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May 31
- Three More Stations Request To Give Up Analog Channels
- Thomson Ships One-Millionth HD Set-Top Box To DIRECTV
- News Corporation/NBC Universal Joint Venture Adds Content Partners
- Vitec Acquires RF Central and Nucomm
- Unicast to debut new ad formats with NBC Universal
- DNF Controls, Vista Systems offer control solution for live event production
- ATSC honors Mark Eyer as 2007 Bernard Lechner Award recipient
- Additional SBE RF safety courses scheduled for summer
- Integrated production for diverse distribution
- Vitesse PHY solutions advance synchronous Ethernet
- Local broadcast television ad revenues down 3 percent in Q1
- RGB Networks expands digital video processing platform
May 30
- Telcos Fiber Plans Finally Start Paying Off
- Vitec Group acquires RF Central, Nucomm
- Fiber Is Key To TD Banknorth Garden’s HD Upgrade
- The Magic Instant
- Hello Again
- HD Sets Make All The Difference
- Throwing The Switch
- NMT is State-of-the-Art with RTS VoIP
- ANGA Cable 2007: Fujitsu Enhances HD Chip
- ABC.Com to Stream HD Video Online
- 'Star Wars' HD Animated Series Coming in 2008
- Ateme, NHK Partner for 'Ultra HD'
- InfoComm Expands Offerings for 2007
- United Kingdom: BBC 'Public Value Test' Underway for HD
- South Africa: HD on Track for 2010 World Cup
- Dish, MGM Sign VOD Deal for HD/SD Titles
- Hitachi, Panasonic Strengthen Plasma Partnership
- DirecTV Races to Add HD Channels
- Toshiba Delays SED Technology Indefinitely
- India: Sets Sales Rising, But Little HD to Show for It
- Saudi Arabia: TSL, Grass Valley, EVS, Studer Tapped for HD Sports
May 25
- Google proposes real-time spectrum auction
- WGN offers WeatherBug reporting from 150 area tracking stations
- SBE to offer RF safety course
- CNN, Internet Broadcasting form news, ad alliance
- WorldNow, Magid Media Futures poll Web visitors
- Jamaican stations automate election result reporting
- Miranda launches JAZZ-800
- TV stations in New York City get DTV extensions
- CNN to offer more local news online
- CBS buys finance Web site
- FLO technology moves toward standardization
- Joost seeks TV programming
- ATSC requests proposals for mobile and handheld specifications
- NBC boosts content presence on Web
- Mexican university selects Dayang titling system
- Harmonic licenses Fraunhofer IIS audio codecs
- The latest happenings from around the world of sports
- Baseball owners approve MLB Network
- Arab network selects TSL for new HD sports trucks
- ESPN launches video podcasting
- 'Poker Dome Challenge' debuts Memorial Day weekend
- Pictopia opens online store for thoroughbred racing photos
- Readers Provide Feedback on Best Buy ASTC Portable Receiver
- NAB Seeks Details of Satellite Violations From FCC
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays Select Sony XDCAM System
- DirecTV Adding More HD Channels to Lineup
- Harris Creates New Structure; Henry to Have Expanded Role
- MTVA Gets Approval for NYC Distributed Transmission System
- Satellite Update
- Micronas Releases DTV Demodulator Device Drivers
- Digital Transition Hits Local Media
- FCC Wants Comments on Analog Shutdown Plan
- Giants of Broadcasting Awards Announced
- G4 Gets a Studer Vista 8 at Its New Facility
- More Cities Added to Verizon Mobile TV Network
- Google Proposes Spectrum Resale Model
- Joost Buddies Up to Hollywood
- John Eargle Memorial Tribute and Scholarship Fund Announced
- Copper Thieves Strike Las Vegas TV Station
- Thunderstorm Fries Router, Utah Scientific Delivers Digital Fix
- Sennheiser Founder Celebrates 95th Birthday
May 24
- Clarksburg, WV, Gets A Duopoly
- ATSC Begins Work On Mobile DTV Standard
- NBC Universal Chooses Ross Video OverDrive
- FCC Extends Digital Conversion Deadline For Certain Stations
- 100-Member Digital Television Transition Coalition Formed
- New digital board to advertise to Oklahoma City motorists
- Digital signage network set to debut in Mexico
- IKEA debuts digital signage network in the UK
- Impact Video adds Daktronics scoreboard to mobile fleet
- DisplaySearch: Plasma shipments fall on Y/Y basis for first time
- CRI to sell Planar-based digital signage displays
- Upscale Canadian mall upgrades digital signage network
- San José’s HP Pavilion to get major upgrade
- Calendar of Events
- RedPost releases digital signage network pilot in Indiana
May 23
- Clear Channel board approves amendment to merger deal
- Four Citadel stations automate news
- ProSiebenSat.1 builds tapeless news workflow
- Commission tells Sprint Nextel 'reasonable, prudent' OK
- Game Creek Hits the Road with RTS
- India: Sony Intros HD Videoconferencing
- Mixed Results on Calibrating HD
- 'Star Wars' Not Coming to Next-Gen Disc
- Survey: Some LCD Prices Hit Bottom?
