[opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE WILL SURPASS $155 BILLION IN 2007

  • From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:33:28 -0800

Craig wrote:

> But local broadcasters are mostly sitting on the sidelines with HD.
> There is little value added with HD news

There is a significant increase in the amount of local HDTV production at
affiliate stations, even in small markets (see below). I'm very surprised at
your denigration of local station HD newscasts. News and public affairs
programming is generally the only programming originated at affiliate
stations, so you can't have it both ways; criticizing them on one hand for
not producing HDTV programming while declaring that what they can do is of
little value.

News
Reno's NBC Affiliate Wins HD News Race
KRNV launches a high-def newscast ahead of the CW affiliate, KREN.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (December 20, 2006) -- KREN, the CW affiliate in Reno,
Nevada, crowed last week that it would launch a High-Definition news program
on Monday, becoming the first local station there to air the news in
High-Definition TV.

There are now three stations producing HD newscasts in Reno: two in English
and one in Spanish - not bad for a ~110 ranked market size. Such activity is
growing rapidly around the country and is enabled by significant
advancements in and availability of, more affordable HD production gear.
However, such efforts still requires major investment and cannot happen over
night.

Dale

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