DTV News for 9-11-2003
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:15 am
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1,207 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DTV STATIONS IN OPERATION - 1011 Stations in 201 Markets Delivering in Digital </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> (as of September 11, 2003) </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Eases Digital TV Transition for Consumers. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Federal Communications Commission)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Powell Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Abernathy Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Martin Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Adelstein Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB President and CEO Edward O. Fritts' Response to FCC's Plug and Play Decision </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Statement Of NCTA President & CEO Robert Sachs Regarding The FCC'S Order On The "Plug And Play" Agreement Between The Cable And Consumer Electronics Industries </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Digital Cable Ready HDTV Sets to Become a Reality for America's Seventy Million Cable Households </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Consumer Electronics Association)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs Digital Cable Accord on TV Cards </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Reuters / Yahoo News /iWon)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Moves to Make TVs, Cable Compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Yahoo News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Plug-and-play on its way [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cable-ready digital-TV sets should be on the market by fall 2004. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs Modified Plug-and-Play Deal [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Consumers should be able to buy cable-ready digital-TV sets starting next spring under rules adopted Wednesday by the FCC. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Approves Plug And Play Agreement </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the HDTV plug-and-play agreement this morning that was struck between major cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers in December 2002, which is expected to quickly broaden the rollout of HDTV in the U.S. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Moves to Make TVs, Cable Compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Goal is to aid in the rollout of digital and high-definition televisions. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(MediaWeek)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs digital plug-and-play; Hollywood balks </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Federal regulators approved regulations Wednesday designed to let consumers plug digital TVs directly into digital cable outlets despite Hollywood's contention that it would allow wholesale copying of movies and other high-value content. FCC chairman Michael Powell called the vote "a victory for consumers." </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Hollywood Reporter / Reuters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts DTV 'plug and play' rules </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(EE Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Throw Away Your Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission approves new rules to make cable television and new television sets more compatible. The new standards seek to allow digital cable signals to flow into TV sets without the need for a set- top box. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Wired News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts 'plug-and-play' </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of adopting "Plug-and-Play," a proposed agreement from the cable and consumer electronics industries designed to establish a technical baseline for the delivery of programming to digital TV sets without the need for a separate set-top box. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CED Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules should help digital, HD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(UPI via Washington DC Times))<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> F.C.C. Adopts Rules on Digital TV Sets </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Bloomberg News via New York Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts 'plug and play' cable for TVs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission announced a unanimous decision to adopt rules that make digital cable reception on new televisions as easy as plugging a card into a set. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(ZDNet News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules should help digital, HD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(United Press International via NewsAlert)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC approves new DCAB 'plug-n-play' rules </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The FCC has approved new rules that will enable basic digital cable TV services to be received without an STB. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Spy UK)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Rules bring new TVs, digital cable closer </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> New standards will increase audience for high-definition fare </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Seattle WA Post Intelligencer)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital plug-in rules approved </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Seattle, WA Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Seeks to Promote Digital TV, HDTV Rollout </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Washington Post)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules make TVs and digital cable more compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Toronto, Canada Globe and Mail)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Zenith Applauds FCC Action on Digital-Cable-Ready HDTV Standard </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News / Silicon Valley BizInk)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Digital Cable Ready HDTV Sets to Become a Reality for America's Seventy Million Cable Households </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 60 Million US TV Households Can Receive High Definition TV (HDTV) Via Cable </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> HDTV is now available in 19 of Top 20 US markets from local cable operators. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Streaming Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NCTA: 60 million cable homes can get HD </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Sixty million TV homes in the U.S. can get high-definition television (HDTV) programming from their local cable operator, up 60 percent since the first of the year, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CED Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NCTA: Cable HD Markets on the Rise [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cable operators are closing the HDTV gap. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> EchoStar Unveils HDTV Product Bundle </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Indianapolis - EchoStar used CEDIA Expo to announce that DISH Network would offer a new package of HDTV sets and decoder boxes, capable of receiving the satellite service
