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DTV News for 2-23-2007

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:19 am
by Lee Wood
DTV News for 2-23-2007
725 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Homeland Security Grabs DTV Dollars, Says Democrat
Bart Stupak says the National Telecommunications & Information Administration has essentially turned over the $1 billion in interoperablity communications grants from the DTV transition bill to the Department of Homeland Security to offset $1 billion in budget cuts there.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News



Don't Pitch That Analog TV, AV Toolbox Has A New HDTV Receiver
As of Feb. 19, 2009 the analog to digital transition will take effect, so AVToolBox has a product, the ATSC-100, that will provide a high quality way to view local, off-air HDTV Stations on a non-HD TV Set.
(HomeToys)
http://www.hometoys.com/news.php4?secti ... d=11709309

High Def for the Analog Set
Bring your old 20th Century analog TV into the digital 21st Century.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/news/022207avtool/

Low-price high-def
Are you willing to watch television on your PC monitor?
(Columbus, OH Dispatch)
http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=livin ... l-low.html



ESPN Shifts HD Coverage
Network to Focus on Seven Sports
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=604

HDNet Seals NASCAR Deal)
Network to Replay Entire Nextel Cup
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=605

CBS Gets Cash in Retrans Deal
CBS Corp. announced it has reached retransmission consent agreements with nine cable operators, covering over a million subscribers. CBS has sought 50 cents a subscriber in past dealings with cable operators and Verizon FiOS. A source familiar with the negotiations suggested that the new CBS deals are close to that figure.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

CBS Signs Nine Retrans Deals
CBS said it reached comprehensive retransmission-consent agreements with nine separate cable operators, including several top-25 MSOs, covering more than 1 million subscribers nationally.
(Multichannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... aking+News

CBS Reaches Retrans Deal With Nine MSOs
In the first offensive in what will surely be an ongoing turf war between CBS Corp. and the nation