- SID 2007: Samsung Receives Gold Award for LCD Display
- LG Shuttering Major Plasma Plant
- HD Sales Show Ups and Downs
- Blu-ray, HD DVD Pushing Major Titles This Week
- HD Coming to a Gas Pump Near You
- United Kingdom: Sky to Increase HD Menu
May 22
- Tech vendors to profit from online entertainment, says In-Stat
- Motorola acquires Modulus Video
- Verizon FiOS offers SportsNet NY HD
- The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
- Survey finds willingness among viewers to consider switching TV services
- Focal Press publishes 'HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting: Understanding New Television Technologies'
- Miranda to showcase Kaleido-X at Broadcast LIVE 2007
- IABM offers grant to promote broadcast engineering education
- Unlicensed TV band devices threaten DTV investment
- A.J. Foyt tribute music video requires quick turnaround
- Everest flight record poses ultimate test for DP Reay, Axis Films
- Less than 10 percent willing to pay for video downloads, Forrester says
- Polish cable provider launches HD service with TANDBERG Television
- Chinese broadcast academy selects Tektronix test equipment
- Desire to record HD helps drive wave of DVD recorder sales
- IPTV over cable infrastructure seen as attractive, says ABI Research
May 21
- The National Hockey League and Synacor Extend Their Online Portal Partnership
- Broadcast Pix Announces DVI I/O For Slate Switchers
- ESPN On ABC To Broadcast Indianapolis 500 In High Definition
- International Truck Market Has Its Own Challenges
- Burst Designs And Builds The Video Production System For The Big Screen Display At Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
- Latest AACS copy protection for HD home video already cracked
- Nexstar considers sale of 49 TV stations
- 'New York Times' to increase distribution of video news
- FCC urged to implement protections for DTV interference
- NBC stations implement dialnorm
- SMPTE names Symes as new director of standards and engineering
- 'Early Show' studio installs Panasonic 103in plasma display
- ABC to stream HD programs on the Internet
- Amazon to sell music without copy protection
- Motorola to acquire AVC compression specialist Modulus Video
May 19
- TANDBERG Television and TVWorks demonstrate EBIF-compliant T-commerce application
- Ascent Media puts Omneon Spectrum media server systems at core of new European Transmission Center
- Coding Technologies, Philips and Linear Acoustic develop MPEG Surround/PCM multichannel audio solution
- BigBand Networks integrates switched broadcast with TV Guide’s i-Guide
- Multicasting, targeted ad and Directed Channel Change
- Intransa announces certification program for 10GigE IP storage system
- SMPTE hires two new directors
May 18
- KTRK-TV installs Megawatt weather radar
- Glendale 11 goes HD for local news, sports
- Bay area KNTV rakes in regional Emmys
- New CNN London, CNN International sets rely on Spyder display processors
- Samsung Announces New ATSC Receiver Chip
- NAB, MSTV Warn FCC About “White Space” Interference
- Best Buy Now Selling Portable ATSC Receivers
- FCC Waives Quarterly Tower Inspections for American Tower and Global Signal
- Satellite Update
- Envisioneering Group Gives Nod to Harris/LG MPH Mobile DTV
- FCC Considers Vehicle-mounted Earth Stations
- ‘Next-Generation’ Satellite Launch Plans Developed
- DTV Station Status
May 17
- Media Bureau grants waivers to integrated set-top box rules
- FCC publishes cable DTV rulemaking notice
- Dates and events you need to know
- Success of transition depends on converter box availability, says Rehr
- Envisioneering Group report endorses MPH
- FCC requires consumer warning for analog TVs being sold
- Disney-ABC TV Group Set To Stream HD Content Online
- NAB President And CEO Rehr Issues Letter On Converter Boxes
- FotoKem produces movie masters with FOR-A switcher