1,207 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DTV STATIONS IN OPERATION - 1011 Stations in 201 Markets Delivering in Digital </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> (as of September 11, 2003) </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Eases Digital TV Transition for Consumers. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Federal Communications Commission)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Fact Sheet: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Powell Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Martin Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Adelstein Statement: </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB President and CEO Edward O. Fritts' Response to FCC's Plug and Play Decision </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/statements/S1203.htm">www.nab.org/Newsroom/Pres.../S1203.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Statement Of NCTA President & CEO Robert Sachs Regarding The FCC'S Order On The "Plug And Play" Agreement Between The Cable And Consumer Electronics Industries </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ncta.com/press/press.cfm?PRid=392&showArticles=ok">www.ncta.com/press/press....rticles=ok</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Digital Cable Ready HDTV Sets to Become a Reality for America's Seventy Million Cable Households </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Consumer Electronics Association)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ce.org/press_room/press_release_detail.asp?id=10313">www.ce.org/press_room/pre...p?id=10313</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs Digital Cable Accord on TV Cards </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Reuters / Yahoo News /iWon)<br>
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<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030910/media_nm/media_cable_fcc_dc_2">story.news.yahoo.com/news...e_fcc_dc_2</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n10271545&feed=reu&date=20030910&cat=INDUSTRY">money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwd...t=INDUSTRY</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Moves to Make TVs, Cable Compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via Yahoo News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Plug-and-play on its way [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cable-ready digital-TV sets should be on the market by fall 2004. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=document&doc_id=125984&display=breakingNews">www.broadcastingcable.com...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs Modified Plug-and-Play Deal [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Consumers should be able to buy cable-ready digital-TV sets starting next spring under rules adopted Wednesday by the FCC. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Approves Plug And Play Agreement </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the HDTV plug-and-play agreement this morning that was struck between major cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers in December 2002, which is expected to quickly broaden the rollout of HDTV in the U.S. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Moves to Make TVs, Cable Compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Goal is to aid in the rollout of digital and high-definition televisions. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(MediaWeek)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC OKs digital plug-and-play; Hollywood balks </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Federal regulators approved regulations Wednesday designed to let consumers plug digital TVs directly into digital cable outlets despite Hollywood's contention that it would allow wholesale copying of movies and other high-value content. FCC chairman Michael Powell called the vote "a victory for consumers." </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Hollywood Reporter / Reuters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts DTV 'plug and play' rules </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(EE Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Throw Away Your Set-Top Box </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission approves new rules to make cable television and new television sets more compatible. The new standards seek to allow digital cable signals to flow into TV sets without the need for a set- top box. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Wired News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts 'plug-and-play' </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of adopting "Plug-and-Play," a proposed agreement from the cable and consumer electronics industries designed to establish a technical baseline for the delivery of programming to digital TV sets without the need for a separate set-top box. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CED Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules should help digital, HD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(UPI via Washington DC Times))<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> F.C.C. Adopts Rules on Digital TV Sets </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Bloomberg News via New York Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC adopts 'plug and play' cable for TVs </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Federal Communications Commission announced a unanimous decision to adopt rules that make digital cable reception on new televisions as easy as plugging a card into a set. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(ZDNet News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules should help digital, HD TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(United Press International via NewsAlert)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC approves new DCAB 'plug-n-play' rules </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The FCC has approved new rules that will enable basic digital cable TV services to be received without an STB. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Digital Spy UK)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Rules bring new TVs, digital cable closer </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> New standards will increase audience for high-definition fare </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Seattle WA Post Intelligencer)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital plug-in rules approved </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Seattle, WA Times)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Seeks to Promote Digital TV, HDTV Rollout </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Washington Post)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC rules make TVs and digital cable more compatible </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Toronto, Canada Globe and Mail)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Zenith Applauds FCC Action on Digital-Cable-Ready HDTV Standard </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News / Silicon Valley BizInk)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Digital Cable Ready HDTV Sets to Become a Reality for America's Seventy Million Cable Households </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 60 Million US TV Households Can Receive High Definition TV (HDTV) Via Cable </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> HDTV is now available in 19 of Top 20 US markets from local cable operators. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Streaming Magazine)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.streamingmagazine.com/viewentry.asp?ID=279738&PT=Daily+Digest&TI=dailydigest">www.streamingmagazine.com...ailydigest</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NCTA: 60 million cable homes can get HD </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Sixty million TV homes in the U.S. can get high-definition television (HDTV) programming from their local cable operator, up 60 percent since the first of the year, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CED Magazine)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0903/cedaily030910.htm#2">www.cedmagazine.com/cedai...0910.htm#2</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NCTA: Cable HD Markets on the Rise [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cable operators are closing the HDTV gap. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=document&doc_id=125982&display=breakingNews">www.multichannel.com/inde...eakingNews</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Cable Plug-And-Play Adoption Swings DTV Transition Floodgates Wide Open, Says CEA </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Widescreen Review)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://db.widescreenreview.com/weeknews/FMPro?-db=webnewsearch.fp5&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-sortfield=rank&-op=cn&Type=Web%20News&Year=2003&Month=09&Day=10&-recid=40851&-find=">db.widescreenreview.com/w...851&-find=</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> EchoStar Unveils HDTV Product Bundle </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Indianapolis - EchoStar used CEDIA Expo to announce that DISH Network would offer a new package of HDTV sets and decoder boxes, capable of receiving the satellite service