DTV News for 9-20-2006
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:10 am
DTV News for 9-20-2006
881 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
FCC to Hold Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2006.
Agenda Item 2 - TITLE: Children's Television Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (MM Docket No. 00-167).
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order concerning children's television obligations.
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7502A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7502A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]
Set-top waiver requests gathering momentum
Charter Communications and Verizon are the latest service operators to formally request that the FCC waive an upcoming ban on the distribution of digital set-tops with integrated security.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6373531.html
FCC sets timetable for testing unlicensed device technology in DTV band
According to the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, the schedule "provides sufficient time to develop appropriate standards" to prevent harmful interference from the unlicensed devices to the digital TV transmission.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 60919/?r=4
DIRECTV Sued Over HDTV Picture Quality [Phillip Swann]
Viewer claims the satcaster diluted the high-def picture after he signed up.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/directvlawsuit092006.htm
DirecTV Class Action Waiver Held Unconscionable
An arbitration clause in a cable television service agreement that barred classwide arbitration of claims was unconscionable, this district
881 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
FCC to Hold Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2006.
Agenda Item 2 - TITLE: Children's Television Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (MM Docket No. 00-167).
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order concerning children's television obligations.
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7502A1.doc [MS Word File]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a ... 7502A1.pdf [Adobe PDF File]
Set-top waiver requests gathering momentum
Charter Communications and Verizon are the latest service operators to formally request that the FCC waive an upcoming ban on the distribution of digital set-tops with integrated security.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6373531.html
FCC sets timetable for testing unlicensed device technology in DTV band
According to the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, the schedule "provides sufficient time to develop appropriate standards" to prevent harmful interference from the unlicensed devices to the digital TV transmission.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 60919/?r=4
DIRECTV Sued Over HDTV Picture Quality [Phillip Swann]
Viewer claims the satcaster diluted the high-def picture after he signed up.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/directvlawsuit092006.htm
DirecTV Class Action Waiver Held Unconscionable
An arbitration clause in a cable television service agreement that barred classwide arbitration of claims was unconscionable, this district