DTV News for 10-19-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 10-19-2005
438 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

McCain Pushes Earlier Analog Cutoff
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to end the digital-TV transition no later than 2006 or early 2007.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP

Senator calls for quicker digital TV transition
McCain says people died after Hurricane Katrina due to inadequate radio spectrum
(IDG News Service via InfoWorld / ComputerWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/ ... rtv_1.html
http://www.computerworld.com/government ... ource=x261

Politico wants to move up DTV deadline
A chunk of radio spectrum would be freed up by late 2006 or early 2007 for first responders and those interested in easier deployment of broadband networks, if one senator gets his way.
(CNET News.com via ZDNet News)
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5899 ... subj=zdnet

Sen. McCain to push for earlier digital TV move
(Reuters / Yahoo News / MSNBC)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... ived=False
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051018/11/wexc.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9745387/

McCain Plans 2007 (or 2006) Amendment [Paid Subscription Required]
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told a New America Foundation audience Tuesday that he would try to amend a Senate Commerce Committee DTV bill to move the hard date up to 2007 or even 2006.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Senate committee to debate $463 million set-top-box subsidy, new DTV transition date
Late last Friday, Sen. Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) rushed five pages of new draft legislation that would extend the "hard date" for the final terrestrial VHF TV broadcasts to 7 April 2009. Beating deadlines by just minutes, the draft document didn't even have time to attain a formal name or a Senate docket number before being added to the agenda for Stevens' Commerce Committee.
(Tom's Guide)
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/18/senat ... v_subsidy/


Multicast Carriage Measure Pulled From Senate Panel Vote
In a blow to broadcasters, a spokeswoman for the Senate Commerce Committee said Tuesday that legislation that could settle a fight between broadcasters and cable TV operators over multicast carriage rules and other important issues related to the digital TV transition will not go to a vote this week.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=8748

Proposed for multicasts: Viva channel in Spanish
(Current)
http://www.current.org/dtv/dtv0519spanish.shtml

HDTV Technical Advisories
(WNDU South Bend, IN)
http://www.wndu.com/about/102005/press_45416.php


2005 HDTV Report, Part 10: HDTV Tuners & Tuning DVR's [Rodolfo La Maestra]
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/20 ... epor_9.php

HDTV -- The People's Choice [Adobe PDF File]
Americans are buying digital TV (DTV) equipment