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FCC will rally 'round broadcast flag: MPAA, broadcasters hail ruling designed to bolster copy protection.(Piracy)(the FCC orders all new devices capable of receiving over-the-air digital TV signals must work to prevent the retransmission of digital televi
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last week ordered that all new devices capable of receiving over-the-air digital TV signals must recognize and respond to a "broadcast flag" to prevent the retransmission of DTV programm WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last week ...
Tags: copy protection, digital television, FCC, MPAA, programming, TV
Research articles 2003-11-10
DTV plans of their own.
ABC, CBS and Fox move ahead with programming, technology to exploit digital stations NBC is not the only network pushing ahead--albeit slowly--with DTV. ABC may be ready to produce some sports in HDTV. Fox and Tribune ...
Tags: ABC Inc., digital television, Fox, HDTV, programming
Research articles 1999-04-19
FCC tees up digital-TV standards: seeks comment on new simulcasting requirements. (Washington).
When then-FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt agreed to relax rules requiring digital TV stations to duplicate their analog programs, his aim was to encourage multicasting and other innovative programming. Six years later, a new FCC lineup is questioning w When then-FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt agreed...
Tags: broadcaster, digital television, FCC, programming
Research articles 2003-02-03
Intel Becoming 'Must See TV?' - Intel and NBC in HDTV licensing - Company Business and Marketing
Intel Corp. and NBC have signed an agreement to collaborate on a multi- year project to create and provide enhanced digital television programming. The programming is expected to be available to viewers in the fall. Intel said the enhanced TV offerings will provide a variety of new experiences for viewers...
Tags: digital television, NBC Universal Inc., Intel Corp., programming, HDTV, marketing
Research articles 1999-05-03
Multicasting ship hasn't sailed.(DTV Transition)(the FCC has no majority to force cable companies to carry multiple services distributed by digital television stations)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- No majority now exists on the Federal Communications Commission to force cable companies to carry multiple programming services distributed by digital television stations, FCC chairman Michael Powell said last Thursday. Powell, WASHINGTON -- No majority...
Tags: cable, cable company, cable industry, digital television, FCC, multicasting, programming, TV
Research articles 2003-11-17
FCC gives DTV a plug-and-play push.(Top of the Week)
Cable-ready digital TV sets should be on the market by fall 2004, set makers predicted last week following the FCC's approval of industry-brokered standards for "plug-and-play" TVs. The sets are compatible with cable TV and don't need a s Cable-ready digital TV sets should...
Tags: cable, digital television, FCC, programming, set-top, set-top box, TV
Research articles 2003-09-15
Penalty phase. (Programming).(FCC plans sanctions against non-digital television stations)(Brief Article)
At its meeting this week, the FCC will propose a plan for sanctioning TV stations that can't justify missing the May I DTV deadline. Those sanctions could include fines or even license revocation. More than two-thirds of the country's 1,300 commerc At its meeting...
Tags: digital television, FCC, programming, sanction, TV, waiver
Research articles 2002-05-13
Intel and NBC Work to Speed the Development of Enhanced DTV; Companies Announce Multi-Year Programming Collaboration
LAS VEGAS--BUSINESS WIRE--April 19, 1999--
Tags: digital television, NBC Universal Inc., programming, Intel Corp.
Research articles 1999-04-19
Comcast's DTV triple play: says market could prompt op to carry three HDTV feeds from broadcasters.(High Definition Television)(Digital Television)
WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. is indicating that market forces alone could prompt the country's largest cable company to carry three versions of a single broadcast-TV signal on a voluntary basis. Comcast included the carriage scenario in letter WASHINGTON...
Tags: Comcast Corp., digital television, cable, NBC Universal Inc., FCC, programming, HDTV, TV
Research articles 2004-09-20
Martin"s Must-Carry Plan.(US Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin)
By Ted Hearn Would Force Cable To Carry Feeds of Some Channel Lessees Washington-- In a new must-carry proposal from Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, cable operators would be forced to carry the programming of...
