DTV News for 12-7-2006
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:52 am
DTV News for 12-7-2006
803 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
ATSC Elects Glenn Reitmeier as New Chairman of the Board
Jay Adrick, Joseph Flaherty, John Godfrey and Craig Todd elected to the Board of Directors
(Advanced Television Systems Committee)
http://www.atsc.org/news_information/pr ... ed_06.html
NBC's Reitmeier to head ATSC board
TV industry veteran Glenn Reitmeier will head the U.S. digital TV standards group in 2007.
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
NFL Network Goes Bowling
NFL Network will air the 18th annual Insight Bowl in HD Friday, Dec. 29.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
More Electric Sky Series for Voom
Electric Sky will produce two new original HD series for Voom HD Networks.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
Comcast Says HD Market Growth Dependent on New Options
Comcast Chief Financial Office John Alchin said the key to continued growth in the high-definition television market is giving consumers more options, AdAge reported.
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11188
HDTV Craze
United States broadcasting is changing over to digital television.
(KTRE-TV Lufkin, TX)
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... =menu118_3
HDTVs are season's big seller
Local television retailers report HDTV sales are raising profits, a boom attributed to lower prices, better quality and a federal mandate.
(Wichita, KS Eagle)
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/busine ... s_business
As HDTV gets popular, shopping for DVDs gets complicated
The electronics industry expects high definition televisions to rank among the most popular purchases this December. More than 3 million have already sold in the fourth quarter of 2006.
(Demver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/m ... 38,00.html
HDTV Owners: The New Homebodies? [Phillip Swann]
New study says watching high-def has become a social event, keeping more Americans at home.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/hdhome120706.htm
Consumer Reports: Panasonic tops in plasma televisions
(Consumer Reports via Morning Call)
http://www.mcall.com/business/custom/co ... 2042.story
HDTV Review: Panasonic's 61-Inch 1080p DLP [Phillip Swann]
Sound and Vision magazine says it offers affordable big-screen 1080p, but voices some issues with its picture.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/panasonic61120606.htm
Comcast's Offers Panasonic HDTV For 'Special' Price [Phillip Swann]
But the deal is actually the same offered at most retail stores.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/comcastspecial120606.htm
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD player
While it doesn't offer HDMI connectivity, the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player matches up well against stand-alone HD-DVD players, and it's a relative bargain at $200.
(CNET Editors' Review)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Microsoft_Xbox_ ... ch+Results
Patch to Fix Sony PS3 Scaling Issues...Doesn't
Gamers with 1080i-only sets have been clamoring for Sony to remedy the scaling situation on PlayStation 3, as game like Resistance: Fall of Man have forced them to play in the non-HD resolution of 480p, rather than logically scaling down to 720p.
(ExtremeTech)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... X1K0000532
Time Warner CEO: PlayStation 3 Won't Help Blu-ray [Phillip Swann]
Chief executive Richard Parsons says people will buy the console for the games.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/parsons120606.htm
Can HD Save Some Photojournalists?
(CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/12/06 ... ye_2235579
KREN-TV accelerates HD news workflow
The station is using a Rhozet Carbon Coder transcoding farm in its new 8500sq ft all-digital facility.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/kr ... -workflow/
RK Enterprises rolls out DSTor23 HD monitor
RK Enterprises has introduced the DSTor23 HD high-performance LCD display offering 1920 x 1200 native HD resolution.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/rk ... d-monitor/
Analogue cut-offs drive DTT STB Market
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2006 ... 08.htm#th5
Sirens of high-def plan to project Canadian film,TV into digital age [Canada]
Dale Drewery and Gael MacLean, the High Def Consult firm principals, are determined to close what they say is a five-year lag between Canadian film and TV producers and their U.S, equivalents.
(Vancouver, BC Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 75ce38457a
Videotron Introduces Additional French-Language HD Stations [Canada]
Quebec City-area subscribers to illico Digital TV can access a broad new selection of French-language high-definition
(Broadcaster Magazine)
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issu ... e=12062006
Sky completes MediaFLO mobile TV pilot [UK]
BSkyB has announced the successful completion of a joint mobile TV pilot in Cambridge with US wireless technology specialist Qualcomm.
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?cla ... =0&id=2109
Digging the foundations for digital TV [South Africa]
A glimpse was given last week of South Africa's digital broadcast future -- and of the wrangles about who might control it.
(Johannesburg Mail & Guardian)
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?ar ... _converse/
Korea expects 21 million mobile TV users [South Korea]
South Korea will have 21 million users of mobile TV by 2012, based mostly on free-to-air terrestrial DMB, followed by a slowly growing base of satellite DMB users.
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
Ten gives HD sporting chance [Australia]
Much of the mainstream news, current affairs and international programming on free-to-air television is broadcast in high definition. But HD broadcasts will transform sports television in 2007, says the Ten network's general manager of sport David White.
