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Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television: FCC chairman Kevin Martin has publicly wrung his hands over the possibility that analog cable customers would lose access to local channels. At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in April, he pointed to another federal law from 1992 that requires cable companies to provide “viewable” (via Cosmos)

[Media Alliance] Competition or Redlining?: To get around the law in my home state of Texas, the big phone companies drafted legislation that would make Jim Crow proud, freeing them of their obligation to enter into local franchise agreements, while at the same time allowing them to cherry-pick which neighborhoods – even streets – they will serve. And in an all too familiar tactic, they hired a legion of lawyers and lobbyists to walk the back halls of our state capitol to make the legislation come to pass.

[Technology360] Mark Schubin digital television memo, 2/16/2006: - Fry's advertised 2 GB Patriot Memory SD cards For $99.99 after mail-in rebate, 1 GB Kingston Technology SD cards for $49.99 (no rebate required), and 1 GB Lexar Memory Stick cards for $39.99 after mail-in rebate. Circuit City advertised 2 GB SanDisk SD cards for $79.99. 

[Devices, Media, And The Future Of Everything] The End Of Analog TV: With the over-the-air digital tuner built-in, TV costs will go up at least $50. And that's for a crappy analog TV with digital reception -- you don't get an HDTV picture or even an EDTV picture at that price.

[Falkware.com] New Rules On Internet Wiretapping Challenged: New Rules On Internet Wiretapping Challenged Washington Post, United States - Oct 25, 2005 The FCC rules make broadband Internet providers and voice over Internet protocol companies subject to a 1994 federal law that requires telecom companies to Cypress Expands Industry's Most Popular Family of USB Business Wire (press release),

 [Blog.pff.org] The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog: Salon is reporting the FCC Chaiman Kevin Martin has been meeting privately with numerous religious and "pro-family" groups to coordinate to "address racy content on cable and satellite television." One of those who sat in on these meetings, Rick Schatz, president of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, told Salon that during these meetings "[Martin] said the free rein of cable and satellite and satellite radio is not acceptable," and that Martin is "committed to seeing something is done during his tenure."

 [LUS Fiber To The Home (FTTH)] Here Comes Your 19th Telecom Meltdown: Only lately has this nightmare come into focus, and the two Bells that have made the most noise about Internet television, Verizon and SBC, are taking different tacks. Verizon, which is spending $2 billion to run fiber right up to three million homes this year, figures it needs to cut deals with 200 boards immediately and 10,000 to cover its territory by 2010.

 [Blog.pff.org] The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog: The Coming FCC Push for ...: In essence, this is the logic Chairman Martin and pro-censorship supporters are using in defense of regulating basic cable--the fact that 85 percent of all U.S. homes currently subscribe--so why not apply it to Tony Soprano and everyone else on premium cable as well?

 [Digitaltv-weblog.com] The Digital TV Weblog: Monetizing Video Podcasts, Washington Post ...: Discover The Digital TV Weblog on your cell phone! Simply type the URL of your favorite blog in your mobile browser.

[Dtvfacts.com] Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television: As a fan of Google’s Zeitgeist (a weekly list of search trends) I’m intrigued by the notion of a real-time TV pulse-check. Though looking at these things serves only to remind me that I am strange…and perhaps we’re coming to a time when audience fragmentation will make most of our choices seem strange to one another, viewing or otherwise.

 [Expertsatellite.com] Satellite TV Blog: These include a late Thursday meeting entitled “Digital Cable and Satellite Television Strategies: Channel Launches, SVOD-VOD, HDTV, International and Interactive” plus (for competitive info purposes) a Saturday meeting on “Everything-on-Demand: From the Server to the Set-Top Box - Movies, TV Programs, Games and More - Enhanced Content Opportunity Now in 50 Million Homes.”

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