DTV News for 7-19-2005

[Lee Wood]

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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 530 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> NAB agrees to 2009 DTV deadline </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> A show of bipartisan support for a Jan. 1, 2009 analog shutoff date is sure to be ratified in Congress. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Engineering)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> What happens to TV spectrum after the return? </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Public safety officials will need at least three years after the spectrum is returned to use it effectively. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcast Engineering)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Cox Inks Pair of Retrans Pacts </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Cox Communications has reached retransmission-consent deals with Clear Channel Communications and Raycom Media. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Multichannel News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Clear Channel inks TV broadcast-rights pact with Cox </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> San Antonio-based Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) will provide analog and digital carriage rights to Cox for two NBC stations, two CBS stations, one ABC station, four Fox stations and five UPN stations. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(San Antonio, TX Business Journal)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Bucs Go High Def </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> WFLA-TV will telecast Tampa Bay