DTV News for 12-22-2005
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:43 am
DTV News for 12-22-2005
374 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
Note: The February 17, 2009 digital television conversion deadline is precisely half way between the House passed deadline of December 31, 2008 and the Senate passed deadline of April 7, 2009. Now that's compromise. The countdown will be reset when President Bush signs the final legislation.
Senate Passes Bill to Convert to Digital TV
(New York, NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/techn ... gital.html
TV signals go digital Feb. 2009
(USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/200 ... usat_x.htm
Deadline set for switch to digital TV
Transition to Digital TV, Biggest Change in Industry Since Color Was Introduced, Set for 2009
(Associated Press / Monterey, CA County Herald / Altus, OK Times / ABC News / CBS News)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/ ... TE=DEFAULT
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/monte ... 464182.htm
http://www.altustimes.com/articles/2005 ... l56f8f.txt
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireSt ... SFeeds0312
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/ ... 6568.shtml
US backs digital TV compromise
The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Wednesday that would complete the country's transition to new, higher-quality digital television by February 17, 2009.
(Reuters / Australian IT / RedOrbit)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsartic ... ITALTV.xml
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... l?from=rss
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology
Senate approves digital TV bill
(United Press International / MarketWatch)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?S ... 1719-1821r
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp ... LNAxrHBhr2
Senate OKs 2009 DTV Date
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a budget bill that sets an end to the digital TV transition in 2009, giving the date all-but-final congressional approval.
(Media Week)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1001736276
Senate Approves Date for Switch to Digital
The Senate on Wednesday approved a compromise measure that would require broadcasters to make the switch to digital TV by Feb. 17, 2009. But the Senate deleted a few unrelated provisions from the massive budget bill in which the DTV provisions are included, meaning that the House will have to approve the measure again before the measure can become law, according to industry sources.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9087
Solons delay digital deal
Digital turkey for Christmas
(Variety)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111793 ... 1&nid=2570
Senate OKs 'hard date' for '09 digital switch [Paid Subscription Required for Complete Story]
By the slimmest of margins, the Senate approved legislation shaving nearly $40 billion off the federal deficit, a measure requiring that broadcasters shut off their analog TV signal by Feb. 17, 2009.
(Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/te ... 1001736281
Senate Backs DTV Bill [Paid Subscription Required]
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that sets February 17, 2009, as the deadline to convert broadcast signals from analog to digital television.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News
Senate Approves DTV Date
Washington -- The Senate approved a budget comprise package Wednesday that included the establishment of a Feb. 17, 2009 hard date for the end of analog TV broadcasting as the nation moves to an all-digital TV system.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6293540.html
Big Media's Digital Advantage
When the long-awaited digital-TV bill becomes law, as it likely will, smaller cable operators and TV broadcasters will be out in the cold
(BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/co ... _pi015.htm
Digital TV switch set for early 2009
It's almost official: Starting Feb. 18, 2009, millions of televisions in American households will go black unless they're outfitted to receive all-digital broadcasts.
(CNET News.com / ZDNet News)
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6004429.html
Senate passes spending bill with new DTV hard date, 51-50
(TG Daily)
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/12/21/dtv_s ... es_senate/
DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk
(InternetNews.com)
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3572611
Budget passes Senate setting DTV hard date at Feb. 17, 2009
(RCR Wireless News)
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25153
All-digital TV proviso close to final adoption
(San Jose, CA Mercury News)
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/bu ... s_business
Consumer groups critical of digital TV plan
(Binghamton, NY Press & Sun-Bulletin)
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs. ... 10331/1002
The New Continuum: Why HDTV Is Not A Great Adjective [Mark Schubin]
(Television Broadcast)
http://televisionbroadcast.com/articles ... 1147.shtml
Comfort and joy by a high-def hearth
Traditinal fireplaces are going digital
(Toronto, ON Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... TPBusiness
In the US the Digital Television Market Leaders Will Face Greater Competition, as Consumers Opt for Price over Brand Name
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / TMCNet)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051221/20051221005048.html?.v=1
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/it/-the-us- ... 230084.htm
As Competition in DTV Market Increases, Prices Drop, Brand Names Become Less Important
(TMCNet)
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2005/dec/1230225.htm
Chains nervous as Wal-Mart focuses on electronics
(Dallas, TX Morning News via TMCNet)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-chains-n ... 232218.htm
HDTVs are hot buys this season
(Barrington, IL Courier-Review)
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo ... 83170.html
LG Electronics' 2006 Television Lineup Will Feature SpatiaLight's LCoS Technology
(PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 612&EDATE=
Panasonic TH-42PX500U Plasma HDTV
A "budget" Panasonic plasma HDTV?
