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October 31
- Comcast offers “Candidates on Demand” in Colorado
October 29
- EV Group gets tiny with new mini-camera offering
- DELEC unveils MADI interface board for Oratis intercom system
- DPA Microphones unveils WINDPAC weatherproof mic wind shield
- Studer unveils Vista 8 console
- Pro-Bel router to assist ACT Media with Austrian soccer coverage
- The latest news from around the world of sports
- TNT to produce entire 2004-05 NBA lineup in HD
- FOX Sports creates World Series bumper with unique approach
- CollegeSports.com enjoys 47 percent traffic grow in September
- Boston.com sees 20-fold growth of sports downloads in October
- NFL, TiVo reach agreement on use of TiVoGuard remote access technology
- San Jose Stations Digitize
- KPDX, KPTV Upgrade with PESA
- BDL-Autoscript Updates Name, Leadership
- Membership Grows, Issues Persist for NAB
- TNT HD Automates With Pro-Bel
- High Def Live-TV News Van Tours with BMS, JVC Gear
- NFL, TiVo Bury the Hatchet
- Quartz Upgrades CBS European Broadcast Center
- Anticipating a Post-Election FCC
- Time Warner Cable Launches HD Tier in New York
- DTG Hires Former Encoda Sales Exec
- Neither Rain nor Snow Dampens Enthusiasm for DBS
- Venue Services Group Appoints News Sales VP
- Alaska Pubcasters Bridge Audio with Wheatstone
- LG Taps Tek for Oscilloscopes
- Tandberg Television Appoints Two New Execs
October 28
- Plasma TVs rank as most desirable CE holiday gift, says CEA survey
- Ups and downs of conversion face stations in an HD world
- Analog shutoff in 2009?
- Worldwide HD households total 4 million as of spring, says In-Stat/MDR
- Fourth season of ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ shot with Sony HDW-F900
- Panasonic AJ-SDX900 brings ‘Smile’ to face of documentary DP
- HDFEST 2004 World Tour to open this weekend in Finland
- Accom debuts Abekas 6000 production server with SD, HD support
- Analog shutoff in 2009?
- New Conexant video encoder to support Intel sDVO interface
- Leitch unveils high-definition NEXIO server system
- HD cable TV concert series to kickoff with Bon Jovi
- Plasma TVs rank as most desirable CE holiday gift, says CEA survey
- A Glance At The Stats
- Pace develops MPEG-4 /H.264 IPTV STB with BSP-15 processor, Dicas codec
- LG Electronics acquires Tektronix oscilloscopes for digital TV designs
- Snell & Wilcox Kahuna makes U.S. public debut at SMPTE conference
- Comcast delivers KDAF-HD to Dallas viewers
- ESPN2 HD to debut Jan. 6, 2005
- 4.8 million European households to receive HD by 2008
- IABM announces schedule, speakers for kick-off conference
- TI’s ‘Hollywood’ chip to make TV broadcasting to cell phones a reality
- Envivio shows HD MPEG-4/H.264 AVC delivery solution
October 27
- Comprehensive makes 2004 multimedia product catalog available to public free of charge
- Epson develops HD 1080p LCD panels for 3LCD projectors, projection TVs
- Pinnacle Systems introduces Liquid Edition version 6 native HD editor
- Ulead teams with DV411 to offer complete HDV workstations
- Kasenna launches TotalTV end-to-end IPTV for video network operators
- Scala announces Release 7.3 of InfoChannel 3
- NEC-Mitsubishi large-screen LCD series on exhibit
- IntelliMat introduces digital signage on the floor
- Ninety million U.S. TV households have access to HD programming via cable
- Harris sees expansion in transmission business
- ActiveLight to unveil Digital Signage Innovator Awards
- Clear Channel Spectacolor selects Webpavement to power Times Square billboard
- Iceland Telecom taps Thales and IBM for IPTV and VOD
- Samsung pursues nanotech display breakthrough
- Electronic marketplace auctions signage content services
October 26
- IABM announces conference lineup
- Microsoft Windows Media Codecs licensed for Qualcomm’s Qtv mobile phone technology
- CinemaNow to offer HD movie downloads
- Massive launches video game advertising network
- Comcast’s Roberts says VOD is the future
- Companies join on antipiracy technologies
- Toshiba to launch HD DVD notebook PCs in 2005
- SeaChange serves ntl for Europe’s first large-scale on-demand TV rollout
- Comcast launches VOD service in Utah
- Canto releases update to Helios Companion
- Storagetek introduces FlexLine storage systems
- Self-destructing DVDs to debut with Christmas film
- Time Warner deploys Everstream software
- DTV on cable: Spreading fast
