Post Hispanic Upfronts, DVR Ratings Will Wait
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NEW YORK This year&#39;s upfront is the most complicated in television history, but the general market and Hispanic market are taking decidedly different approaches to incorporating new ratings from Nielsen Media Research in the annual ad market.
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Motorola introduced a portable broadcast TV player that will also let users take recorded programs with them on the go.The DH01 receives DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) mobile TV programming, so it won&#39;t be useful to U.S. consumers any time soon. DVB-H is a mobile TV standard being used in Europe and other parts of the world.While watching live broadcasts, users will be able to pause for five minutes. The DH01&#39;s high-resolution screen measures 4.3 inches and supports 16 million colors. It displays 25 frames per second and provides about four hours of playback time on a battery charge.In addition to watching live broadcasts, users will be able to upload programs that they&#39;ve recorded on their home DVRs (digital video recorders). A 256M byte Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard, which users can insert into the device, will save about 90 minutes of TV, Motorola said.The DH01 is expected to be available this month. Motorola expects broadcasters and DVB-H service providers to sell it, and the device may become available in retail stores too. Motorola did not reveal an expected retail price.Motorola will display the device next week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Unless the DH01 becomes available with support for Qualcomm&#39;s MediaFlo technology, it won&#39;t be useful in the U.S., where it is unclear if any company will build a DVB-H network. In late 2007, AT&amp;T announced plans to buy the spectrum that was to be used by Hiwire, the last remaining company that planned to build such a network. AT&amp;T, which has already committed to using Qualcomm&#39;s MediaFlo for a mobile TV offering, has not said if it plans to continue Hiwire&#39;s DVB-H plans.
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Pending changes to free over-the-air analog TV may leave the elderly in the dark come February 2009.
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As expected, TiVo Series3 and HD units are beginning to see support for the DVR's TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing features with the arrival of software update 9.2. The capabilities had been disabled due to concerns about sharing copy-protected HD content.
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A year from Sunday,  television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals  will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and  millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.
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For many of the broadcast networks' new fall shows, interested fans don't have to wait until they actually appear on television. How old-fashioned.
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ALVISO, Calif. -- When TiVo Inc. introduced a high-definition digital video recorder last fall, it touted the long-awaited set-top box as a best-in-class product with a price tag to match.
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So far, the decade-long transition to digital broadcasting has mostly been about pain. Beginning Thursday, the public will start to see the gain.
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Between court rulings in its favor and partnerships with major cable providers, things might finally be looking up for the embattled DVR pioneer. By Chris Kohler.
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Glitzy cable news network vows to be patient as it hopes recent viewership gains continue. By Kevin D. Thompson. SECAUCUS, NJ -- When you first walk into MSNBC&#39;s massive 5,600-square-foot studios, you&#39;re not
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A new Spanish-language network featuring public-TV fare and other programming with an educational focus will go on the air March 5 in several U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations, the network announced Wednesday.
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Not many did. The FCC, ABC, CBS and NBC all seem to agree democracy works best when no one is watching. One hour a night -- and not a moment on opening night.
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Millions of Americans will need digital converter boxes when television stations make the switch from analog to digital signals in February 2009. Demand will skyrocket and companies that will supply those converters hope they're up to the task.
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Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's leading radio operator, on Thursday moved to strengthen its hold in Hispanic broadcasting with a plan to convert up to 25 stations to Spanish-language programming in the next 12 to 18 months.
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(NYSE:UVN) -- With one day to go before  the end of the 2007 February Sweep period, the TeleFutura Network has  delivered its best primetime February sweep results ever in the history  of the network among key Hispanic viewers --  Households (415,000), Adults 18-34 (288,000) and 18-49 (477,000).
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U.S. stocks to watch on Friday:  UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. UVC.N: The Spanish-language  broadcaster forecast earnings below Wall Street expectations.
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My Network TV's telenovela format, which asked U.S. viewers to tune in nightly for an hourlong installment, will be trimmed back.