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DTV News for 11-30-2005

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:03 am
by Lee Wood
DTV News for 11-30-2005
396 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

DTV bills await congressional compromise
The legislation that would end analog television is part of a major budget bill that can be easily derailed over issues that have nothing to do with television.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... /20051128/#

Congress works to ease pain of analog TV's death
Big chunk of tax money would help subsidize switch
(Seattle, WA Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/ ... ource=mypi

20051129 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
(Digital Television)
http://www.digitaltelevision.com/monday ... 02208.html

An Examination of the High-Definition TVs and Services Market and How They Will Impact Consumer Purchasing of Entertainment Media
(Business Wire)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en


Fox's WNYW Adds High-Def Chopper
(MediaWeek)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/tvstat ... 1001572546

NBC2/ABC7 changing HDTV channels
(WBBH-TV Fort Myers, FL)
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readartic ... 083&z=3&p=


Clearing The Picture
Here's what you need to know about buying a digital TV
(Philadelphia, PA Daily News)
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/13289371.htm

High-definition TV more affordable this year
(San Jose, CA Mercury News via Middle East North Africa Financial Network)
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp ... u5uuY1irfq

Brillian HDTVs receive Crestron certification
New Integrated Partner module enables Brillian 720p and 1080p HDTVs to operate seamlessly in Crestron home and commercial automation systems
(InfoComm)
http://www.infocomm.org/index.cfm?objec ... 6D9546F3DB

Epson Launches 55 and 65 inch 1080p LCD Projection HDTVs
(I4U)
http://www.i4u.com/article4679.html


Blu-ray expects to reveal launch details in Jan
(Reuters / Leading the Charge)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... ived=False
http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories ... 06353.html

Gefen Releases 4x1 HDMI Switcher
(MacTech)
http://www.mactech.com/news/?p=1008065


Turner Entertainment Standardizes on Snell & Wilcox MEMPHIS Encoders
Turner Entertainment Networks has standardized on the Snell & Wilcox MEMPHIS as the mastering encoder for all content played out on its HD networks.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13812.shtml

Jon Alpert Takes Sony HDV Camcorder Behind The Scenes on "House Arrest"
Veteran videographer and journalist Jon Alpert recently took Sony's HVR-Z1U professional HDV camcorder behind the scenes to shoot the HBO "docu-comedy" based on reality "House Arrest," which premiered on the cable network on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, Nov. 24.
(Videography)
http://www.videography.com/articles/article_13809.shtml

Dielectric to supply DTV antennas to Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Nexstar Broadcasting Group will buy all of its antennas and transmission lines from Dielectric Communications as it transitions its stations to digital.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... &#antennas

Italy's Betanews selects Snell & Wilcox Kahuna for mobile HD truck
Snell & Wilcox's SD/HD production switcher brings new capabilities to the company's mobile production fleet.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... &#betanews

Alliance Atlantis Turns To Chyron