DTV News for 11-29-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-29-2006
811 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Harmonic Sets New Benchmark for ATSC Video Service Capacity at KXII Television
Leading U.S. Terrestrial Broadcaster Gray Television Deploys Latest Generation DiviCom(R) MPEG-2 Encoders for World's First Live ATSC Stream With Two HD and One SD Channels
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061129/20061129005327.html?.v=1

HDTV sales drive programming boom
Denver-area buyers beware: You'll likely need pay-TV service
(Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/t ... 18,00.html

AT&T Announces HD, Expanded U-verse Features
AT&T Tuesday officially announced the availability of HD programming to San Antonio subscribers to its U-verse TV service and detailed other new features including the ability to schedule DVR programs via the Web.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

AT&T's U-verse adds HD, new features
AT&T Inc. on Tuesday announced several new features to its U-verse television service, including the availability of high-definition programming.
(San Antonio, TX Express-News)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/st ... 1d50b.html

AT&T makes good on HDTV promise
AT&T said Tuesday that it has added high definition capability to its U-verse IPTV service in San Antonio, Texas.
(CNET)
http://news.com.com/2061-10785_3-613911 ... &subj=news

AT&T Launches HDTV
AT&T says its San Antonio customers can now buy a package of 25 HD channels for an extra $10 a month. Local rival Time Warner Cable Inc. says it's offering 24 HD channels.
(Light Reading)
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=111517

DIRECTV VOD: No HDTV at Launch [Phillip Swann]
The satcaster is expected to offer the high-speed Video on Demand service next year.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dtvvod112806.htm

In the Know: Comcast