DTV News for 4-13-2004

[Lee Wood]

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 4-13-2004 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 992 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> TV on Steroids </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> So Long to Analog Broadcasting and Hello to Digital, Which May Spell Good News for Viewers--And Plenty of It </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Columbia University Journalism Review)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Mark's Monday Memo - 2004 April 12 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Television)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Bright picture for digital TV sales, study says </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The market for digital televisions is coming into focus. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CNET News.com / ZDNet)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> In-Stat/MDR forecasting bright picture in digital TV market </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Phoenix, AZ Business Journal)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DTV shipments to hit 93 M in '08 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Shipments of digital television sets will balloon to 93 million in 2008, up from a relatively paltry 17 million units this year, predicts In-Stat/MDR, a sister company to CED. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(CED Magazine)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> In-Stat/MDR Sees DTV Explosion [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Unit shipments of digital-TV sets will reach 93 million units in 2008, up from 17 million in 2004, according to In-Stat/MDR, </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Digital TV Gaining Acceptance </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(TechWeb News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DBS Providers In Danger Of Being Locked Out Of Digital Tuner Integrated TVs In North America Says ABI Research </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Business Wire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> The Digital Transition Advances: CableLabs Verifies First Plug & Play Devices </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Business Wire)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Sony, Hitachi, LG Pass P&P Tests </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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