ABC thinks it's time for a change. As NAB nears, the network's technical priority is converting its program distribution from analog to digital, a project slugged for completion by summer 2005. The network will soon announce the vendors responsible for satellite encoding and decoding gear and for building and installing ABC-specified receiving racks at the 216 affiliates and 10 owned-and-operated stations, says Preston Davis, president of ABC Broadcast Operations and Engineering.
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