DTV News for 4-29-2005

[Lee Wood]

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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 611 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> The Clicker: From analog to digital </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Engadget)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Tech Giants Want a Date with Digital TV </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> A group of US high-tech heavyweights on Wednesday urged Congress to set a firm date for the transition to digital signals for television broadcasts, saying it's critical for innovation and jobs, Associated Press reported. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(SAP Info)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DISH Network Expands High-Definition Package with Addition of VOOM Programming </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Lineup Will Include 10 Original VOOM HD Channels </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Business Wire via Google / Yahoo News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Scripps Nets Revises HDTV Plans [Free to Read] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Scripps Networks is changing its high-definition game plan. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Kagan Research Releases Exclusive Study on the Economics of HD Cable Networks </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(PRWeb via Yahoo News) <br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 24-hour digital channels part of WSTMs new plan </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> NBC Weather Plus and the Tube Music Network may be up and running this summer. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Syracuse, NY Post Standard)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Should You Get HDTV From DIRECTV? [Phillip Swann] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> "Any HDTV dish or receiver you buy from DIRECTV today -- or currently own -- may soon be obsolete...(And) DIRECTV has still not revealed its plans for replacing the old receivers." </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(TVPredictions.com)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Samsung Electronics And Microsoft Announce Revolutionary Hdtv Alliance On Next-Generation Xbox </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(AnandTech)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Microsoft Chooses Samsung as HDTV Partner </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Microsoft and Samsung have announced an alliance to moves computer games to high-definition television screens. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(DesignTechnica)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Samsung, Microsoft Ink HDTV Marketing Deal On Next-Gen XBox </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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