- MSTV Webcast on channel election/repacking Nov. 4
- DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - Oct. 24, 2004
- Satellite Update - Oct. 25, 2004
- TI cell phone DTV chip works with multiple standards, excluding E-VSB
- International Association of Fire Chiefs urges December 2007 return of 700 MHz TV spectrum
- NEC awarded contract for DTV transmitters in China
- BAS ENG operations protected in FCC Report and Order on DOD 2 GHz Uplinks
- Bogus applications - FCC broadcast database compromised
- Harris Broadcast Communications revenue increases
- First transistor radio debuted 50 years ago
- ARRL asks FCC to shutdown BPL field trial in Arizona
October 25
- ISIS Group purchases Graham-Patten Systems
- Meredith Stations Upgrade PESA Routing Systems
- Bon Jovi, Samsung Join HD Forces
- TNT HD Taps Pro-Bel For Automation
- Venue Services Group Opens Northwest Office
- DirecTV Says No To Multicasting
- HPA Tech Retreat Gears Up For 2005
- Decisionmark Launches CheckHD In DC
- Granite Broadcasting chooses VCI for sales and traffic software
- Pinnacle Systems intros ThunderMX still and clip server
- Scopus debuts encoder for cable headends
- Epson develops HD 1080p LCD panels for projection systems
- Leitch’s CCS-TRAX streamlines master control operations
- Food Network adds SSL digital audio console to digital facility mix
- VDS develops YES Network scoreboard bug
- Ascent Media selects Digital Vision for HD imaging
- Court TV unveils new digital ENG truck
- Comcast’s Roberts: VOD is the future
- 117th AES Convention offers wide range of events
- Barton wants to investigate newsroom operations
- Front Porch Digital licenses Telestream’s FlipFactory technology for digital archiving
- Videolink leverages Funjinon technology for automated production
- Andrew to acquire selected assets of ATC Tower Services
- Analog shutoff in 2009?
- DTV spreading fast on cable
- Belo closes Austin news bureau
October 24
- FCC ruling boosts telcos in fiber deployment
October 22
- Snell & Wilcox Demo Kahuna at SMPTE
- Venue Services Opens Northwest Office
- Granite Selects VCI for Sales, Traffic Software
- Media 100 Hires New Product Marketing Director
- DHS, ATPS Launch Digital EAS Pilot Program
- Media DVX, Pathfire Create Electronic Ad Delivery Network
- Broadcasters Request Five-Year SHVIA Extension
- HPA Tech Retreat Turns 10
- Myrio Wins Contracts for Video Partner Program
- CBA Elects New President
- PBS, Sesame Workshop to Launch Kids Channel
- Dish, Six TV Networks Team Up to Provide Election Coverage
- Videolink Connects On-Air Talent, Broadcasters with Fujinon Gear
October 21
- Turner turns to Snell & Wilcox IQ Modular unit for new HD network
- More Hollywood post houses using Avid DS Nitris this season
- Pinnacle Systems introduces Liquid Edition version 6 native HD editor
- Epson develops HD 1080p LCD panels for 3LCD projectors, projection TVs
- Report says 14 million homes will own HD hardware by year’s end
- Movies top list of importance for HDTV viewing, sports a close second
- SMPTE, SBE to sponsor HDTV boot camp
- AJA demos uncompressed HD streaming
- Baraka posts “The Braai” using Mistika HD; first use of system on film in UK
- New HD Web sites offer answers, raise questions
- ‘INHD: Reel Look’ producer relies on Canon wide-angle HD lens
- FCC Media Bureau releases new DTV assignment, service table
- Ostroff: There’s value to an over-the-air HD signal
- Crystal Vision introduces new output HD distribution amplifiers
- Sharp shows 65in Aquos LCD TV in Japan
- Cable reaches 90 million homes with HD
October 20
- BAS users, others to share 2GHz band on co-primary basis with military
- USDTV reaches 10,000 subscribers
- VideoLink adopts new Fujinon technology
- New ThunderMX brings greater productivity to live show production
- NEP turns to The Associated Press for election night vote count
- CPJ to honor journalists with International Press Freedom Awards
- Video Technics unveils version 2.7 for Apella video clip server
- CNN to use NASDAQ monitor wall as backdrop for election night coverage
- Study: Benefits of converged TV, newspaper news operations not fully realized
- Barton Buffaloes Broadcasters
- The Age of Innuendo
- Europe Focuses on HDTV Standards
- Compression Conundrum
- EAS Codes Defined
October 19
- DVIDS delivers interviews, news footage from Iraq to States-bound media
- FCC's TAC to Address Ultra Wide Band