Tags: cable, digital television, FCC, programming
Research articles 2007-02-19
Time Warner NYC cuts Latino service pricing.
NEW YORK -- Time Warner Cable's New York City system last week planned to introduce a new combination of broadcast basic and the DTV en Espanol service aimed at Spanish-speaking TV viewers and priced at $27.95 per month--$22 less than the typical o NEW...
Tags: digital television, programming, Time Warner Inc.
Research articles 2003-10-06
Fox widens NFL coverage. (Programming).(uses widescren DTV format for football coverage)(Brief Article)
Fox takes a lot of heat for not committing to HDTV, but it certainly can't be accused of not committing to a widescreen DTV format for its football coverage. This past Sunday, Fox Sports was scheduled to televise two NFL ... Fox takes a...
Tags: digital television, Fox, NFL, programming
Research articles 2002-11-25
Broadcasters, MSOs Stall HDTV Deployments.(High-definition television)(Statistical Data Included)
HD what? In a form of tacit "cooperation" never envisioned by the FCC, squabbling among TV broadcasters, MSOs and equipment manufacturers has combined to keep the transition to digital TV in low gear. Roughly two-and-a-half years af HD...
Tags: HDTV, cable, digital television, broadcaster, FCC, NBC Universal Inc., TV, network, programming, agreement
Research articles 2000-04-10
Digital-TV Group Complains About Standards.
WASHINGTON -- The group helping TV stations to make the transition to digital is complaining about the digital-standards agreement recently announced between the cable industry and TV-set manufacturers. The agreement -- announced Feb. 23 by th WASHINGTON -- The...
Tags: agreement, broadcaster, cable, Consumer Electronics Association, digital television, Gary Shapiro, programming, TV
Research articles 2000-03-13
FCC adds kids' hours quotas to digital television stations.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last Wednesday adopted rules imposing new children's programming requirements on television stations that use their digital spectrum to multicast. Analog technology today limits broadcasters WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last Wednesday...
Tags: digital television, FCC, programming
Research articles 2004-09-13
Multicast fight takes center stage: NAB pushes for DTV mandate on cable to carry all programming services a station creates.(Policy)(the National Association of Broadcasters pushes for incentives)
WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters like to say that the DTV transition has been "all pain and no gain, with billions of dollars spent but not one penny in return. Federal regulators have tried their best to accommodate the cost pressures on the...
Tags: broadcaster, cable, digital television, FCC, incentive, multicasting, programming
Research articles 2003-11-17
Must-see interactive TV.
With Intel, NBC to offer this fall DTV programming with Internet-like text, graphics NBC and Intel are planning a digital TV service that will bring multimedia features to NBC programming this fall, industry sources say. The...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Intel Corp., digital television, programming
Research articles 1999-04-19
Powell sets DTV carriage agenda. (Policy).(Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell )(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell has no plans to ease up on the digital-television transition. Perhaps next month, the FCC intends to vote on two critical issues: Whether cable operators have to carry bot WASHINGTON --...
Tags: cable, digital television, FCC, programming, TV
Research articles 2002-08-19
The cable standard.(digital television standards will not work with cable television)
Can the problems of interoperability be resolved? Digital television suffers many plagues, but none afflicts broadcasters more than one simple fact: DTV won't work with cable. Why is such a dear problem so hard to solve? ...
Tags: broadcaster, cable, cable television, digital television, FCC, programming, TV
Research articles 2000-09-04
GAO to FCC: pick a DTV date; goal is to provide incentive for HD, 'enhanced' programming. (Washington).(General Accounting Office)(digital television)
Along ignored idea for speeding the transition to digital TV is gaining new life in Washington. Last week, Capitol Hill analysts urged the FCC to pick a date when broadcasters' cable carriage rights would switch from traditional analog channels to Along ignored idea...
Tags: broadcaster, cable, digital television, FCC, General Accounting Office, incentive, programming, TV
Research articles 2002-12-09
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