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DTV News for 1-27-2006

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:11 am
by Lee Wood
DTV News for 1-27-2006
338 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Senators Salute Broadcast Flag
Senate Commerce Committee leaders voiced support for legislation designed to protect over-the-air television from rampant Internet piracy.
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP

Broadcast Flag Still Hanging Around
(CopyCense)
http://www.copycense.com/2006/01/broadcast_flag_.html

Foes square off on broadcast-flag issue
(RCR Wireless News)
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25444

Announcement of Filing Window for LPTV and TV Translator Digital Companion Channel Applications From May 1, 2006 Through May 12, 2006.
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... -123A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... -123A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]

11Alive to debut Hi-Def newscasts in Atlanta
(Atlanta, GA Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/h ... ily50.html

New York Seeks TV-Interference Waiver [Paid Subscription Required]
The FCC has asked for comment on whether to allow a new emergency communications system in New York that would likely interfere with television reception, at least until the switch to digital.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News


Report: HDTV Market to Exceed $25 Billion This Year
"You don't want to build too much into the TV," said Stephen Baker, an analyst with the NPD Group. "Consumers tend not to want too much built into their televisions, and the technology for a television doesn't move quite as fast as the technology for the external devices that are going to help you manage all your entertainment."
(E-Commerce Times / TechNewsWorld)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/48505.html
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/48505.html

Motorola HD shipments on the Rise [Paid Subscription Required]
Motorola has released detailed numbers for its Q4 2005 set-top shipments that show the increasing penetration of high-definition TV technology in the digital cable universe.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News


HDTV for rookies
A playbook for viewers ready for digital future
(Atlanta, GA Journal-Constitution)
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/ ... 7hdtv.html

Ed's view - PLASMA [Ed Milbourn]
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/20 ... plasma.php

Steelers fans blitz TV stores for big screens
Many believe the next best thing to going to Super Bowl XL is watching the big game on a big-screen television.
(Union, PA Herald Standard)
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news ... 0247&rfi=6

TAG To Carry Brillian LCoS RPTVs
Edison, N.J.