- NAB Responds to Wall Street Journal Criticism on DTV Transition
- FCC Adopts BPL Rules
- FCC Relocates DOD Uplinks to BAS 2 GHz Band
- Satellite Update - Oct. 19
- Canadian Company Expects Windfall From New U.S. DTV V-Chip Rules
October 18
- Ai’s Quantum transmitter brings cost efficiency to Tampa
- EVS and DNF controls provide instant clip playout for game show production
- Korea’s C&M cable to launch on-demand services with MediaHawk platform
- HomePlug AV specification enters final stage
- Microsoft renews push into entertainment products
- Thales and IBM develop IP TV and VOD System for Iceland Telecom
- Pro-Bel adds Clarity to Morpheus automation
- Comcast’s new CET channel goes on-air with Sundance
- Indian River Community College selects FOR-A technology
- Serious pay TV for Mickey Mouse fans
- DIRECTV to consolidate Latin American business
- DIRECTV to consolidate Latin American business
- Vyvx expands HD VenueNet to 28 venues
- Decisionmark announces CheckHD.com
- Harris sees expansion in transmission business
- FOX disagrees with FCC indecency finding; appeal uncertain
- FCC’s Powell attacked for hawking DTV
- NCTA opposes tougher closed captioning rules
- Supreme Court passes on network-sharing cases
- Immink and Gaggioni among 2004 SMPTE award winners
- SMPTE to honor 16 members
- Sinclair causes political flap, but FCC refuses to intercede
- FCC approves power line delivery of broadband, including TV
- FOX selects Avid DS Nitris for HD postproduction
October 15
- Vizrt, ABATEC offer real-time object tracking system for sports production
- Pro-Bel extends router family with Sirius Gold
- Bexel buys 60 Canon lenses for reality TV, sports
- e-mediavision launches POINT Baby telestrator for sports
- Sky Sports rolls out ‘Football First’ with help from EVS SportServers, CleanEdit
- The latest news from around the world of sports
- TNT turns to aerial HD from Helinet for NBA season
- NMT helps FOX roll out HD coverage of 2004 NFL season
- NBC Sports introduces delay into NASCAR racing coverage
- ESPN2 HD to debut Jan. 6, 2005
- IOC president tells Sportel audience 3.9 billion watched Athens Olympics
- EVS, DNF Controls Provide Playout for Euro Game Shows
- Thales Provides DVB-H for Paris Motor Show
- FCC Eases Fiber to Home Deployment
- Optibase Appoints New President
- Food Network Spices Up New Facility with SSL Console
- BlackMagic Releases New Downconverter and DVCPro HD Support
- ABC Affiliates Deploy Omneon Spectrum Media Server
- Chyron Ships Duet HyperX
- Bexel Buys 60 Canon Lenses for Reality TV
- Fall Shows Post in HD with Avid DS Nitris
- Turner Selects Snell & Wilcox Gear for HD Network
- NAB Launches Post|Production Show In New York
- Avcom Selects Patriot as New Master Distributor
- DTV Legislation in Conference
- FBI Looks Into Texas Transmitter Site Break-Ins
- SMPTE to Honor Technical Excellence
- ISIS Acquires Graham-Patten Systems from Klotz
- Powell Won't Stop Sinclair Anti-Kerry Program
- New England Sports Network Extends HD Contract
- Indecency Raises its Ugly Head
- '04 Olympics Breaks TV Viewing Records
- Canon HD Wide-Angle Lens Captures Red Carpet Series
- Front Porch Digital to License Telestream FlipFactory
October 14
- Strategies For A Successful Fiber Upgrade
October 13
- Sharp develops new LCD screen
- ISIS Group Acquires Graham-Patten Systems
- Turner Selects S&W IQs For HD Network
- CES To Feature HD Pro Showcase
- CPTV Automates With OmniBus Colossus
- Decisionmark unveils new digital TV education site
- Weather Central unveils display system
- Pixel Power launches new low cost single channel character generator
- Kramer releases twisted pair transmitter/receiver
- Chyron debuts digital signage system
- NEC introduces 84-inch seamless dynamic digital signage rear-projection display
- Specialized Communications unveils digital signage in poster format
- Panasonic announces seventh generation plasma family with five new models
- MediaTile introduces new cellular digital signage solution
- Adtec showcases television over IP solutions
- DIRECTV to launch two new satellites
- Strategy Analytics: HDTV into 37 million U.S. homes by 2008
- Barco enhances Paris Car Show with digital displays
- Dynamic signage network goes underground in Toronto
- FOR-A named exclusive U.S. distributor of VertigoXmedia Xpresenter
October 12
- 2004 Excellence Awards - Enter Now!
