Need a DTV-to-Analog Converter-Box Coupon? Ask Sen. Stevens

Stevens, vice chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said Wednesday that he would make the forms available at all of his offices and via his Web site.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/ca6519264.html

Amino selects ANT Galio Platform for next-generation set-top box

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Comcast to Apologize to Congress on PEG Maneuver

Local officials and House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) became upset because Comcast offered to provide each household one free digital set-top but later start to charge about $4.20 per month for the device. Comcast also planned to charge $4.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6526547.html

Cyfrowy Polsat launches own STB

Known as the SD Mini, it is the smallest receiver available in the Polish market, measuring 19.5cm x 13cm x 3cm, and is being made available in 1,200 official points of sale.The company says SD Mini’s light weight and versatility will allow viewers to watch Cyfrowy Polsat away from home.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=4200

Rentrak hopes to crack TV ratings

The digital information recorded by the box and sent back to the cable operator represents a treasure-trove of viewing behavior far more detailed than Nielsen ratings generated from a sample of 12,000 homes nationwide.

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6493279.html?q=%2C+

Over-the-air viewers opting for free DTV

The latest survey conducted for the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) finds that most people who receive their analog television service over the air have made up their minds about how they are going to handle the digital transition next February.

http://www.rbr.com/index.php?news=6466

Nielsen, Google Team Up to Track TV Ads

The two companies struck a multiyear deal that will include Nielsen delivering audience-demographic data for the Google TV Ads platform, which collects set-top-box data that allow advertisers to measure the reach of their ads.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6493966.html

Apple patent filing shows TiVo-like Apple TV

Apple's latest patent filing could produce an Apple TV product that's a DVR and a movie rental box, and could also be controlled by an iPod.

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Boucher voices digital concerns

Though the hard date for the switch to all-digital television broadcasting is fixed and won't change, at least one influential lawmaker is "deeply concerned" that the result could be a trainwreck. In a luncheon speech to the Media Institute on Thursday, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982362

FCC Adopts Post-Digital Transition "Must-Carry" Rules, Extends Ban on Exclusive Programming Contracts, and Opens Inquiry Into "Tying" Agreements

On Sept. 11, 2007, the FCC adopted an order setting rules governing the carriage of broadcast signals by cable operators for a period of at least three years after the Feb. 17, 2009 transition from analog to digital broadcasting.

http://www.telecomlawblog.com/cable-fcc-adopts-postdigital-transition-mustcarry-...