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Tennis Channel advances discrimination case against Comcast
Oct 11, 2010
"there are substantial and material questions of fact as to whether Comcast has engaged in conduct that violates the program carriage provisions ... and the Commissions rules. We therefore initiate this hearing proceeding."
Pay-TV Industry Suffers First Subscriber Decline Aug 23, 2010
"subscription television industry--including cable, satellite and telecommunications companies--suffered its first-ever drop in total subscribers in the second quarter" Read More...
Comcast spending multimillions to fight for NBCU merger
August 11, 2010
Local News in HD at Nearly 200 Stations June 14, 2010
The next step for many is to convert to HD ENG operations in the field. Many are upconverting or at least doing field acquisition in 16:9.
Read The Whole Story ....New TBS Sitcom uses Panasonic Camcorders
May 12, 2010
"Director of Photography Bill Berner, who used HPX-3000s to shoot last years The Electric Company for PBS, again chose these units for their ease of use in post-production workflow, playback on set, and financial advantages over working in tape." The series premieres June 2.
CBS is Ready to Shed TV Stations
May 6, 2010
Weve been saying for a while, we are a large-market organization in terms of our local assets, so we would look to continue to trim radio in the not-largest markets and even potentially a couple of television stations, Moonves said during the May 5 call. Youll probably see our asset mix being trimmed down a bit in radio and television, and that's probably the extent of it.
TV Stations Resume HD News Upgrades
April 27, 2010
NAB Show Attendance: 88,044
April 15, 2010
"According to the NAB, some 88,044 registered attendees had taken part in NAB Show 2010 as of Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 13). Thats a 6.5 percent increase on the 2009 NAB Show attendance of 82,650."
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Grass Valley to Lose 625 Jobs
April 1, 2010
PARIS: The worldwide market for professional broadcast equipment, where Grass Valley does business, has been in sharp decline--about 30 percent since the end of 2008, mainly as a result of declining broadcaster budgets and advertising expenses, Read The Whole Story...
NBCU Scores $9.45 Billion Financing for Comcast Deal
March 29, 2010
"The deal remains under the scrutiny of lawmakers and regulators. It would mark the first time a pay TV operator would own one of the major broadcast networks, and in this case, its the nations largest pay TV provider."
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FROM THE EDITOR: For a better prospective on what this deal means to the entire TV industry, read this article written by Casey Rae-Hunter of The Contrarian.
Pan-Asian Group Pans Comcast/NBCU In Petition To Deny Deal
March 22, 2010 By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & CableIt came March 15 from a self-described "Pan-Asian" group called the Mabuhay Alliance, which felt dissed by what they said was a lack of references to their constituency in the proposed deal's filing, including its public interest filing.
"The combined 749 page application and appendix contain no references to America's 15 million Asian Americans or any references as to their past treatment or future treatment by Comcast and NBCU," the group said in opposing the deal as currently constituted. But they suggested there was a way to make them happier. Read The Whole Story...
Samsung Ships Analog TV Handset
March 17, 2010
Analog mobile TV has rapidly gained the attention of consumers worldwide, the Sunnyvale, Calif., firm said. Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that free-to-air mobile TV accounts for more than half of the world market for broadcast TV handsets shipped in 2009. Devices that support these standards enable a global market for mobile TV, with more than 88 percent of the world's population continuing to receive analog broadcast TV signals during 2013. Read The Whole Story...
Over-The-Air TV Viewership Continues to Grow in 2010
March 16, 2010 --(Business Wire)
"From current economic conditions, increases in cable and satellite TV rates to the expansion of over-the air channels and new technologies, there is a bright future for digital television," Read The Whole Story...
Broadcasters Stand to Lose 40 Percent of Their Spectrum!
No reallocation plan should move forward without a complete accounting of how the airwaves are allocated, licensed and used,March 15, 2010
WASHINGTON: Broadcasters stand to lose 40 percent of their spectrum under the FCCs new National Broadband Plan, due on Capitol Hill. The plan was released in Washington today; details emerged in several reports. The goal of the plan is to bring 100 Mbps broadband access to 100 million American homes in 10 years, nearly doubling the current reach of high-speed Internet access. Read The Whole Story...
Writers Guild of America:
Comcast Deal Creating a 'Superpower'
March 11, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz
Writers Guild of America West President John Wells warned senators on Thursday morning that the proposed Comast-NBC Universal deal would create a media superpower and give too much control to a few multinationals.
Without safeguards, he told the Senate Commerce Committee, Comcast would be in a position to limit consumers' ability to get TV shows over the internet for free, cut back on news, and raise cable prices.
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Antenna Sales Spike in New York During Oscars Retrans Fight
TV broadcasters await FCCs National Broadband Plan
Mar 4, 2010 9:19 AM, By Phil Kur
Plagued by years of a declining over-the-air audience, many TV broadcasters have looked to Mobile DTV to re-vitalize their businesses. Not only could Mobile DTV let them more profitably monetize their RF infrastructures, but more importantly it has the potential to attract significant new ad dollars and create greater revenue. Read The Whole Story...
