FCC chairman keeps pressure on cable operators
Cable companies have long objected to Martin’s advocacy of selling a single channel, rather than bundling cable’s channel lineup into tiers...
Rockefeller says DTV transition will unleash consumer confusion
The soon-to-become chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce is critical of how the transition has been planned and managed so far...
Obama names FCC review team and technology reform group
The president-elect has also announced a committee to develop technology policy for the new administration...
New legislation would require cable operators to provide local TV signals at a discount
As many as 800,000 homes could lose one or more local television signals after the shutdown...
Rep. Dingell ousted as chairman of committee that oversees FCC
Dingell’s nearly 28-year reign as his party’s top member on the committee ended by a vote of 137 to 122...
NTIA awards $2.8 million to association to assist seniors with DTV transition
The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging is receiving $2.7 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to ensure the nation’s senior citizens are ready for the DTV transition....
Teletica installs Chyron Channel Box
The new Channel Box will complement a pair of Chyron HyperX2 graphic systems already being used by the Costa Rican TV broadcaster...
German broadcasters commits to AVC-Intra for future HD installations
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen is upgrading all of its facilities to be HDTV capable and will introduce AVC-Intra technology as part of its HD roadmap...
EVS XT[2], Pi controller keep live on-set elements on track for Emmys
A controller from Playback Innovations managed all incoming content and allowed for the playback of multichannel sync rolls on the XT[2]...
Jünger Audio enhances Level Magic loudness control system
The enhancement enables Jünger Audio to offer an integrated workflow solution for managing Dolby coded 5.1 audio signals in production, ingest and playout...
Brett Jenkins sheds light on ION Media Network’s mobile TV tests
The ION Media director of technology strategy and development discusses what was learned from recent trials of mobile digital TV in Chicago and Denver...
Flat-panel TV shipments grew in third quarter; signs point to slowing going forward
In the third quarter, flat-panel TV shipments to retailers grew 12 percent year over year, but retail demand began to show worrisome signs in the latter weeks of the quarter, according to the latest figures from DisplaySearch...
One-third of U.S. households now own HDTVs
A new report from Leichtman Research Group also finds that the main motivation for buying an HDTV was not picture quality but simply replacing an old set and a desire for a new TV...
Italian OB provider outfits new HD truck with Kaleido-X multi-image display processor
Videe’s new Unit 10 is being equipped with the Kaleido-X to present 96 video inputs across nine 46in plasma screens...
Filmmaker goes deep with AG-HVX200 to uncover story of Water Tunnel No. 3
For a new History Channel special, “The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built,” filmmaker Eddie Rosenstein relied on the Panasonic P2 camcorder to acquire 720/24pN footage of New York City’s legendary urban tunnel workers and the largest public works project in the Western Hemisphere...
