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DTV News for 3-14-2006
1071 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: 2009 Digital TV Deadline Spurs US Pay TV Boom
Deadline Will Inspire Millions to Adopt Cable, Satellite and Telco TV
(Business Wire / Yahoo News)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060313/20060313005732.html?.v=1

Report: 2009 digital TV deadline to spur U.S. pay TV boom
The new deadline requiring conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting by February 2009 will be a windfall for U.S. pay TV providers, according to a new report from technology research firm Strategy Analytics.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6315577.html


DISH Network Launches Local TV Stations in High Definition in Kansas City via Satellite
DishHD is Nation's Largest Package of High Definition Channels
(Business Wire / Yahoo News)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060313/20060313005703.html?.v=1

DISH Network Launches Local TV Stations in High Definition in Kansas City
(HDTV Magazine)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/news/2006/0 ... k_la_2.php

Dish launches local HD in KC
EchoStar Communications Corp. continued its rollout of local high definition TV channels, launching the service in Kansas City and its 30 surrounding counties.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6315581.html

K.C. Goes HD with Dish
Dish Network will launch local HD signals in Kansas City and 30 surrounding counties.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News


Sparkling HDTV reception is available for free
I Get Great HDTV Reception -- better than from my HDTV cable box, better than from satellite. And unlike the other choices, it's free.
(Atlanta, GA Journal-Constitution / RedOrbit)
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/bus ... usted.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology

Attack of the Cheap Digital TVs
(Washington, DC Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... rsonaltech

Sony Tops In LCD TV Worldwide, Study Says
Market researcher DisplaySearch is reporting that Sony jumped from fourth place to first in worldwide LCD TV market share during the fourth quarter of 2005.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6315300.html

LCD TV Revenues Outstrip Cathode Ray TVs
It looks like the days of chunky, clunky cathode ray tube TVs are numbered as worldwide revenues from slimline LCD (liquid crystal displays) TVs surpassed those of cathode-ray (CRT) televisions in the fourth quarter last year.
(Digital Lifestyles)
http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_ ... ms&id=3087

Toshiba, Canon set SED TV launch for 2007
(IDG News Service via ARNnet)
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1 ... p;2;fpid;1

Humax Markets DirecTV LCDs
Looking to offer a plug-and-play solution for DirecTV adoption, Humax is rolling out a pair of its first LCD TVs with built-in DirecTV tuning.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6315386.html


LG Drops Blu-ray, LCoS, PMC From Lineup
Two plasmas also are dropped, HD DVD/Blu-ray deck planned for fall debut
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6315301.html

A blurry picture for HD-DVD as launch nears
The much-ballyhooed launch this month of the next-generation HD-DVD format promises to be more of a whimper than a bang.
(Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... DVD-DC.XML

Studios Set Blu-ray Launch Date
The first prerecorded Blu-ray Disc titles from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Lion's Gate will be available in stores May 23, in time to support the launch of BD players from Samsung and Pioneer, the studios said.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6315311.html

Sony, Others Won't Degrade HD Content on Analog Outputs
(PC World)
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001657.html

Sony Blu-Ray discs won't kill analogue
Sony has announced that its upcoming Blu-Ray discs won't be hampered by the Image Constraint token.
(bit-tech.net)
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/03/14 ... onstraint/

Sony Debuts Smaller HD Camcorder
Sony announced a new 1,080i HD camcorder model, the HDR-HC3.
(This Week in Consumer Electronics)
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6315410.html


Corning raises LCD glass forecast
(EE Times)
http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArti ... =181503289


Mobile-TV battlemoves to L-Band [DBV-H vs DAB]
Under gun to launch, DVB-H camp covets digital audio's spectrum
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtm ... =181502819

World Cup unlikely to kickstart mobile TV
(Reuters / Independent Online / Special Broadcasting Service)
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jht ... ternetNews
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 ... 349783W643
http://www2.sbs.com.au/home/index.php3?id=68840


Bell ExpressVu Invites Canadians to Explore New High Definition Oasis and Visual Treasures [Canada]
ExpressVu breaks new ground once again by being first to offer new nature and arts channels Oasis HD(TM) and Treasure HD(TM)
(Canada NewsWire / Yahoo News)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/arch ... c1533.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/060313/e_belle ... .html?.v=1

New HD Channels on Bell ExpressVu [Canada]
Bell ExpressVu is adding two new high-definition (HD) channels to its line-up, Oasis HD and Treasure HD
(Broadcaster Magazine)
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issu ... 06&btac=no

Samsung Places Focus on Europe
(Korea Times)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200 ... 511900.htm

Samsung to bring HD Ready CRT TV to Europe
(Register Hardware)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/13 ... dy_crt_tv/

Portable DVB-T TVs
(I4U)
http://www.i4u.com/article5253.html

Govt plans digital TV shake-up [Australia]
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1591580.htm

Analog reprieve in media shakeup [Australia]
Television networks will be restricted from multi-channel programming and the 2008 switchover from analog to digital TV transmission will be pushed back, under a long-awaited shakeup of media laws to be unveiled today.
(Australian IT)
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... l?from=rss

Switching on: deadline looms for move to digital TV [Australia]
(Sydney Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/s ... 09614.html

Australian Govt to Announce New Media Ownership Laws [Australia]
(Asia Pulse via Yahoo News)
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060313/4/2haca.html

More TV stations than you can poke a stick at [Australia]
(Sydney Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/m ... 68000.html

Tune into 30 extra channels - a vision of things to come [Australia]
(Sydney Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/t ... 67980.html

Media industry reform options paper released [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=826