DTV News for 1-24-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 1-24-2007
755 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


HD Set Owners Need Help, Says CTAM
Last week's introduction of a DTV consumer education bill comes not a moment too soon for the cable and satellite industries.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

CTAM HD report: Sometimes a TV is just a TV
Sales of HD televisions are accelerating, but the buyers still aren't hooking up to services that deliver HD content.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6409463.html

DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach
With a hard deadline set for the digital television (DTV) transition on his watch, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) now wants to mount a consumer education campaign for the switch from analog to digital television.
(InternetNews.com)
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3655666

NAB Cheers DTV-Transition Legislation
NAB Monday praised legislation introduced to boost DTV transition education efforts.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news

US switchover champion urges campaign
US congressman Joe Barton, father of legislation setting a digital switchover deadline of February 17, 2009, has introduced a new bill calling for a consumer education campaign which will guide US households through the transition to digital-only broadcasting.
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?cla ... =0&id=2196

Digital TV Bill Comes Up Short [Phillip Swann]
Lawmakers call for regular reports on consumer educational efforts, but where's the funding?.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dtveducation012307.htm



WXLV, Home to Lost, Now Seen in HD: 3-Year Deal Reached; Signal Activated Friday
(Winston-Salem, NC Journal via RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology

New WHIZ antenna almost ready to go
The new 37-foot tall panel antenna crews have been assembling atop WHIZ-TV