DTV News for 6-8-2007

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-8-2007
620 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting


Converters signal a new TV era
At midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, the rabbit ears and the rooftop antennas that still guide television signals into nearly one of every five U.S. homes will be rendered useless -- unless they are tethered to a new device, including two versions unveiled this week, that the government will spend as much as $80 a household to help families buy.
(New York, NY Times / Detroit, MI News / International Herald Tribune)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/techn ... gital.html
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /706080326
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/07/ ... igital.php

Update on 2009 Digital TV Conversion
The converters needed to switch analog TVs (the ones that still rely on rabbit ears and rooftop antennas) will hit the stores in January, hopefully giving the people who need them time to put them in place before the government-mandated switchover to digital TV in February 2009.
(Yahoo Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/11303

Digital TV Transition: What to Expect
Your old TV will still work when analog broadcasts end in 2009, but you'll need a converter box to receive over-the-air programming
(Electronic House)
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/ ... xpect/C155

FCC makes public NPRM on DTV transition
The steps outlined in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking are intended to bring to a completion the nation's transition to DTV broadcasting.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/fcc- ... tion-0607/

FCC Warns Retailers To Label Analog-Only Sets Online
Attention K-Mart shoppers: That television set won't work after 2009.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... ?rssid=193

FCC Proposes $3 Million in DTV Tuner Fines
The FCC has issued its first two fines to companies that illegally shipped TV sets that don't contain a DTV tuner. The fines total nearly $3 million.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6450114.html

FCC Cites Two For DTV Tuner Violations
The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday issued