- MySpace deploys new copyright protection technology
- HBO's Zitter weighs in on copyright management
- Service-oriented architectures gain traction
- Henry Stewart DAM conferences in June
- Ciprico introduces SAS and SATA II RAID controllers
- Congress introduces Internet radio legislation
- NBC Universal And Miranda Sign Agreement For iControl Monitoring
- Life After CRT
- SmartSound and Sony Creative Software Sign Patent License Agreement
- Raycom Media chooses Harris for end-to-end broadcast solution
- NBC sides with Viacom in YouTube copyright cases
- Vista Systems names representatives
- Eyeheight rolls out enigmaHDi
- Iconix Video announces remote control, digital I/O
- Copps, Taylor Tate express concern over DTV transition
- Philippine broadcaster inks deal with Jampro
- Vela debuts Argus HD encoder
- ADC introduces ProAx hybrid fiber camera connector
- Ross Video introduces SoftMetal video server
- KVBC-TV Selects Studer OnAir 3000 for Digital Upgrade
- Fox Business Channel Chooses Calrec
- Motorola to Acquire Modulus Video
- TiVo Launches Universal Swivel Search
- Audio Legend John Eargle Dies
- ViewCast to Deliver Live Flash Player Video Content
- Decker Anstrom Elected NCTA Board Chairman
- Arizona Cable Station Going HD With Grass Valley
- Cable Chief Calls for Dereg Excepting Interconnects
- User-Generated News Show To Debut on Headline News
- Adobe Names New Chief Information Officer
- Shapiro and Rehr Correspond
- Canadian Public Station Taps DNF Controls for Slow Motion Control
- EVS Captures and Controls Cannes Play-out
- Florida's WEDU Installs Omneon Server
May 16
- VCI moves its automation division
- United Kingdom: BBC to Cover Derby in HD
- Pro Wrestling a bit Shy Over HD's Relentless Detail
- Digitization Spreads Like Wildfire
- Copps ‘Worried’ About DTV Transition
- WCVB Pulls Boston Into Local HD News
- NBC’s Return Highlights NAB Opener
- Pioneer Issues Second-Generation Blu-ray Player
- Mitsubishi Ramps Up 'Edgy' 1080p LCD Models
- Disney/ABC to Launch Ad-Driven HD Content Online
- DirecTV Revenues Up, Despite Costly HD Push
- Google’s CEO Describes a New Future
- Weather Channel Begins HD Infrastructure Build out
- 'Planet Earth' Tops Both HD DVD and Blu-ray Charts
- Indy 500 Slow in Driving HD
- Mobile TV Creates Buzz at NAB
- Post Innovations Rule at NAB
May 15
- Church at Pinnacle Hills puts Ikegami HD cameras to work on 'Winners'
- Antenna Hungária commences DVB-H trial in Budapest
- LambdaStream, Innoxius Technologies partner for mobile TV project in Asia
- NBC Universal launches mobile movie clip service
- Penthera inks engineering services deal with Modeo
- Microsoft acquires European mobile advertising firm
- QVC takes on massive upgrade
- Gefen unveils dual link DVI solutions
- HDTV makes list of hottest consumer electronics gifts for mom
- More than a dozen broadcast groups turn to Baron Services for HD weather
- 'Top Road Travelers' more likely to own HDTVs, other electronics, analysis says
- Netherlands Broadcasting prepares for HD
- MPEG LA issues call for HD-DVD patents
- Panasonic, HD Expo announce tapeless workflow workshop
- Panasonic unveils remote head HD camera system
- Sony unveils MVS-8000G multiformat production switcher
- Sinclair Broadcast Group acquires Abekas AirCleaner systems
- Congress should step in to prevent digital program stripping, Rehr says
- FLO Forum vets open standard security solution for MediaFLO technology
- ITN On adds content to 3’s free mobile TV service
May 14
- Advanced Broadcast Solutions builds operations center for TVW network
- FOR-A debuts new HANABI switcher
- Brick House Video adds new features to Callisto switchers
- NAB offers broadcasters help to reduce utility bills
- CBS and Viacom invest in Joost
- TV station transactions in 2006 hit eight-year high
- Cable carriage initiative may violate First Amendment
- FCC’s Martin pushes a la carte at Cable Show
