Target offers affordable DTV converter box
The retail chain is selling a converter box that costs only $4.99 with a government-issued $40 coupon...
CEA revises holiday sales projections downward
The Consumer Electronics Association said the downturn was taking an unexpectedly serious toll on the computer business...
Local PBS HDTV channels get DIRECTV carriage
DIRECTV is launching PBS stations carrying HDTV in 14 markets and will continue to launch in additional markets through mid-February...
CNN challenges Associated Press with cheaper wire service
The newsgathering organization hopes to broaden its business pursuits from TV outlets to newspapers...
NEP Broadcast upgrades to Chyron HyperX2
The mobile production facility provider has added 11 Chyron HD/SD-switchable HyperX2 systems...
Ellipse Enterprise Fibre Channel HBA wins EMC CLARiiON qualification
The Studio Network Solutions Mac OS X Ellipse Enterprise Fibre Channel HBA lets Mac servers and workstations take advantage of fault tolerant, multipath I/O, failover features in the CLARiiON family of storage systems...
Crawford Communications enhances existing Volicon Observer verification
Crawford has added support for multiple SD and HD channels, allowing the Volicon Observer to be used by Latin American Pay Television...
Los Angeles rental house adds Thales Angenieux cine-style lenses
Alternative Rentals has added Thales Angenieux DP 30-80 and DP 16-42 lenses to complement its inventory of RED ONE cameras...
Recent FCC DTS order opens new possibilities for stations
Electronic media technology consultant, author and lecturer Merrill Weiss speaks out on last month’s FCC report and order authorizing TV broadcasters to use distributed transmission systems...
Many HDTV buyers continue to take a pass on high-def programming
Results of a new survey from Frank N. Magid Associates finds that 41 percent of U.S. households buying HDTVs within the past year haven’t subscribed to HD cable or satellite programming...
Hard times won’t dampen HDTV holiday demand
Eighteen percent of respondents say they plan to purchase an HDTV for the holidays, according to a new survey from ABI Research...
Canon anamorphic converter helps digital filmmaker achieve wide aspect ratio
For his new movie “Riding High,” Roberto Santucci relied on a complement of Canon optical solutions, including HD-EC prime lenses, a wide-angle portable zoom and anamorphic converter...
Rockstar Media Group shoots music video with trio of HD cameras
The Los Angeles production company used the Panasonic AJ-HPX3000 camcorder, the AJ-HDC27H VariCam and the AG-HVX200 handheld camera to shoot a new music video for The Urgency...
DIRECTV adds six additional local HD markets
The move, announced Nov. 19, takes the direct-to-home satellite provider’s total number of markets where it carries local broadcasters’ HD programming to 115...
‘Joe the Plumber’ takes on DTV
Joe Wurzelbacher, aka ‘Joe the Plumber,’ is now tackling the DTV transition with a series of online videos intended to raise DTV awareness and teach people how to use a converter box...