FCC Should Not Force Broadcasters to Give Up Spectrum
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable
March 3, 2010
"Spectrum should not be taken away from broadcasters,"
"spectrum was needed to provide the HD pictures viewers were promised during a DTV transition that they helped pay for."
Americans Prefer Local TV as
Top News Source
March 1, 2010
WASHINGTON: Local TV stations are the preferred source of news for the folks who responded to a survey released today by the Pew Research Center. Of the 2,259 adults queried, 78 percent said they get news from a local TV station. Read The Whole Story...
FCC to Propose Broadcast Spectrum Auction
February 26.2010"One of the goals of the plan is to free up 500 MHz of spectrum for broadband over the next decade. The reclamation of TV spectrum is part of that plan. This Mobile Future Auction, that would allow existing spectrum licensees such as television broadcasters in spectrum-starved markets, to voluntarily relinquish spectrum in exchange for a share of auction proceeds, and allow spectrum sharing and other spectrum efficiency measures.
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Panasonic Goes 3D Crazy with Camcorder and Video Mixer
By Joseph L. Flatley posted Feb 16th 2010 6:04PM
"The AG-3DA1 camera (available this fall) is equipped with dual lenses and two full 1920 x 1080 2.07 megapixel 3-MOS imagers for recording 1080/60i, 50i, 30p, 25p and 24p (native) and 720/60p and 50p in AVCHD. It can record for up to 180 minutes on dual 32GB SD cards in AVCHD PH mode, and sports dual HD-SDI out, HDMI (version 1.4), two XLR connectors, built-in stereo microphone and twin-lens camera remotes."
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FCC to Propose Broadcast Spectrum Auction
February 24, 2010
The FCCs Broadband Plan is due to Congress March 17. One of the goals of the plan is to free up 500 MHz of spectrum for broadband over the next decade. The reclamation of TV spectrum is part of that plan.
Think 3D Is Around The Corner?
Not so Fast
FCC May Pay Broadcasters for Airwaves
February 11, 2010
To relieve the strain on mobile networks caused by smartphones, the agency is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate some of their airwaves.
By Olga Kharif
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate airwaves it could use to alleviate network strain caused by the surging use of smartphones such as the iPhone, an FCC official said.
Did Apple Goof On Name?
February 5th, 2010, Brad Dick Broadcast Engineering.com
One aspect thats not received a lot of notice is the devices screen aspect ratio. The iPad has a 9.7in screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Unless youre planning on watching only decade or older movies, youre going to be forced to view the new releases in less than full-screen size.
The image to the left illustrates how various aspect ratios will be displayed on the iPad.
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Broadcasters Nix Low-Power DTS Proposal
January 27, 2010 TV Technology
The NAB and MSTV, acting as representatives for the nations broadcasters, filed comments with the FCC on Jan. 27 pledging full and constructive participation in that agencys broadband plan, but at the same time, denouncing a proposal from the Consumer Electronics Association and CTIA-The Wireless Association for transitioning U.S. television broadcasting to a low-power distributed transmission system (DTS) as impractical. The NAB and MSTV were united in their opinion that the DTS plan was not workable due to loss of coverage and interference problems. Read The Whole Story.
Groups Blast Comcast-NBCU Public Interest Commitments
January 28, 2010
A month ago, Comcast-NBCU pledged to operate in a manner consistent with certain public interest commitments, said ACA president and CEO, Matt Polka. One of the commitments calls for Comcast-NBCU to self-apply the FCCs program-access rules to its TV stations. This commitment isnt without irony, given that Comcast is asking a federal appeals court to tear up those rules and toss them in the wastebasket. Read The Whole Story....
Golf Channel Goes HD
Broadcast Facilities Inc. Acquires Crawfords Satellite Division
January 25, 2010LOS ANGELES: Broadcast Facilities Inc. is buying the satellite division of Crawford Communications, the Atlanta-based content distributor. The acquisition includes all of Crawfords television network origination, Teleport, satellite uplink trucks, Internet, production and government services portions of the business. BFI did not disclose the value of the all-stock deal, but The New York Times DealBook puts it north of $100 million.
Crawford has been providing turnkey broadcast services since 1984. The company performs over 40,000 feeds per year, originates/turns more than 200 full-time networks and provides satellite services to hundreds of clients in various industries, BFI said.
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Universal Sports Finds New HD Production Home
Jan 22, 2010 
Westlake Village, CA Universal Sports has moved into a new 40,000sq-ft HD production facility in Westlake Village, CA, where it is consolidating its TV and digital units that have been spread across two states.
The facility was originally conceived and built by Dole Food Chairman David Murdock to promote health and wellness programming but has sat idle for two years. Read The Whole Story....
Broadcasters Ready to Fight!