- Disney sells 24 million TV shows through iTunes
- Motorola mobile phone displays full-length movies
- New York Times TV stations change ownership
May 12
- NSCA Education Foundation offers scholarships
- Lawo merges DAW plug-ins and mixing consoles
- KKR and GS Capital Partners to acquire Harman International
- Wireworks offers RoHS-compliant cabling systems
- Sennheiser reduces price on HHB FlashMic
- Crawford Broadcasting installs AKG Perception 200 mics
May 11
- NBA moves to monetize archive
- Ad overlays enable direct link to Web media
- The latest happenings from around the world of sports
- Suns to stage real-time 3-D HD broadcast of Western Conference finals
- SGI helps Fox Sports Australia boost capacity for two new channels
- Crosscreek Television routes signals with QuStream
- YES HD uses Zandar MultiViewer to produce live sports
- Sports productions acquire 1080p cameras
- National Television Academy calls for Technical Emmy entries
- SNN News 6 installs NewsKing newsroom system
- Research analysis shows political leanings of cable news audience
- French 24-hour news channel rolls out tapeless operation
- Satellite Update
- Wegener Snags $3.2 Million Digital Signage Project
- QuStream Appoints New Director of Marketing Communications
- FCC Clears Additional Spectrum for 17/25 GHz Satellites
- LG Rolls Out a Hi-def Icebox
- Robert Sharpe Acquires Digieffects Plug-In Business
- Gray Feels Post-Olympics, Elections Pinch
- Vizrt Reports Record First Quarter in 2007
- Indecency Complaints Rise Again
- SMPTE Taps Symes for Director of Standards and Engineering
- Tech Emmy Nominees Sought
- Imagine Partners With Tandberg Television for Enhanced Streaming
- New Technology Expands Surround Audio Capabilities
- ASTRA 1L Successfully Launched
- FCC Proposes Rules for Broadcast Station Must-carry After February 2009
- Video Technical Services Distributing Batteries
- Digital Broadcast Delivers Disaster Recovery System to WJAC-TV
- Study Looks at Boob Tube Babies
- FCC Drops 'Interference Temperature' and Interference Susceptibility Proceedings
- TerreStar Has Plans for 2 GHz Spectrum
- HD Net Makes 4K Plans
- NCTA Show: Cable Ups the Ante on Speed
- QuStream Routers Selected for New HD Mobile Units
- It's the Bandwidth, Stupid
May 10
- ABC, ESPN And Cox Enter Deal To Test VOD With No Ad Skipping
- KVBC-TV Las Vegas Goes With Studer OnAir 3000 For News
- CBS Uses Microsoft Silverlight For Online User-Generated Content Initiative
- Power Up For HD ENG
- SlingPath Announces Online SNG Training Course
- Calendar
- University of Oklahoma upgrades football and basketball venue video boards
- Southern fast food chain pilots digital signage network
- Microsoft designs new ad campaign for New York’s JFK Airport
- KDDI approves Novera's λ-PON DWDM technology
- A new vocabulary can reframe issues facing broadcasters, Rehr says
- NABEF engineering internship recipients attend NAB2007
- Amino to port IntAct IPTV software stack to Intel Media Processor
- NBC Universal to use Snell & Wilcox standards converters for ’08 Olympics
- Viewcast, Multicast Media ink VAR deal
May 9
- Senators, representatives introduce federal shield law
- Clarity CARS waivers, license applications crash and burn
- WSOC-TV HD news takes off with HD news chopper
- BBC News adds Carbon Coder to tapeless production workflow
- Cox Television selects SGL FlashNet
- Digg.com Users Swarm Site in Favor of HD DVD Postings
- Toshiba to Launch LCD, HD DVD Campaigns
- Media General Aiming for Local HD
- Sony, JVC to Ramp up Hard-Drive HD Camcorders
- Dish Dishes Cinemax HD
- DTV Struggles With Closed Captioning
- Europe: Slowly, Surely Drifting Toward HD
- Firing Savvy HD Sales Guys Hurts Circuit City
- Some HP PCs to Feature Dual Disc Drives
- United Kingdom: Waterproof HD for the Shower
May 8
- AT&T rolls out U-verse in several California areas
