Message from the President
It’s been a busy time for us this spring, with a number of conferences and industry events taking place. CDTV has been active in these events, as a keynote speaker, panelist or participation in working sessions. The National Screen Institute, the CFTPA annual meeting, CSUA panel and sponsorship with Sony and ExpressVu of HDTV demonstration, International Institute of Communications Broadcast Forum, a briefing for CRTC Commissioners as part of a CRC initiative, the New Media Conference, and the upcoming World Television Forum, are some of these events.
The Working Groups have also been
busy, as the various reports in this newsletter indicate. For your reference,
these reports are excerpts of more comprehensive articles, which can be found
on our website, www.cdtv.ca.
I encourage you to visit the site,
to review the complete articles. We welcome any and all articles and ideas for
the newsletter as it is an important tool in sharing information within CDTV.
We are pleased to welcome 2 new
members to CDTV; ATI Technologies, and Ottawa based La Cite Collegiale. This
brings our membership to 38, and we’re still growing. In fact, we have created
a new Working Group in the Production and Training sector, to complement work
being done by the Economic & Marketing Group, the Regulatory & Policy
Group, and the Technical Working Group.
Digital Television is heating up
as a category in retail, with many Brands offering a variety of models and
features. As we monitor activity in Canada, it is interesting to note the
progress of the DTV roll out in the U.S.
As you
know, CDTV is an active participant in the RF Transmission Task Force that the
ATSC has established to review the 8VSB / COFDM broadcast transmission issues.
Finally,
our Board of Directors is reviewing a number of proposals for new initiatives
from the Working Groups that, if approved, will keep us all even more busy that
we are now.
We’ll
keep you posted as the news comes in.