DTV News for 8-26-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 8-26-2005
492 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

FCC OKs First Multicast Must-Carry [Paid Subscription Required]
The FCC has decided to grant broadcasters analog and digital multicast satellite must-carry in Alaska and Hawaii, but it has written the rules carefully to avoid suggesting precedent for extending digital multicasting any further without direction from Congress.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

High-Tech Cos.: DTV Transition Good for Rural Areas
(MediaWeek)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1001021754

DTV Coalition Launches Net Initiative [Paid Subscription Required]
As the House and Senate Commerce Committees prepare to draft bills setting a hard date for the switch to digital TV and the return of analog spectrum, computer companies and others are ramping up their push for vacated analog spectrum.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News


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