DTV News for 7-18-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 7-18-2006
945 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

CEA caliente over DTV loophole
Like my Variety-styled headline? It's the only Spanish I know. But here's the letter from the Consumer Electronics Assn. pointing out that Spanish-language TV is getting a 2-year exemption to the digital transition.
(TV Barn)
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2006 ... .html#more

U.S. Digital Television is bankrupt
TV service files with court but continues service
(Salt Lake City, UT Deseret Morning News)
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640195539,00.html

USDTV on its last legs; files for bankruptcy
USDTV is now negotiating with the bankruptcy courts to permit the continuation of the service so the assets can be sold.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/beyond_ ... 60717/?r=1

FEMA pledges aid to equip alert system
(Current)
http://www.current.org/dtv/dtv0613fema.shtml

CTAM, CEA Team Up on HDTV
Cable marketers reached an agreement with the CEA to team up on a project to educate consumers about the cutoff of analog broadcasting in 2009.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

Electronics Association Joins HD Promotion Push
Trade Groups Rallying for Public Education Effort
(TelevisionWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=10377

20060717 Mark's Monday Memo [Mark Schubin]
(Digital Television)
http://www.digitaltelevision.com/monday ... 02231.html


HDTV prices more affordable
(United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?S ... 5754-5993r

Best Buy Expands Private-Label Lines
Minneapolis