(Australian IT)
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... public_rss
803 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
ATSC Elects Glenn Reitmeier as New Chairman of the Board
Jay Adrick, Joseph Flaherty, John Godfrey and Craig Todd elected to the Board of Directors
(Advanced Television Systems Committee)
http://www.atsc.org/news_information/pr ... ed_06.html
NBC's Reitmeier to head ATSC board
TV industry veteran Glenn Reitmeier will head the U.S. digital TV standards group in 2007.
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
NFL Network Goes Bowling
NFL Network will air the 18th annual Insight Bowl in HD Friday, Dec. 29.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
More Electric Sky Series for Voom
Electric Sky will produce two new original HD series for Voom HD Networks.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News
Comcast Says HD Market Growth Dependent on New Options
Comcast Chief Financial Office John Alchin said the key to continued growth in the high-definition television market is giving consumers more options, AdAge reported.
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11188
HDTV Craze
United States broadcasting is changing over to digital television.
(KTRE-TV Lufkin, TX)
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... =menu118_3
HDTVs are season's big seller
Local television retailers report HDTV sales are raising profits, a boom attributed to lower prices, better quality and a federal mandate.
(Wichita, KS Eagle)
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/busine ... s_business
As HDTV gets popular, shopping for DVDs gets complicated
The electronics industry expects high definition televisions to rank among the most popular purchases this December. More than 3 million have already sold in the fourth quarter of 2006.
(Demver, CO Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/m ... 38,00.html
HDTV Owners: The New Homebodies? [Phillip Swann]
New study says watching high-def has become a social event, keeping more Americans at home.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/hdhome120706.htm
Consumer Reports: Panasonic tops in plasma televisions
(Consumer Reports via Morning Call)
http://www.mcall.com/business/custom/co ... 2042.story
HDTV Review: Panasonic's 61-Inch 1080p DLP [Phillip Swann]
Sound and Vision magazine says it offers affordable big-screen 1080p, but voices some issues with its picture.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/panasonic61120606.htm
Comcast's Offers Panasonic HDTV For 'Special' Price [Phillip Swann]
But the deal is actually the same offered at most retail stores.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/comcastspecial120606.htm
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD player
While it doesn't offer HDMI connectivity, the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player matches up well against stand-alone HD-DVD players, and it's a relative bargain at $200.
(CNET Editors' Review)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Microsoft_Xbox_ ... ch+Results
Patch to Fix Sony PS3 Scaling Issues...Doesn't
Gamers with 1080i-only sets have been clamoring for Sony to remedy the scaling situation on PlayStation 3, as game like Resistance: Fall of Man have forced them to play in the non-HD resolution of 480p, rather than logically scaling down to 720p.
(ExtremeTech)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... X1K0000532
Time Warner CEO: PlayStation 3 Won't Help Blu-ray [Phillip Swann]
Chief executive Richard Parsons says people will buy the console for the games.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/parsons120606.htm
Can HD Save Some Photojournalists?
(CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/12/06 ... ye_2235579
KREN-TV accelerates HD news workflow
The station is using a Rhozet Carbon Coder transcoding farm in its new 8500sq ft all-digital facility.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/kr ... -workflow/
RK Enterprises rolls out DSTor23 HD monitor
RK Enterprises has introduced the DSTor23 HD high-performance LCD display offering 1920 x 1200 native HD resolution.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/rk ... d-monitor/
Analogue cut-offs drive DTT STB Market
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2006 ... 08.htm#th5
Sirens of high-def plan to project Canadian film,TV into digital age [Canada]
Dale Drewery and Gael MacLean, the High Def Consult firm principals, are determined to close what they say is a five-year lag between Canadian film and TV producers and their U.S, equivalents.
(Vancouver, BC Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 75ce38457a
Videotron Introduces Additional French-Language HD Stations [Canada]
Quebec City-area subscribers to illico Digital TV can access a broad new selection of French-language high-definition
(Broadcaster Magazine)
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issu ... e=12062006
Sky completes MediaFLO mobile TV pilot [UK]
BSkyB has announced the successful completion of a joint mobile TV pilot in Cambridge with US wireless technology specialist Qualcomm.
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?cla ... =0&id=2109
Digging the foundations for digital TV [South Africa]
A glimpse was given last week of South Africa's digital broadcast future -- and of the wrangles about who might control it.
(Johannesburg Mail & Guardian)
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?ar ... _converse/
Korea expects 21 million mobile TV users [South Korea]
South Korea will have 21 million users of mobile TV by 2012, based mostly on free-to-air terrestrial DMB, followed by a slowly growing base of satellite DMB users.
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
Ten gives HD sporting chance [Australia]
Much of the mainstream news, current affairs and international programming on free-to-air television is broadcast in high definition. But HD broadcasts will transform sports television in 2007, says the Ten network's general manager of sport David White.
(Australian IT)
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... public_rss