Data for this report was derived from an extensive survey of US television stations from November 2000 through April 2001. The 65-page report contains survey data, charts, tables as well as commentary by Larry Bloomfield, Technical News Editor at Broadcast Engineering, Co-Publisher of DTV Tech Notes, and former Chief Engineer at several TV Stations.

Table of Contents:

• Do you expect the FCC mandated DTV timetable to be met by US TV Stations?
• By when do you expect to be on the air transmitting a digital signal?
• How does you station expect to generate the revenue to pay for the transition to digital and ongoing costs?
• If the FCC approves COFDM, how interested would you be in:
  a. Making the move from 8-VSB to COFDM;
  b. Going directly to COFDM as your modulation method
• By when do you expect to convert each of the following to H/DTV?
  a. DTV Video Encoding;
  b. Master Control;
  c. Routing;
  d. Playback Facilities;
  e. News Studio;
  f. ENG / News Editing;
  g. Creative Editing / Creative Services; (Graphics / Promos)
  h. Production Studios;
  i. Microwave / Fiber
• By when do you expect your station to engage in origination and playback of SD/HD programming, and pass through and delay of SD/HD digital network programming?
  a. Origination;
  b. Playback;
  c. Pass Through;
  d. Delay;
• Which formats and nominal frame rates do you use / expect to use?
• Which H/DTV videotape formats do you use / expect to use?
• By when do you expect to produce news in HDTV?
• By when do you expect to be using HDTV cameras for news acquisition?
• Which tape format do you use / expect to use for HDTV news acquisition?
• Which tape format do you use / expect to use for editing HDTV news?
• Re lip sync problems, how serious has this been, if at all?
• By when, if ever, do you expect to be engaged in any form of Datacasting?
• What type of information will be datacast?
• By when do you expect to create or repurpose programming for distribution via broadband or via the web?
• Does this / will this (programming for distribution via broadband or the web) include video content?
• Has your station allocated or do you plan to allocate some portion of your DTV transmission bandwidth to an external datacasting service not under your control (e.g. iBlast)?
• By when, if ever, do you expect to be involved in any form of Multicasting?
• If yes how many channels do you expect to multicast in SD and HD?
• What types of information will be multicast?
• Which non real-time video transport mechanisms are used / planned for use in your facility’s infrastructure?
• By when do you expect to begin purchasing component fiber optic equipment for digital video?
• By when do you expect your facility to accommodate HDTV (1.5 Gb/s) over fiber?
• By when do you expect to begin purchasing DTV fiber optic equipment?
• By when, if at all, do you expect to automate your local programming as a result of the transition to DTV or the addition of new program services?
• How much does your station expect to spend in total on conversion to digital? What is your approximate average annual equipment budget (for digital equipment only) for the next 3 years (per year)?
  
  a. 2001;
  b. 2002;
  c.2003
• What sources do you use / plan to use for H/DTV conversion?
• By when do you expect to have an all-standard definition digital production facility?
• By when do you expect to have an all HDTV production facility?
• By when do you expect to purchase standard definition digital broadcast / production equipment?
• By when do you expect to purchase high definition digital broadcast / production equipment?

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