- CBS News to syndicate news video across the Internet via Brightcove
- The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
- Internet TV marks banner week
- Aspiring filmmaker shoots award-winning documentary with ProHD camcorder
- Ross launches Vision Series production switchers
- Panasonic announces August availability of 2K processor for D-5 VTR
- NBA Western Conference finals may be served up in 3-D HD
- Snell & Wilcox unveils next generation of IMPAKT DVE for Kahuna
- Sony introduces new LCD video reference monitor
- Seventy million U.S. TV sets don’t get cable, DBS, Leichtman says
- QVC upgrades studio, remote operations with HD cameras, switchers, lenses
- LG.Philips tops Q1 '07 list of large LCD panel shippers
- Obstacles on road to local HD news not as impassable as imagined, Hand says
- Canon introduces DIGISUPER 100AF, 86AF auto-focus lenses
- HD-DVD security crack gains wider exposure
- Starz to launch three more HD movie channels
- IPTV to account for growing piece of European multichannel market, says report
- Chinese, South Korean STB makers gaining traction outside home markets
May 7
- Montanta PBS chooses FlashNet for archive
- Echolab names new president
- Chairman Martin endorses expanded spectrum auction
- Dingell to bring back the Fairness Doctrine
- AT&T brings U-verse IPTV service to Los Angeles area
- Circuit City fires best workers; TV sales suffer
- FCC requires warning labels on analog sets
- CBS widens online distribution
- New York Fox TV station license renewals challenged
- Comcast touts HDTV quality over competitors
- RCN Makes SportsNet New York Available In High Definition
- QuStream Selected By Crosscreek Television Productions, Game Creek Video And Token Creek Mobile Television For HD Trucks
- Snell & Wilcox Wins Contract To Supply Standards Converters To NBC Universal For Beijing Olympics
- Metrovision Completes The New Metro Seven Mobile Production Unit
May 5
- Adaptive broadcast systems engineering
- SMPTE calls for submissions for the 2007 Technical Conference and Student Paper Award
- Paper proposals due this month for the 57th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium
- Omneon Spectrum supports tapeless facility at German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Fast Forward Video to develop embedded REV PRO-based solution for tape-based SX camcorders
- TDK LTO Ultrium 4 data cartridges pass compliance test
May 4
- NBC Universal to rely on OverDrive for HD news production
- CBS to give citizen journalists, public means to share content on local Web sites
- KING 5 in Seattle takes local news to HD
- Harris Broadcast Revenues Down
- Stations Receive Exemption From DTV Signal Strength Testing
- KAYU-TV Selects 360 Systems Image Server for Digital Multicasting
- Broadcom to Acquire Octalica
- BBC Study Says MIMO Techniques Could Increase DTV Data Capacity
- Tristar Singles Out For-A Hanabi HVS-1000 switcher
- Nverzion and 360 Systems Partner to Create Tapeless Environment
- Satellite Update
- Home Networking Helps CE Growth
- Crispin Implements BXF Interface at WGCU
- KHQ-DT Selects Broadcast Pix Slate 2100 Live TV Production System
- Crawford Communications Selects SAMMA Systems for Digital Conversion
- DirecTV Chooses Quantel for Red Zone Channel
- Groups Applaud Reintroduction of Federal Shield Law
- DTV Station Status
- Joost Adds Turner Nets
- IP-Prime Grows Channel Lineup
- NAB: Tower Impact Bird Deaths Not Significant
- CBS Television Stations to Manage Online Video With Microsoft Silverlight
- Limited Study Finds College YouTubers Aren't So Copyright Savvy
- Digital Deadline: AP Says New Life for 'Rabbit Ears'
- Dolby Opens Asian Testing Center
- Second Annual HPA Awards Scheduled for November
- Georgia Public Broadcasting Selects Harris Transmitters
- Omneon Gives MediaGrid a Mind of its Own
- TV Warning Order Issued
