DTV News for 3-15-2007
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:41 am
DTV News for 3-15-2007
705 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
NTIA Puts Out RFP on DTV Box Program
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has begun outsourcing some of the administration of the DTV converter box program, including the consumer education campaign.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news
Plan tipped for end of analog TV
The federal government has released its final rules on plans for a digital-to-analog converter box coupon program to help Americans receive free digital TV transmission when the age of analog comes to a close in the United States.
(InformationWeek via EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
Feds Unveil Digital TV Conversion Plan
The Department of Commerce has outlined its plan to subsidize conversion to digital TV in 2009, starting with $40 coupons to defray the cost of digital TV converters.
(Digital Trends News)
http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12451.html
Households to get coupons for digital TV switch
Brushing aside congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the switchover from analog.
(Hollywood Reporter via Reuters / Yahoo News)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... IGITAL.xml
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070313/5/5qn.html
$40 Coupons for DTV Upgrades Ready Next January
The U.S. government has unveiled a new plan to ease the transition when the nation's TV broadcasters officially flip the switch from analog to digital on February 19, 2009
(DailyTech)
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6482
$80 to help TV viewers get digital
The Department of Commerce announced a plan this week to offer U.S. households up to $80 to convert TV sets so they can receive free, over-the-air broadcasts after 2009.
(Winston-Salem, NC Journal)
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satel ... 7&path=rss
Rabbit-Ear TV Switch Comes With $40 Carrots
If you have TV sets that pull in stations through antennas, listen up. The federal government will give you two vouchers worth $40 apiece to buy converters to keep those sets from going dark when broadcasters switch from analog to digital signals in less than two years.
(Baltimore, MD Sun / RedOrbit)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/ ... ?track=rss
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology
Digital Converter Deal Announced
Millions of T-Vs will be rendered obsolete at midnight on February 17th, 2009, unless owners buy a digital converter box.
(Associated Press via WRCB-TV Chattanooga, TN)
http://www.wrcbtv.com/news/index.cfm?sid=6882
Consumer Electronics And Broadcast Industries Applaud U.S. Commerce Department's NTIA On Converter Box Rules For 2009 Digital TV Transition
Rules Consistent with NAB, MSTV, CEA Consensus Agreement Calling for High-Quality, Low-Cost Converters Providing Continued Consumer Access to Broadcast Service
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=12997
Samsung Supports U.S. Commerce Department's Final Rules for NTIA Digital-to-Analog Television Converter Coupon Program
Samsung, a Leader in Set Top Box Technology, Plans to Launch Digital-to-Analog Converter Box to Coincide with Start of Program
(Business Wire via Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... ?id=113851
Samsung To Offer D/A TV Converter
Ridgefield Park, N.J.
705 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
NTIA Puts Out RFP on DTV Box Program
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has begun outsourcing some of the administration of the DTV converter box program, including the consumer education campaign.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news
Plan tipped for end of analog TV
The federal government has released its final rules on plans for a digital-to-analog converter box coupon program to help Americans receive free digital TV transmission when the age of analog comes to a close in the United States.
(InformationWeek via EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS
Feds Unveil Digital TV Conversion Plan
The Department of Commerce has outlined its plan to subsidize conversion to digital TV in 2009, starting with $40 coupons to defray the cost of digital TV converters.
(Digital Trends News)
http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12451.html
Households to get coupons for digital TV switch
Brushing aside congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the switchover from analog.
(Hollywood Reporter via Reuters / Yahoo News)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... IGITAL.xml
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070313/5/5qn.html
$40 Coupons for DTV Upgrades Ready Next January
The U.S. government has unveiled a new plan to ease the transition when the nation's TV broadcasters officially flip the switch from analog to digital on February 19, 2009
(DailyTech)
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6482
$80 to help TV viewers get digital
The Department of Commerce announced a plan this week to offer U.S. households up to $80 to convert TV sets so they can receive free, over-the-air broadcasts after 2009.
(Winston-Salem, NC Journal)
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satel ... 7&path=rss
Rabbit-Ear TV Switch Comes With $40 Carrots
If you have TV sets that pull in stations through antennas, listen up. The federal government will give you two vouchers worth $40 apiece to buy converters to keep those sets from going dark when broadcasters switch from analog to digital signals in less than two years.
(Baltimore, MD Sun / RedOrbit)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/ ... ?track=rss
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology
Digital Converter Deal Announced
Millions of T-Vs will be rendered obsolete at midnight on February 17th, 2009, unless owners buy a digital converter box.
(Associated Press via WRCB-TV Chattanooga, TN)
http://www.wrcbtv.com/news/index.cfm?sid=6882
Consumer Electronics And Broadcast Industries Applaud U.S. Commerce Department's NTIA On Converter Box Rules For 2009 Digital TV Transition
Rules Consistent with NAB, MSTV, CEA Consensus Agreement Calling for High-Quality, Low-Cost Converters Providing Continued Consumer Access to Broadcast Service
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=12997
Samsung Supports U.S. Commerce Department's Final Rules for NTIA Digital-to-Analog Television Converter Coupon Program
Samsung, a Leader in Set Top Box Technology, Plans to Launch Digital-to-Analog Converter Box to Coincide with Start of Program
(Business Wire via Broadcast Newsroom)
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... ?id=113851
Samsung To Offer D/A TV Converter
Ridgefield Park, N.J.