DTV News for 3-20-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 3-20-2007
700 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


NTIA Gathers Input on Converter Box Program
John Taylor from TV set maker LG Electronics said Monday that the prototype DTV converter box will cost about $60 and be available in early 2008.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news

NTIA broadens DTV coupon availability to include pay-TV homes
Now all viewers of television will be eligible for vouchers toward the purchase of a DTV converter
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/news/nt ... lity-0319/

Digital TV converters to sell for about $60: LG
LG Electronics said on Monday it expects retailers to charge about $60 for equipment that will enable consumers to make the analog-to-digital switch on their televisions.
(Reuters / ZDNet / EE Times)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... 9820070320
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6168691.html
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... es_newsRSS

Clock ticks for analog TVs as digital transmission looms
Attention owners of primitive TVs: If you still use an antenna to watch "American Idol," your picture will disappear at midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, unless you buy something called a digital converter box.
(KTRK-TV Houston, TX)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=5116283



CBS creates another kind of March Madness with high-def switches
While some viewers will violently disagree, it's hard not to feel sympathy for Channel 58, which has been stuck in a no-win situation thanks to CBS' NCAA basketball tournament coverage.
(Milwaukee, WI Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=579261

Exclusive HD Consumer Electronic Event at San Francisco's AT&T
View NCAA's March Madness on the Newest Generation of Consumer Entertainment Devices
(Business Wire via Broadcast Newsroom)
http://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/ar ... ?id=115521

The Wider World of Nightly News
NBC will become the first broadcast network to provide a national evening newscast in high-definition when NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams launches in widescreen HD March 26.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news

WLEX Vows HD News in May
NBC affiliate WLEX is transforming its newsroom for high-def capability, with the station aiming for a May launch date for HD news.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... edesc=news

In Demand HD fincds its Mojo
In Demand Networks is renaming its high-definition cable channel.
(Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 7ff4b6ca51



Cable TV embraces an old foe: antenna
Planned device may give industry leverage when it negotiates fees for local broadcasts
(Boston, MA Globe)
http://www.boston.com/business/technolo ... e_antenna/

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