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Convergence : Its Impact On Media Players And The Implications For Research		Draft of Set top Form Factor Specification released by HDTV Group and AMD at NAB
-The FCC keeps backing DTV. The FCC's Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Preemption of State and Local Zoning and Placement and Construction of Broadcast Station Transmission Facilities		HDTV Wars Microsoft discovers Howdy Doody, and gets Goofy by Franco Vitaliano

Who's going interactive? Although the business case still must be proved, carriers continue to dabble with interactive applications by PAT BLAKE		Lawmakers play hard ball on HDTV FCC sets deadlines for US TV stations to convert to HDTV transmissions by ALDO MORRI, Special to Telephony

Stepping out onto mainstreet GTE breaks new ground with interactive TV service. By SHIRA McCARTHY		This is NOT your father's multimedia Here's a look at how equipment vendors are meeting storage challenges by LINDA DAILEY PAULSON

Use it or lose it by LARRY LANNON		Walls crumble between TVs and PCs But will a TV/PC device really fly? by SHIRA McCARTHY

SMPTE NEWS

The 140th SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibit will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, Calif., October 28-31, 1998. Alan Hart (Modern VideoFilm) and Alan Masson (Eastman Kodak) have been named Program Co-Chairs.
A conference registration form is available in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, download a free copy at www.adobe.com. An exhibitors list is also available online as well as further conference details .

The 33rd SMPTE Advanced Motion Imaging Conference is scheduled for February 25-27, 1999 at the Omni Rosen Hotel in Orlando, FL. The conference has been themed "Innovation, Implementation, and Operation" and will consist of two days of program sessions headed by Clyde D. Smith, Speer Worldwide Digital Consulting. A seminar organized by Oliver Peters will conclude the event. A Call for papers has been announced and an authors submission form is available online. Additional conference information will be published as it becomes available.

The TV Montreux 1999 International Television Symposium will be held on June 10-15 in Montreux Switzerland. Conference details including a list of scheduled sessions are available online.

The SMPTE '99 Conference and Exhibit will be held in Sydney, Australia from July 13 to 16, 1999. Conference and call for papers. Details are available online.
The SMPTE Registration Authority, LLC is on line and is approved by ISO and IEC to register MPEG-2 format identifiers, and ATSC to register provider index and program event id number. Please see the SMPTE-RA web pages.
SMPTE Announces Television and Motion Picture Standards on CD-ROMs. SMPTE has available two new CD-ROMs with ANSI/SMPTE American National Standards, SMPTE Standards, proposed SMPTE Standards and SMPTE approved and proposed Recommended Practices and Engineering Guidelines for Television and Motion-Pictures. Please call, fax or email to request information, license agreement and order form or download this PDF file.
SMPTE Announces a New Enhanced Range of Member Benefits. SMPTE has available a new Insurance Program plus a list of new special benefits for discounts on NordicTrack, and vacation travel including Rental Cars, Specialty Travel , and Hotels.
Super Book Deal on DTV Standards. SMPTE has a special 4-book offer related to the recent FCC approved New Digital Television Standard. Information and an order form are available in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, download a free copy at www.adobe.com.