DTV News for 2-9-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 2-9-2007
738 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Trade Groups Plan DTV-Transition Campaign
The leaders of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Association are set to unveil a public-relations offensive next week designed to educate consumers about the demise of over-the-air analog TV in early 2009.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

Digital TV Coupons Ready In January? [Phillip Swann]
President Bush's new budget says consumers can ask for two converter box vouchers at year's end.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/dtvcoupons020707.htm

Powell Weighs in on the Allocation of Communications Spectrum
Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell has weighed in on a plan to re-think the allocation of emergency communications spectrum.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Skepticism Clouds Proposed Spectrum Plan
Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien ran into more opposition today for his proposal to change plans already in place to provide public safety agencies with 24MHz of spectrum and $1 billion to build an interoperable system.
(InternetNews.com)
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/ar ... hp/3658841

Emergency responders ask for more spectrum
Police and firefighter organizations want 30MHz of spectrum instead of the 24MHz they're due; Congress weighs the request versus auctioning off the additional 6MHz
(IDG News Service via InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/ ... rum_1.html

FCC Hears Cyren Call of Interoperability
The Senate Commerce Committee heard a pitch Thursday for creating a public-private trust and putting half of the spectrum being reclaimed from the switch to DTV into the trust.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news



Spanish-language network joins PBS
A new Spanish-language network featuring public-TV fare and other programming with an educational focus will go on the air March 5 in several U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations, the network announced Wednesday.
(Associated Press via Sioux City, IA Journal / Tucson, AZ Citizen)
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/article ... 191e42.txt
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/41366.php

PBS stations roll out new Spanish network
The nation's first digital public television network entirely in Spanish is coming to Chicago.
(Chicago, IL Sun-Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/business/feder/ ... 08.article

Hispanic TV Network Extends PBS Franchise
In a television landscape littered with telenovelas and cheap variety shows, choices mean freedom. And a new television network, launched in partnership with the Public Broadcasting System (the network behind "Sesame Street," "Frontline" and "NOVA"), is aiming to provide that freedom through a diverse selection of programs on digital cable.
(HispanicBusiness.com)
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/ne ... p?id=55330

Spanish-language network debuting on PBS
A new national Spanish-language network is launching station partnerships with public television stations in Hispanic markets nationwide, including Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
(Albuquerque, New Mexico Business Weekly)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/ ... 00^1414243



Number of HDTV homes to treble by 2011: report
The number of households around the world with high-definition television (HDTV) will treble over the next five years as viewers switch to its clearer, more vivid picture, according to a report on Friday.
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/article ... ONS-DC.XML

HDTV Owners More Likely to Recall Super Bowl Ads [Phillip Swann]
Nielsen issues summary of ad results from the big game.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/nielsenhd020907.htm



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