- Buena Vista Television selects Teletrax for MAM
- Mired in controversy, Induce Act is delayed
- Samsung working on ultra mini hard drive
- Sony Europe launches Media Restoration Center
- Buckeye Cable’s VOD highlights local programming
- Pace introduces Mobile PVR for pay television
- OmniBus automates digital plant for Connecticut Public Broadcasting
- RIAA continues legal assault on Internet users
- IBM Technology to search Internet for audio and video
- TiVo and Netflix sign movies-on-demand pact
- Ciprico unveils new NAS storage solutions
- Analyst Pessimistic About Completing DTV Transition Anytime Soon
- FCC Sets PSIP, DTV Channel Election Deadlines
- Ai Reports Power Savings at Florida Station
- DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - Oct. 10, 2004
- Satellite Update
- Dielectric Provides Turnkey System for 100,000 kW Houston FM Station
- Andrew Corp. Revises Product Groups
- FCC Asks for Public Comment For National Historic Policy On Communications Towers
- DTV Table of Station Assignment and Service Information Now Available
- New DTV Education Web Site Launched
- MSTV Videoconference on Channel Election and Repacking Scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 19
- SBE Southwest Communications Expo/Education Seminar Scheduled for Oct. 19
- FCC to Address BPL at This Week's Open Meeting
October 11
- SMPTE recognizes new Fellows
- Panasonic announces 7th-generation plasma models
- Media DVX, Pathfire partner for ad delivery service
- Ikegami displays tapeless ENG system
- HDTV over wireless LAN demo at IEEE Symposium
- Harris to acquire Encoda
- Comcast SportsNet to launch new channel
- Model HDTV station at NAB2005
- FCC’s Powell pushes DTV
- Vislink/Helinet Systems captures HD in the sky
- Microsoft unveils new version of MSN TV
- Organizations say FCC may have waved broadcast flag too broadly
- Indecency proposals die in pre-election scramble
- Internet use negatively affects TV viewing
- Thirty-seven million households to receive HDTV by 2008
- Opticomm offers uncompressed HD-SDI transmission system
- SkyStream unveils video headend with eight MPEG-4 AVC encoders
October 8
- OmniBus automates Connecticut Public Broadcasting
- Senate Committee drops media provisions from Pentagon bill
- Snell & Wilcox Receives IABM Award
- Harris to Acquire Encoda for 340M
- Connecticut Public Broadcasting Automates with OmniBus
- FCC Launches DTV Consumer Initiative
- FCC Chairman to Attend BPL Demo in Manassas, Va.
- New Comcast Channel Automated by Sundance Digital
- Former Chyron Chief to Lead Trilogy
- WCPO-TV Upgrades with Nvision, Omneon
- Leader Reports Successful IBC
- ESPN2 HD To Ring in the New Year
- Public Interest Groups Argue Against Broadcast Flag
- SHVIA Clears House
- 'Casino', 'Benefactor' Post on Avid DS Nitris
- For-A to Market VertigoXmedia's Xpresenter in U.S.