- FCC: No Trucker TV in the 2 GHz BAS/ENG Band
- Bill Payment Bites Into Sinclair Results
May 3
- Kulabyte and On2 Technologies announce encoding license
- Legislation seeks to limit webcasting royalties
- Harris boosts media management with Marquis Medway
- Apple's Jobs says iPod users don't want subscriptions
- Westinghouse Digital to bring video content to gas pumps
- REVShare offers alternative to eBay's TV spot trade system
- FCC launches latest DTV transition rulemaking proceeding
- FCC report finds violent TV harms children
- Dates and events you need to know
- FCC seek comments on DTV transition cable issues
- Commission should nix avian tower collision regulation, says coalition
- MPH, A-VSB offer broadcasters mobile DTV opportunities
- LG Electronics launches sixth-generation ATSC DTV receiver chipset
- Cox Television Standardizes Archiving With SGL
- Gemstar-TV Guide And CBS Enter IPG Agreement
- NBC Universal Rejoins NAB
- Network News Service Orders Solid State Logic MediaWAN Gravity
- Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Call for Entries Announced
- Landrieu tells audience of 'first response broadcasters' legislation at NAB2007
- TitanTV launches TitanCast Network
- AMWA makes first public showing of MXF Mastering Format Project
- Frost & Sullivan honor Snell & Wilcox
- Kasenna, HP, Intel complete 1 million IPTV subscriber test
May 2
- Automation providers focus on BXF implementation
- PS3 Creator Resigns Amid Disappointing Sales
- Mush! Panasonic Streams Iditarod in HD
- United Kingdom: BBC, ITV to Offer Free DBS HD
- Nielsen to Report HD Ratings by Year's End
- Start Spreading the HD News
- Wal-Mart Says No Deal on Cheap HD DVD Players
- Singapore: Samsung Introduces Integrated 1080p
- Magid Survey: Comcast HD Preferred over DBS HD
- Held-back HD Film to Go to Blue-ray, HD DVD
- Strategic Plan to Guide Future Work on DTV
- E-mediavision.com Unveils Newest HD Telestrator
- Cable Show ‘07: Convergence & Creativity
- OPB Installs Avitech Multiviewers for HD/SD Production
- Starz Adds Three HD Movie Venues
- HD Tips & Techniques: Building an Audio Infrastructure for HD
May 1
- Choking off innovation
- New School puts ProHD camcorders in the hands of student documentary filmmakers
- FEEDBACK
- Network Electronics expands VikinX router line
- Panasonic introduces AG-HPX500 camcorder
- Successful DTV transition is ‘nothing less than the future of our business,' Wharton says
- HBO Sports turns to 702 Productions
- Selecting THE RIGHT LENSES for mobile video units
- Forget compression
- Leading mobile companies endorse OMA BCAST mobile TV implementation
- KTUU links to HD
- Marketing technology
- Effective DAM system
- Quantel introduces Genetic Engineering for post, DI
- UK uptake of HD depends on Ofcom DTT decision, report says
- More ground to cover
- Public Television's TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
- Unconditional access
- The tipping point
- TRANSITIONING FACILITIES IN THE DTV AGE
- Grass Valley Trinix router up to demands of 3GB/s, Thomson says
- Ikegami Tsushinki, Toshiba announce tapeless acquisition, production system
- Digital splicing
- Seventy percent of European homes to own HDTVs by 2012
- Moving graphics to HD
- Average U.S. adult spends $1200 annually on consumer electronics
- Video storage
- DG FastChannel to buy Pathfire
- Spectrum friction
- The evolution of digital storage
- Average street price of flat-panel displays drops 3 percent in February
- Flywheel technology
- Report says mobile TV continues slow but steady growth worldwide
- Ericsson to deliver mobile TV service for Telefónica España
- Envivio delivers mobile TV headend to Doordarshan
- Twelfth Annual Mobile Entertainment Summit to take place this month
- NextComputing, BlueFish444 partner for mobile broadcast production platform
- Iditarod race pushes P2 technology to the limit
- May 1, 2007