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Home Theater July 6, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Cable Rivals Press for Sports Channels Under new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission, cable operators can no longer maintain exclusives on sports networks they own. Satellite and telco TV providers have not been slow to demand access to these desirable channels.
Home Theater April 23, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite HD and 3D Channels Grow Both DirecTV and Dish Network beef up their high-def content.
Home Theater September 14, 2007	FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Pulls the Plug on DISH Network Disney and DISH battle over HD channel programming fees.
Home Toys August 2005 James Russo	Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable
Home Theater August 5, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite Providers Step Up HD Offerings Both DirecTV and the Dish Network announced last week that they would offer viewers more HD channels. Dish also announced it would do video on demand in 1080p.
PC World June 2004 Anne Kandra	The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service.
Home Theater February 19, 2009	Hello, FCC? My TV Went Dark On the day after the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission received 28,000 phone calls.
Home Theater March 19, 2009	FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June.
Home Theater November 7, 2008	Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels.
Home Theater January 25, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Cable Sports Loophole Closed FCC votes to prevent video providers from withholding local sports.
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Rob Sabin	Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense.
Home Theater June 30, 2009	Broadcast DTV May Poach Cable Customers More than half of viewers say they may switch to over-the-air digital television from cable or satellite service.
Home Theater March 18, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Court Broadens Cable Program Access A federal appeals court has forbidden cable operators to maintain exclusive access to programming from networks they own.
Home Theater October 1, 2007	MGM Lion to Roar in HD DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel.
Wired June 2006 Frank Rose	Prime Time for Hi-Def Gorgeous movies. Eye-popping sports. Hyper-real crime dramas. HDTV finally arrives.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV.
Home Theater January 28, 2009	HDTVs Abundant, HDTV Not First the good news: More than 39 million U.S. households have HDTVs. Now the bad news: Only 22 million of them have a source of high-def programming, leaving the other 17 million out in the standard-def cold.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Larry Armstrong	Must-Have Toys For HDTV Buffs Receivers with built-in DVRs make recording programs a cinch: DirecTV's HR10-250... Dish Network's DVR-921...
Home Theater February 4, 2009	It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle.
PC Magazine September 21, 2004 Peter Suciu	Hi-Def for All Apartment dwellers and others who can't use cable and satellite to get a high definition signal, take heart. The Terk HDTVi indoor antenna connects easily to set-top boxes, tuners, and HDTV sets.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2010 Matthew Brown	Comcast's Bread Loses Its Butter A drop in subscribers may suggest stiffening competition.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change.
Home Theater May 27, 2009	Analog-Shutoff Test Hits a Nerve A single-day record of 55,000 calls flooded help lines staffed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday, May 21, after TV stations across the nation broadcast a series of warnings about the shutoff of analog television signals scheduled for June 12.
Home Theater February 23, 2009	Satellite Local Coverage Urged A member of Congress is pushing for satellite video services to carry all local channels in all markets.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Brendan Mathews	DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note.
Home Theater March 14, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Broadcasts to Get Field Testing The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a new set of field tests to gauge exactly what will happen to antenna-dependent viewers in February 2009.
Home Theater Mark Fleischmann	Some DTV Stations Suffer in Transition Some two dozen DTV stations who are having trouble reaching their viewers in the wake of the DTV transition are receiving help from the Federal Communications Commission, reports the Associated Press.
Home Theater February 1, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite Ops Sue Over MA Tax DirecTV, Dish say the tax will drive their subscribers to cable.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Tom Lowry	Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost.
Home Theater November 17, 2008	FCC Green-Lights DTV Range Fix The Federal Communications Commission has green-lighted distributed transmission systems to essentially allow the usual single broadcast tower to be supplemented with additional transmitters.
Home Theater January 24, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson	VOOM and Gloom Was it a flawed business model that brought down the VOOM HD-centric satellite service, or was it something smaller but much more powerful?
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Crown Maybe Worth Donning Crown Media quarterly results show a company that isn't profitable yet, but is adding networks worldwide and producing quality television programming.
Home Theater June 11, 2009	DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?
Home Theater April 23, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson	VOOM Doom Brings DIRECTV Boom A week before VOOM satellite service is discontinued, DirecTV offers a deal to VOOM customers.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Dish (Network) to Set Aside While Dish added subscribers in the quarter, its rate of growth fell from the prior period.
Home Theater June 9, 2009	FCC Maps DTV Losers On Friday the Federal Communications Commission updated its list of 319 stations in which two percent or more of households would lose TV service in the switch from analog to digital signals.
Home Theater March 20, 2009	More Stations to Make Early DTV Transition The DTV transition scenario continued to develop this week when the Federal Communications Commission announced that 158 more stations plan to complete their switch from analog to digital broadcasting before June 12's final drop-dead deadline.
Home Theater June 17, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition Is a Year Old Are you enjoying your free over-the-air HDTV?
Home Toys October 2004	Get The Most From Your HDTV While some cable and satellite companies are beginning to work HD into their lineups, one new satellite service, VOOM, was created with HD expressly in mind.
Home Theater June 5, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition One Week Away On June 12, 2009, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever.
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Sascha Segan	Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over.
Home Theater November 11, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	NY Tries Brief Analog TV Shutoff Analog television channels went dark for two minutes in the New York metropolitan area a few weeks ago, in an early trial run for the DTV transition, scheduled for February 2009.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2010 Jesse Emspak	Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only.
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	DTV Snags Loom Large Despite Delay FCC chairman warns of widespread confusion as many stations plan to shut off analog signals next week.
Home Theater January 27, 2009	Senate Partly Delays DTV Transition The drive to delay the DTV transition cleared the Senate last night. However, the legislation now has a new twist - the delay is voluntary.
Home Theater May 22, 2007	Will Box Shortage Mar DTV Transition? TV station owners are worried that a lack of convertors may let analog sets fade to black after the transition to digital television.
Home Theater February 6, 2009	Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June.