TWICE - August 18, 2003

Bob Goedken, ex-Xerox marketing exec, joins Yamaha Electronics as national sales manager for mass and new retail channels …John Costello, executive VP/marketing for The Home Depot, has assumed the additional merchandising duties of Jerry Edwards, who is retiring. Separately, Craig Menear has been named senior VP/hard lines …Bill Loewenthal, former Command Audio and Mitsubishi Electr...

• Accessories
• Mixed Results For Major Battery Suppliers
• Terk Starts Education Initiative With New HDTV Antenna Lineup
• Duracell Reports Sales, Profits Rose In Q2
• Rayovac Posts Weak North America Numbers
• Terk, Samsung Promote HDTV With $50 Rebate
• Logitech To Add Bluetooth Model
• Fellowes Optical Mouse Identifies By Fingerprint
• Sennheiser Debuts Computer Gaming Headsets
• An Array Of Digital Cable At Market, More On Way
• Cables Pursue A Digital Pathway

• Business News
• Mitsubishi Reports Higher CE Sales
• Earnings Briefs
• EchoStar Reports 270K More Subs, Higher Sales, Net
• Hitachi's CE Sales Off 3% In Its Fiscal Q1
• XM Sales, Subscriber Growth Jumps In Q2
• Target Earnings In Fiscal Q2 Rose 4.1% To $358M

• By The Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard
• U.S. PC Sales Beat Expectations In 2nd Quarter

• Communications
• Cable Providers Target Voice as Next Play
• Wave Ships Wireless Conference Phone
• Fastmobile Sees Potential Despite PTT Proliferation
• VTech Expands Vmix Series To Cultivate Teenage Market

• Computer Technology
• Proview Jumps On Branding Bandwagon
• Computer Briefs
• Iomega Unveils DCT Storage Drive
• Cable Modems' Role Increases Going Forward

• Home Audio
• Cable Operators Embrace Dolby 5.1-Channel Surround
• CEDIA Expects Expo Attendees To Top 20,000
• 5.1 Cable Content: What's Available

• Major Appliances
• Viking Picks A-1's Repair Services
• AC Boosts June Majap Sales 16%

• Mobile Electronics
• Mobile Briefs
• Two-way Feature Drives Security Sales
• Sirius Subs Pass 105K In 2nd Qtr.
• XM To Launch "Roady" Radio For Youth Market

• News
• iBiquity's Codec Changes Put It Back On Track
• DirecTV Announces New Sunday Ticket Program
• IEEE Bows Dual Use Home Networking Standard
• TWICE Special Report: Retailing Digital Cable
• Gemstar Reports Agreements With Samsung, Sharp
• HP Rolls Out 150 CE, PC SKUs, New Retail Merchandising Effort
• Wal-Mart Reports Higher Q2 Profits
• Five Vendors Add To Their Digicam Lines
• Komiyama Cites Three Major Growth Areas
• Circuit City Selling Bank Card Biz
• ReplayTV Changes Course With Revised Subcription Strategy
• Komiyama Sees Growth For Sony CE Sales

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Retail Sales Revive In July
• Retailers See Limited Upside To Cable Contracts
• AVAD Branches Out With 2 New Locales
• D&H's Convergence Trade Show Brings Together Retailers, Vendors
• Nationwide Looks Ahead Post-Guttman

• Video/Home Satellite
• Go2Broadband Gears Up
• HDTV Enters Next Phase: The Retailing Of Cable
• Two TV Makers Prepare Cable-Ready Launches
• Retailer Planning For Cable Is Key

• Viewpoint
• Digital Cable Heads-Up