DTV News for 4-21-2005
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:48 pm
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> DTV News for 4-21-2005 </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 619 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Spring 2005 HDTVGuide [Adobe PDF File] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Consumer Electronics Association)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ce.org/publications/books_references/dtv_guide/HDTV_Guide-Spring05.pdf">www.ce.org/publications/b...ring05.pdf</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Asks FCC to Reconsider Must-Carry </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The National Association of Broadcasters on Thursday will ask the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision that cable operators need not carry broadcasters' multiple digital programs, the NAB's top official said Wednesday.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(MediaWeek)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000892521">www.mediaweek.com/mw/news...1000892521</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Wants FCC to Reconsider Must-Carry </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The National Association of Broadcasters plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision rejecting an NAB proposal to require cable operators to carry all of the programming streams on broadcasters' digital channels, Eddie Fritts, NAB president and CEO, said Wednesday. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TelevisionWeek)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=7688">www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=7688</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB to Ask FCC to Reconsider Multicast [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Broadcasters are planning to ask federal regulators to reconsider a February ruling that banned TV stations from demanding cable-system carriage of multiple digital-programming services. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA526373.html?display=Breaking+News">www.multichannel.com/arti...aking+News</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Industry lobby groups argue over Digital Television Deadlines </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Home Canada)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://digitalhomecanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=51">digitalhomecanada.com/ind...&Itemid=51</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Texas GOP to Press for Digital TV Deadline </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via USA Today / Altus, OK Times / Tucson, AZ Citizen)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-04-20-digital-tv-deadline_x.htm?csp=34">www.usatoday.com/tech/new...htm?csp=34</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.altustimes.com/articles/2005/04/20/ap/hitech/d89im27g0.txt">www.altustimes.com/articl...im27g0.txt</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=042005d1_broadcast">www.tucsoncitizen.com/ind..._broadcast</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Barton bill to speed US switchover </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=819">griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=819</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Blasts CEA DTV Transition Delay Plan </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Calls On Set Makers to Stop 'Perpetuating a Fraud' on Consumers </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nab.org/newsroom/pressrel/Releases/NAB_Blasts_CEA.htm">www.nab.org/newsroom/pres...ts_CEA.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters To Support An Analog Cut-Off Date </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Latest Broadside Against CEA Is Example of NAB's Strategy of Point-and-Blame Instead of Moving Forward </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=10732">www.ce.org/press_room/pre...p?id=10732</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters to Support an Analog Cut-off Date and Promote over-the-Air Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Latest Broadside Against CEA Is Example of NAB's Strategy of Point-and-Blame Instead of Moving Forward </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050419/195790.html?.v=1">biz.yahoo.com/bw/050419/195790.html?.v=1</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Shapiro Prods Broadcasters Over DTV At NAB </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Consumer Electronics Association
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 619 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Spring 2005 HDTVGuide [Adobe PDF File] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Consumer Electronics Association)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ce.org/publications/books_references/dtv_guide/HDTV_Guide-Spring05.pdf">www.ce.org/publications/b...ring05.pdf</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Asks FCC to Reconsider Must-Carry </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The National Association of Broadcasters on Thursday will ask the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision that cable operators need not carry broadcasters' multiple digital programs, the NAB's top official said Wednesday.... </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(MediaWeek)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000892521">www.mediaweek.com/mw/news...1000892521</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Wants FCC to Reconsider Must-Carry </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The National Association of Broadcasters plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision rejecting an NAB proposal to require cable operators to carry all of the programming streams on broadcasters' digital channels, Eddie Fritts, NAB president and CEO, said Wednesday. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TelevisionWeek)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=7688">www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=7688</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB to Ask FCC to Reconsider Multicast [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Broadcasters are planning to ask federal regulators to reconsider a February ruling that banned TV stations from demanding cable-system carriage of multiple digital-programming services. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA526373.html?display=Breaking+News">www.multichannel.com/arti...aking+News</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Industry lobby groups argue over Digital Television Deadlines </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital Home Canada)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://digitalhomecanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=51">digitalhomecanada.com/ind...&Itemid=51</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Texas GOP to Press for Digital TV Deadline </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Associated Press via USA Today / Altus, OK Times / Tucson, AZ Citizen)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-04-20-digital-tv-deadline_x.htm?csp=34">www.usatoday.com/tech/new...htm?csp=34</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.altustimes.com/articles/2005/04/20/ap/hitech/d89im27g0.txt">www.altustimes.com/articl...im27g0.txt</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=042005d1_broadcast">www.tucsoncitizen.com/ind..._broadcast</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Barton bill to speed US switchover </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Digital TV Group)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=819">griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=819</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB Blasts CEA DTV Transition Delay Plan </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Calls On Set Makers to Stop 'Perpetuating a Fraud' on Consumers </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nab.org/newsroom/pressrel/Releases/NAB_Blasts_CEA.htm">www.nab.org/newsroom/pres...ts_CEA.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters To Support An Analog Cut-Off Date </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Latest Broadside Against CEA Is Example of NAB's Strategy of Point-and-Blame Instead of Moving Forward </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=10732">www.ce.org/press_room/pre...p?id=10732</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
<br>
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters to Support an Analog Cut-off Date and Promote over-the-Air Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Latest Broadside Against CEA Is Example of NAB's Strategy of Point-and-Blame Instead of Moving Forward </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)<br>
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050419/195790.html?.v=1">biz.yahoo.com/bw/050419/195790.html?.v=1</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Shapiro Prods Broadcasters Over DTV At NAB </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Consumer Electronics Association