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/plasmadis ... panasonic/
Thomson knows the way for two-way
Thomson has become the latest major consumer electronics (CE) company to sign on the dotted line for the CableLabs CableCARD Host Interface License Agreement (CHILA).
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6293481.html
Thomson Signs Two-Way Cable Accord [Paid Subscription Required]
Thomson signed the CableCARD Host Interface License Agreement with CableLabs, paving the way for it to build cable set-tops that can be sold at retail.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
Sony to launch green HD camera
At the Band Pro Media Forum held last week in Burbank, Sony president John Scarcella announced that the company's HDW-F900 CineAlta HDCAM will have an environmentally friendly version next year
(TVBEurope)
http://www.tvbeurope.com/index.php?opti ... 7&Itemid=1
Digital TV Has Transferred into an Era of Mainly LCD TVs, over Passing a Period of PDP TV and LCD TV Parataxis in the Market - Read More in the 2005-2006 Annual Report of China LCD Industry
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051222/20051222005025.html?.v=1
Micronas goes PCI Express with dual-channel digital PC-TV reference design
(DigiTimes)
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20051222PR201.html
ATI Delivers More Than 10 Million DTV Chips, Confirming Role As Leading Technology Provider For Integrated High Definition TVs
ATI grows IDTV shipments by estimated 75 percent
(Business Wire / CCNMatthews via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051221/20051221005138.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/ccn/051221/2005122 ... .html?.v=1
Digigami Demonstrates VBR HD MPEG-2 Encoding Competitve with H.264
Digigami today announced its new MegaPEG HD MPEG-2 VBR encoder is capable of matching and, in some cases, exceeding the picture quality while offering reduced bitrates compared to current H.264 encoders.
(PR Web)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb325279.htm
Sony confirms HD marketing tie-up with Sony [UK]
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=1374
Sony, Sky push hi-def [UK]
Media giants join forces in HDTV race
(Variety)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111793 ... 1&nid=2570
Sony, BSkyB form HDTV pact [UK]
(Reuters)
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jht ... sinessNews
Giants team up to sell HDTV [UK]
(Scotsman)
http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2447242005
Weather could hit switch [UK]
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2005 ... 3.htm#weat
South Korea switching to HDTV in a big way [South Korea]
(Channel NewAsia)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 57/1/.html
Humax with LCD-PVR world first for Australia [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=807
374 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
Note: The February 17, 2009 digital television conversion deadline is precisely half way between the House passed deadline of December 31, 2008 and the Senate passed deadline of April 7, 2009. Now that's compromise. The countdown will be reset when President Bush signs the final legislation.
Senate Passes Bill to Convert to Digital TV
(New York, NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/techn ... gital.html
TV signals go digital Feb. 2009
(USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/200 ... usat_x.htm
Deadline set for switch to digital TV
Transition to Digital TV, Biggest Change in Industry Since Color Was Introduced, Set for 2009
(Associated Press / Monterey, CA County Herald / Altus, OK Times / ABC News / CBS News)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/ ... TE=DEFAULT
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/monte ... 464182.htm
http://www.altustimes.com/articles/2005 ... l56f8f.txt
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireSt ... SFeeds0312
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/ ... 6568.shtml
US backs digital TV compromise
The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Wednesday that would complete the country's transition to new, higher-quality digital television by February 17, 2009.
(Reuters / Australian IT / RedOrbit)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsartic ... ITALTV.xml
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... l?from=rss
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology
Senate approves digital TV bill
(United Press International / MarketWatch)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?S ... 1719-1821r
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp ... LNAxrHBhr2
Senate OKs 2009 DTV Date
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a budget bill that sets an end to the digital TV transition in 2009, giving the date all-but-final congressional approval.
(Media Week)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1001736276
Senate Approves Date for Switch to Digital
The Senate on Wednesday approved a compromise measure that would require broadcasters to make the switch to digital TV by Feb. 17, 2009. But the Senate deleted a few unrelated provisions from the massive budget bill in which the DTV provisions are included, meaning that the House will have to approve the measure again before the measure can become law, according to industry sources.
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9087
Solons delay digital deal
Digital turkey for Christmas
(Variety)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111793 ... 1&nid=2570
Senate OKs 'hard date' for '09 digital switch [Paid Subscription Required for Complete Story]
By the slimmest of margins, the Senate approved legislation shaving nearly $40 billion off the federal deficit, a measure requiring that broadcasters shut off their analog TV signal by Feb. 17, 2009.
(Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/te ... 1001736281
Senate Backs DTV Bill [Paid Subscription Required]
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that sets February 17, 2009, as the deadline to convert broadcast signals from analog to digital television.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News
Senate Approves DTV Date
Washington -- The Senate approved a budget comprise package Wednesday that included the establishment of a Feb. 17, 2009 hard date for the end of analog TV broadcasting as the nation moves to an all-digital TV system.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6293540.html
Big Media's Digital Advantage
When the long-awaited digital-TV bill becomes law, as it likely will, smaller cable operators and TV broadcasters will be out in the cold
(BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/co ... _pi015.htm
Digital TV switch set for early 2009
It's almost official: Starting Feb. 18, 2009, millions of televisions in American households will go black unless they're outfitted to receive all-digital broadcasts.
(CNET News.com / ZDNet News)
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6004429.html
Senate passes spending bill with new DTV hard date, 51-50
(TG Daily)
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/12/21/dtv_s ... es_senate/
DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk
(InternetNews.com)
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3572611
Budget passes Senate setting DTV hard date at Feb. 17, 2009
(RCR Wireless News)
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25153
All-digital TV proviso close to final adoption
(San Jose, CA Mercury News)
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/bu ... s_business
Consumer groups critical of digital TV plan
(Binghamton, NY Press & Sun-Bulletin)
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs. ... 10331/1002
The New Continuum: Why HDTV Is Not A Great Adjective [Mark Schubin]
(Television Broadcast)
http://televisionbroadcast.com/articles ... 1147.shtml
Comfort and joy by a high-def hearth
Traditinal fireplaces are going digital
(Toronto, ON Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... TPBusiness
In the US the Digital Television Market Leaders Will Face Greater Competition, as Consumers Opt for Price over Brand Name
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / TMCNet)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051221/20051221005048.html?.v=1
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/it/-the-us- ... 230084.htm
As Competition in DTV Market Increases, Prices Drop, Brand Names Become Less Important
(TMCNet)
http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2005/dec/1230225.htm
Chains nervous as Wal-Mart focuses on electronics
(Dallas, TX Morning News via TMCNet)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-chains-n ... 232218.htm
HDTVs are hot buys this season
(Barrington, IL Courier-Review)
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo ... 83170.html
LG Electronics' 2006 Television Lineup Will Feature SpatiaLight's LCoS Technology
(PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 612&EDATE=
Panasonic TH-42PX500U Plasma HDTV
A "budget" Panasonic plasma HDTV?
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/plasmadis ... panasonic/
Thomson knows the way for two-way
Thomson has become the latest major consumer electronics (CE) company to sign on the dotted line for the CableLabs CableCARD Host Interface License Agreement (CHILA).
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6293481.html
Thomson Signs Two-Way Cable Accord [Paid Subscription Required]
Thomson signed the CableCARD Host Interface License Agreement with CableLabs, paving the way for it to build cable set-tops that can be sold at retail.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
Sony to launch green HD camera
At the Band Pro Media Forum held last week in Burbank, Sony president John Scarcella announced that the company's HDW-F900 CineAlta HDCAM will have an environmentally friendly version next year
(TVBEurope)
http://www.tvbeurope.com/index.php?opti ... 7&Itemid=1
Digital TV Has Transferred into an Era of Mainly LCD TVs, over Passing a Period of PDP TV and LCD TV Parataxis in the Market - Read More in the 2005-2006 Annual Report of China LCD Industry
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051222/20051222005025.html?.v=1
Micronas goes PCI Express with dual-channel digital PC-TV reference design
(DigiTimes)
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20051222PR201.html
ATI Delivers More Than 10 Million DTV Chips, Confirming Role As Leading Technology Provider For Integrated High Definition TVs
ATI grows IDTV shipments by estimated 75 percent
(Business Wire / CCNMatthews via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051221/20051221005138.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/ccn/051221/2005122 ... .html?.v=1
Digigami Demonstrates VBR HD MPEG-2 Encoding Competitve with H.264
Digigami today announced its new MegaPEG HD MPEG-2 VBR encoder is capable of matching and, in some cases, exceeding the picture quality while offering reduced bitrates compared to current H.264 encoders.
(PR Web)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb325279.htm
Sony confirms HD marketing tie-up with Sony [UK]
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=1374
Sony, Sky push hi-def [UK]
Media giants join forces in HDTV race
(Variety)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111793 ... 1&nid=2570
Sony, BSkyB form HDTV pact [UK]
(Reuters)
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jht ... sinessNews
Giants team up to sell HDTV [UK]
(Scotsman)
http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2447242005
Weather could hit switch [UK]
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2005 ... 3.htm#weat
South Korea switching to HDTV in a big way [South Korea]
(Channel NewAsia)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 57/1/.html
Humax with LCD-PVR world first for Australia [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=807