Dish Network: We Need More HDTV

More HD channels are coming to Dish Network. Satellite launch difficulties have slowed the addition of more High Definition channels to Dish Network’s lineup, but additional launches this year should help. Dish Network, which now has about 80 national HD channels, says it will offer 100 by year’s end, assuming the new satellites are launched … Read more

Wilmington Community Leaders Join the FCC in Washington, D.C.

WILMINGTON — The Mayor of Wilmington and head of the Chamber of Commerce were among the speakers at an FCC news conference in Washington, D.C. Thursday. WECT’s Jim Hanchett was in attendance as well, and said the city’s leaders will be more than spectators in “The Big Switch” to DTV…Read full story at WECT TV6

HDTV Laptops to Arrive in China in Time for 2008 Olympic Games

Intel Joins Legend Silicon to Enable High Definition TV on Laptops via “Free to Air” Terrestrial Television Broadcast (Press Release) FREMONT, Calif., April 22 — When the Olympic Games begin in August this year in Beijing, China, many viewers will be able to watch live High Definition (HD) broadcasts of the games on their laptops, … Read more

NAB 2008: The Last Analog NAB

For broadcasters and vendors that have been plotting their digital futures for more than one decade at National Association of Broadcasters shows, sometime during last week’s convention, they must have stopped and observed, “Wow. This is the last analog NAB.” 2008 NAB Show Indeed, except for low-power TV stations that will have a longer time … Read more