- 54th IEEE Broadcast Symposium Commences Oct. 13
- Senate Passes Intelligence Reform with DTV Component
- Harris, Edgenics to Provide Networking and Distribution System
- NCTA Calls for Technical Papers
October 7
- Harris to acquire Encoda Systems for $340 million in cash
- Harris to acquire Encoda Systems
October 6
- OmniBus to provide Network Ten Australia with digital newsroom upgrade
- Pathfire unveils unprecedented access to news, metadata from DMG News application
- Sony unveils HDR-FX1 Handycam HD camcorder
- France 3 selects Thomson Grass Valley's news production solutions
- The Weather Channel selects Dveous/MX for effects upgrade
- CNBC selects ILC MaxView software to automate live broadcasts
- Supplement spotlights technology for newsroom, field
- Dual-polarity radar project puts station at the cutting edge of meteorology
- WNET turns to Redline broadband wireless solution for backhaul applications
- Cox Television to go tapeless with conversion to P2 solid-state acquisition
- RTNDF holds News & Terrorism Workshop for media, first responders in Kansas City
- Barton calls for hearings regarding political bias in news reporting
- SysMedia unveils InSERT-7
- Audio Angles for a Sense of Place
- Covering Athens Eyeing Torino
- Mazza Reflects on the Games
- Building that HD Audience
October 5
- Airspan sells 700 MHz Broadband Wireless Access Systems
- FCC Designates Database Managers for Millimeter Wave Spectrum
- Satellite Update
- Senate Sets Limited DTV Transition Deadline
- FCC Releases Rules for Digital Class A, LPTV and TV Translator Stations
October 4
- IEEE 54th Annual Broadcast Symposium to demo HDTV over wireless LAN
- Opticomm premieres new SDI system
- Trilogy provides communications gear for CBS News
- Weather Channel purchases Accom DVE systems
- AES Convention tours to include KQED and Skywalker Sound
- MobiTV delivers live television to mobile phones
- EchoStar’s Ergen riles both broadcasters and cable
- Vizrt debuts 2-D virtual studio software
- SSL moves Los Angeles office
- VertigoXmedia Upgrades Xmedia Server
- NAB and Decisionmark to promote HDTV
- WPMI-TV recovering after Ivan knocks down tower
- Soft DTV deadline legislation clears Senate
- Avid AirSpeed offers Multichannel VTR replacement
- London Headend Delivers 140 channels of IPTV with Adtec Digital
- ATSC approves recommended practice on Synchronized Multiple Transmitter Networks
- BBC Natural History unit selects Colledia for “Planet Earth”
- BBC completes deal with Siemens
- New York City gets new public alert system
October 3
- Tech News
- People
- High & Why
- The Story Behind NBC11’s New Tower Site
- Free Over-The-Air Saves The Day
- KLRT Does Tapeless With NewsFlow
- Master Control Switchers
- L.A. To Tokyo By Way Of Ensemble Designs
- High Tech Air Check
- NBC11’s New Space-Age Digs Building A Station For The Digital Century
October 2
- Major Polish Broadcaster Opts for RTS Intercom Upgrade
October 1
- JECO Music creates New York post complex
- HD camera production tools
- Digital asset management: Workgroup or enterprise?
- Free no more?
- HVAC for broadcast facilities
- Complex antenna pattern shaping for digital broadcasting
- Do it for the children
- Network security
- Inside the AEA3-2003 digital audio standard
- SPECIAL REPORT: The many methods of closed captioning
- HOT NEW PRODUCTS from IBC2004
- Choosing compression formats
- FCC freezes and transmitter choices
- New Products
- Building IT systems
- Making change
- Has HD officially arrived in Europe?
- Reader Feedback
- Audio multiplexing
- Mediaset networks with DWDM
- Envivio ships full AVC solutions
- MultiChoice upgrades digital DTH system with Scopus Network Technologies
- FCC sets DTV timetables
- IABM Peter Wayne Award winner is announced
- Next generation disc standards announced for the DTS Blu-Ray and HD-DVD
- France 3 Invests in Grass Valley DNPS
- Emmis Reports Q2 Revenue Increase
- Comcast Taps Matsushita For Set-Tops
- Weather Channel Taps Accom for DVE
- CNBC Automates News with ILC
- Solid State Logic Moves LA Office
- FCC to Push DTV Consumer Education
- Cable Touts HDTV Access
- Iowa Public TV To Host DTV Symposium
- Trinity Church Expands Production Facility with Omneon Gear
- Vyvx Deploys Phase 2 of HD VenueNet Service
- Gencom to Represent Sundance Digital in Asia
- ATSC Approves DTx
- DTV Sales Up 10 Percent
- Broadcasters Debate Spectrum Shut-off
- Barton Skips Dessert