DTV News for 5-6-2005

Lee Wood · Post by **Lee Wood** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:54 am

DTV News for 5-6-2005   
 604 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting  
 
 HDTV's promise finally fulfilled  
 Picture quality, program offerings converge, and Sony's Qualia 006 is the gold standard  
(Portland, OR Oregonian) 
<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/111528721967520.xml&coll=7">www.oregonlive.com/living...xml&coll=7</a> 
 
 Digital TV Switch Faces More Hurdles  
 Congress is under increasing pressure to delay a 2006 deadline for a nationwide transition to digital TV.  
(Los Angeles, CA Times) 
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-fi-dtv6may06,1,7203550.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=1&cset=true">www.latimes.com/business/...&cset=true</a> 
 
 Single Frequency Networks and OTA HDTV  
(Engadget) 
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000500042416/">www.engadget.com/entry/1234000500042416/</a> 
 
 DisplaySearch Announces Agenda for Upcoming HDTV Conference  
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / TMCNet) 
<a href="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050505005576&newsLang=en">home.businesswire.com/por...ewsLang=en</a> 
<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050505/55576.html?.v=1">biz.yahoo.com/bw/050505/55576.html?.v=1</a> 
<a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/May/1141583.htm">www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/20...141583.htm</a> 
 
 
 DISH Network Expands High-Definition Package with Addition of VOOM Programming; Lineup will Include 10 Original VOOM HD Channels  
 EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"> ISH) announced that its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service will expand its high-definition television (HDTV) package by adding 10 original VOOM HD networks, expected to be available May 1, 2005. With the addition of these originals to its current slate of HD programming, DISH Network further establishes itself as the leader in high-definition TV.  
(PRWeb / Yahoo News) 
<a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prwebxml236294.php">www.prweb.com/releases/20...236294.php</a> 
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050505/bs_prweb/prweb236294_1">news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=...eb236294_1</a> 
 
 DISH Network Adds 10 HD Channels From VOOM  
 DISH Network Expands High-Definition Package with Addition of VOOM Programming; Lineup Will Include 10 Original VOOM HD Channels  
(eCoustics.com) 
<a href="http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/135647.html">news.ecoustics.com/bbs/me...35647.html</a> 
 
 
 Custom LCD Displays Integrated with RGB Spectrum's Multi-Window Display Processors  
(ThomasNet) 
<a href="http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/462986/rss">news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/462986/rss</a> 
 
 LodgeNet, LG Electronics to Deliver Industry's Most Complete HDTV Solution For Hotel Guest Rooms  
 Full Complement of High-Definition Broadcast, Satellite-Delivered Premium Content and Video-On-Demand Entertainment Enabled By Industry-Leading Content Security Technology; All TV and Video-On-Demand Functions Controlled with a Single Remote; Industry's First 'Boxless' HDTV Solution  
(PR Newswire / Yahoo News / Hotel News Resource) 
<a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-05-2005/0003545035&EDATE=">www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bi...035&EDATE=</a> 
<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050505/cgth021.html?.v=10">biz.yahoo.com/prnews/0505...html?.v=10</a> 
<a href="http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article16380.html">www.hotelnewsresource.com...16380.html</a> 
 
 
 HD quality 'to drive digital take-up'  
(Digital TV Group) 
<a href="http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=855">griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/n...s=0&id=855</a> 
 
 Sky Italia 'complains over DTT subsidy' [Italy]  
(Digital TV Group) 
<a href="http://griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=857">griffin.dtg.org.uk/news/n...s=0&id=857</a>