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Future of Television Press Coverage

Authored by Jay Baage on November 20, 2006 - 11:53am.

The following is a selection of links to press coverage of last week’s fourth annual Future of Television Forum, produced by Digital Media Wire, The Consumer Electronics Association and NYU Stern School of Business. For example, PC Magazine noted that the event this year was “concerned less with short-term problems and more with long-term goals, the conference was heavy on ideas.” If you did not have the opportunity to attend, these articles report on some of those ideas about where the industry is headed:

tags: Video | TV | CEA | Events | Press | Jay | FOTV | NYU | Stern |

Airmedia to Create Mobile Content for Alternative Press

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2006 - 9:03am.

San Francisco - Mobile entertainment publisher Airmedia announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to develop and distribute mobile content for the Alternative Press, an independent music newspaper. The mobile service will provide access to magazine and website content, in addition to exclusive interviews, photos and breaking news.

tags: Mobile | Airmedia | Press |

Sen. McCain to Press for Late 2006/Early 2007 Digital TV Transition

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 18, 2005 - 11:26am.

Washington - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Tuesday that he will pressure fellow lawmakers to speed up the U.S. transition to digital TV broadcasting, lobbying for an analog shut-off date by the end of 2006 or early 2007, Reuters reported. The Commerce Committee, which has proposed an April 2009 timetable, is scheduled to vote on a date for the digital TV transition on Thursday. Lawmakers are eager to free up analog spectrum for emergency communication services, and also to reap billions for the government from the auction of spectrum to wireless companies. "Can we really afford to wait until 2009 before we go ahead and transfer this spectrum?" McCain said at a New America Foundation forum. "I believe the transition can be made by [early 2007]." The main roadblock to the transition is that current law states that 85% of consumers in a given market must have the expensive televisions necessary to receive digital signals before broadcasters can shut off their analog signals.

tags: Digital TV Transition | Press | Sen. McCain |