Perry Sook, chairman/president/CEO of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, is even more adamant about the so-called "spectrum grab."
Citing the "unfunded Federal mandate" under which broadcasters spent $15 billion for the digital TV transition, Sook rattles off a roster of reasons why the FCC's dream for redistributing TV spectrum makes no sense.
ESPN Plans Live 3-D Sports Channel
Many details remain fuzzy, but ESPN said it has developed its own techniques and workflows for live game applications. To stimulate interest and prompt consumers to buy the required 3-D-capable HDTV sets, ESPN will host a series of viewing parties across the country in specially equipped theaters and other venues. The network will also have to convince cable, satellite TV providers and telcos to deploy the necessary set-top boxes.
Broadcasters Begin Airing Spots Promoting Free TV
January 8, 2010
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has produced a TV spot informing viewers of discussions in Washington that could limit free, over-the-air broadcast television. The 30-second spot, produced in English and Spanish, was distributed via satellite in late December and has been airing on local stations this month. The TV spot comes on the heels of several third-party filings submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for the reallocation of broadcast spectrum for new wireless broadband devices.
Indie Video Producers Love Blip & YouTube January 5, 2010
Sony Pins Future on a 3-D Revival
JANUARY 7, 2010, BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, Wall Street Journal
LAS VEGAS -- With its once-revered electronics business flagging, Sony Corp. is placing a huge bet this year that 3-D technology will vault the company back into a leadership position in the living room.
In his latest effort to resuscitate the struggling Japanese behemoth, 67-year-old CEO Howard Stringer has bulled past the hesitancy of some top aides to drive every unit of the company -- from TV production to the movie studio to its videogame arm -- to advance three-dimensional viewing in the global marketplace.
Public Interest Groups Call for Antitrust
Probe of "TV Everywhere"
January 4, 2010
Groups calling for a probe of the "TV Everywhere" plan by cable, satellite and phone companies that brings television shows and movies to computers and devices, but only for those that subscribe to both television and high-speed Internet services.
The public interest groups allege collusion between video service providers such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Verizon and Direct TV to keep video content behind a subscription-based pay wall.
TV In 10 Years!
The movement to kill free, over-the-air TV service has never been as intense as it is right now. The administration has aligned fully with the telco and computer lobbies that have been trying to wrench spectrum away from broadcasting for years. The effort started years ago with the move toward digital transmission. It advanced more recently when the fed allowed unlicensed communications devices in TV buffer channels. Now theres talk of further displacement to free spectrum up for wireless broadband. 
The movement to kill free TV emanates from Washington, D.C., not into it.
Can Steve Jobs Unplug CableTV?
December 22, 2009
This could be totally disruptive. Or it could be another "hobby" like Apple TV that never quite takes off.
In a front-page story published Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that CBS (CBS) and Disney (DIS) are "considering participating" in Apple's (AAPL) plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet.
It was the first hint of interest from TV content providers since the news broke last month in All Things Digital, another News Corp. (NWS) property that Apple was preparing to offer such a service to its 100 million-plus iTunes subscribers. Read The Whole Story...
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Sony Unveils $200 3D Blu-ray Player
February 10, 2010
TOKYO: Sony unveiled its first 3D Blu-ray player today, the BDP-S470.
Sony also said it added 3D capabilities to existing BDP-S370 and BDP-S570 Blu-ray Disc models, which will become available this month for $180 and $250, respectively. Upgrades to its BDV-E770W and BDV-E570 Blu-ray Disc home theater systems will become available later this year for $650 and $550, respectively, it said.
Jan.29.2010
Broadcast Pix has introduced Slate Portable, designed for quick setup on a table or other work surface, with all the power of a Slate video production system, including an HD/SD production switcher, multi-view monitoring, clip stores, graphics system with Harris Inscriber CG, Fluent workflow software, and format and aspect conversion for 1080i, 720p, SD, and analog. It is available now. See More
Sony HDR-AX2000 First Look
By Moshe Lehrer, B&H Photo Video.com
Prosumer video cameras today can be even better than some of the professional cameras of only a few years ago, and the line between prosumer and professional keeps blurring more and more each year. Judging by the upcoming Sony HDR-AX2000 prosumer video camera, the accelerated pace of technological advancement shows no sign of slowing.Wohler Enhances AMP1-16-3G and AMP2-16 Series Audio Monitors With New Mixing, Control, and Display Features
January 20th, 2010
New Features Move Wohler Flagship Audio Monitors to Live Transmission-Chain Applications
HAYWARD, Calif. — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced further enhancements to its AMP1-16-3G and AMP2-16 Series 16-channel audio monitors with new features and menu options that bring even greater convenience and functionality to multichannel monitoring. Improved access to audio levels and settings, newly added live mixing capabilities for the AMP2-16 Series, and more powerful monitoring and control functions at their fingertips now give operators the flexibility to adapt in real-time to the monitoring demands of complex broadcast operations.
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