Broadcasters Gut Digital TV Bill
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That was all it took to gut a bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) to force broadcasters to give back all of their beachfront analog TV spectrum by Jan. 1, 2009.
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Satellite television provider  DirecTV Inc. said it may take up to $1.6 billion in charges to  write down the value of satellites it would use for  broadcasting instead of high-speed data services.
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Will Canada be able to keep up with the transition to digital television? Faced with the impending obsolescence of US-based analog television, Canada's broadcasters must decide how -- or whether -- to continue expensive transmitter upgrades to meet the requirements of the digital era.
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Launching terrestrial digital TV service Sky has announced plans to provide a terrestrial digital TV service in the UK; allowing reception of Sky's pay-TV services over a normal TV aerial. The service will need a new set-top box, and will use the spectrum currently occupied by Sky's three Freeview channels.â¦
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U.K. spectrum freed as TV converts from analog to digital could be allocated to WiMax, shrinking digital divide, commissioner says.
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The Senate approved legislation Wednesday designed to force some broadcast stations to give up their current analog channels by 2008.
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Blog: New bill backed by parents' groups includes proposal that cable and satellite TV operators let subscribers buy a "family tier" of programming or opt out of most channels they don't want.
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Broadcasters beat back a proposal that would have required them to give up their current analog channels by 2009 as their allies on the Senate Commerce Committee
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U.S. television broadcasters on Monday labeled as inadequate planned legislation to ensure millions of consumers can still watch television once broadcasters begin airing only in digital.
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CABLE TV customers threatened to quit the Virgin service yesterday after a number of Sky channels were switched off in a dispute between the companies.   The blackout  which happened in the middle of a programme  came after a midnight deadline to resolve the row passed without an agreement.
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BSkyB today looked set to pull its major channels from the Virgin Media cable network at the end of this month after talks collapsed between the two rivals.
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Satellite television provider DirecTV Inc. said it may take up to &#36;1.6 billion in charges to write down the value of satellites it would use for broadcasting instead of high-speed data services.
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It has been 11 years since Congress voted to break the cable television industry's stranglehold on set-top boxes &#151; the devices that consumers need to receive digital programming and change channels.
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The cost of a television licence fee is likely to go up in line with inflation, government sources have revealed.
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By TONY McDONOUGH Deputy  MORE than 100,000 cable TV viewers across Merseyside could see up to five Sky TV channels disappear from their screen in the next few days following a row between Virgin Media and BSkyB.
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By TOBY STERLING  AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Netherlands ended transmission of "free to air" analog television Monday, becoming the first nation to switch completely to digital signals.  Few Dutch consumers noticed, because the overwhelming majority get TV via cable.
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The magnitude of the proposed cuts in federal funds for public broadcasting put forth this week sent public broadcasters scrambling.