digital Light Processing (DLP) video front projector line, including two new entry level Reflection Series models based on Texas Instruments' new 'Matterhorn' chipset. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.twice.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=121692&display=breakingNews">www.twice.com/index.asp?l...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Samsung Selects Trident's DPTV(TM)3DPRO and PanelPro(TM)Multimedia (PMM) Technologies to Power Its 32" HDTV- Ready LCD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire / Silicon Vallink Biz Ink)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2003/0001971497&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...497&EDATE=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2003/0001971497&EDATE=WED+Jun+25+2003,+07:00+AM">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...,+07:00+AM</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital viewers hooked on free TV [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Guardian Unlimited)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,984103,00.html">media.guardian.co.uk/broa...03,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital TV marches on [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Nearly half of all homes in the UK now have access to multichannel TV services, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has said. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(BBC News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3016630.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enter...016630.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Freeview now in 1.6 million homes [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Spy)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds11277.html">www.digitalspy.co.uk/arti...11277.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> UK: one in five homes have digital free-to-air [UK] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Advanced Television)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.advanced-television.com/2003/News_archive/june23-30.html#ukoneinfive">www.advanced-television.c...koneinfive</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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