Feds Kick Off HDTV Consumer Campaign
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By JENNIFER C. KERR    WASHINGTON  -- It's one of the biggest technical changes in television since color TV: the digital transition...
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Government tries to limit TV advertising and sales along highways
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Ofcom must act to prevent subs-service domination Broadcasters the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five, along with manufacturers Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and Alba, and Dixons owner DSGI have begun lobbying UK regulator Ofcom to guarantee bandwidth on the Freeview digital TV system for HD broadcasts. And they want consumers to help.â¦
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Broadcasters and other entertainment providers unveiled a $300 million ad campaign Thursday to teach parents how to shield their children from objectionable television shows.
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High definition entertainment is expected to be the focus of the IFA consumer electronics show.
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With rising energy bills, the government is urging consumers to switch suppliers, as part of a new consumer campaign.
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HDTV manufacturers are trying to make the task of buying an HDTV set much more difficult than just choosing between LCD and plasma, 42 inches or 46 inches.
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Upcoming DVR will offer CableCard and HDTV support.
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The first converter boxes to help consumers cope when over-the-air TV signals switch from analog to digital broadcasting will debut next week at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
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(InfoWorld) - The association of television broadcasters launched a campaign on Monday designed to persuade the Federal Communications Commission not to allow portable wireless Internet services in the so-called "white spaces" of TV spectrum. The move pits powerful broadcasters against some of the biggest names in technology, including Microsoft, Google, Intel, and Dell. The broadcasters said they began airing a television advertisement as well as print ads in several Capital Hill publications on Monday. They also planned to send a letter to the FCC arguing that enabling portable wireless Internet services in the white spaces will degrade TV service for consumers just as they spend billions of dollars buying new digital TV sets. "This investment should not be jeopardized by the introduction of unlicensed personal and portable devices that are sure to interfere with television reception," the letter reads. The campaign from the National Association of Broadcasters and the Association for Maximum Service Television comes in response to anÂ FCC report detailing its testing of prototype devices from the technology giants, which are working together as theÂ White Space Coalition. The companies, also including Hewlett-Packard, EarthLink, and Philips Electronics North America, had submitted prototypes of products that could operate in the portion of a spectrum band that a TV broadcaster doesn't use, known as white space. The devices were designed to look for broadcasts in the spectrum and then transmit only if the spectrum was free. But the FCC found that the devices didn't consistently detect the signals and could sometimes cause interference. The FCC has already approved transmission in the spectrum for fixed devices. The prototypes submitted by the technology companies were of portable products. However, two weeks after the FCC released its report,Â Microsoft filed a letter with the FCCÂ explaining that the device it submitted was badly damaged and that's why it failed to adequately detect broadcast signals. The broadcasters say that even if the devices work as designed, they won't protect digital TV sets from "devastating interference." That interference would cause an unacceptable hit on quality, they say. "While our friends at Intel, Google and Microsoft may find system errors, computer glitches and dropped calls tolerable, broadcasters do not," Alan Frank, NAB's chairman, said in a press release. Even though the FCC found that the prototype devices don't consistently work properly, the agency said it is open to the possibility that future devices could perform better.
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One way to check the quality of a high-definition television before you buy it is to bring an HQV Benchmark disc to the store with you.
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Gamers may be some of the first to appreciate high-definition content.
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With the official holiday shopping season about to get under way, consumer electronics retailers are rolling out aggressive "Black Friday" deals in an effort to win a larger share of flat-panel television sales.
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Some video buffs may want to relay their high-definition programming all over the house or take it with them on the road.
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U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on  Thursday that would protect children from indecent television  programs by forcing cable and satellite providers to offer a  modified form of la carte programming or make other changes in  the way they operate.
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What could eventually resolve the value proposition for mainstream consumers to accept an incoming ultra-high-bandwidth pipeline into their homes is the ability of high-definition, on-demand video. But that will require a level of cooperation that competitors thus far have been unable to muster.
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By Valerie Kuklenski\\ Staff Writer  While angry viewers send e-mails and snail mails, sign petitions and carry signs objecting to language, sex and violence on the big networks, a coalition of pretty powerful advertisers is doing something to improve what's on TV.