TWICE - March 7, 2005

In a formal statement submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Gary Shapiro, CEA’s president/CEO, said the nation’s cable operators should not be granted an extension on their deadline to separate conditional access systems from their digital cable set-top boxes.

• Accessories
• Vantage Point Premiers LCD Articulating Wall Mount
• Chief Offers Large Flat-Panel Dual-Swing-Arm Wall Mount
• Sanus Flat-Panel Wall Mount Holds 30-inch To 50-inch TVs
• Middle Atlantic Products Intros Shelving System
• Phase Technology Pumps In-Wall Speaker Versatility
• Draper Intros Universal FPD Mount
• Consumer Survey: 28% Mount Flat-Panel TVs
• Vogel’s Mounts Feature Four-Position Tilting
• OmniMount Bows Cantilever Series
• PanaVise Window Mounts Feature Temporary Installation
• Peerless Bows Long Flat-Panel Mount
• Premier Introduces Home Theater Stand

• Business News
• Audiovox Delays 10-K Filing For Fis. 04
• Thomson ’04 Sales Slide 6%
• Staples’ Fourth-Quarter Profit Increases 19%
• Lowe’s Says Q4 Earnings Up 27%
• Home Depot Reports Sales, Earnings Gains
• Costco Sales Rise 10%, Hit $12.4 Billion In Fis. Q2
• Business Notes

• By The Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard
• U.S. Mobile Handset Market

• Communications
• Entertainment Options Flourish At CTIA
• Cellular Enters Adolescent Age
• Winning In Wireless Retailing: Learn Customer, Carrier Needs
• Vendors To Take Wraps Off New Features AT CTIA

• Computer Technology
• Sage TV Goes After TiVo, Media Center PC Markets
• LeapFrog Hops Into The Tween Market
• Pepper Creates New Category With The Pad
• Sony Exits PDA Market In Japan

• Digital Imaging
• Online Services Look to Drive Retail Printing
• It’s A Pixel Parade At PMA
• Kiosks Dominate In-Store Printing Options
• Memory Cards Merge With USB Drives

• Home Audio
• MP3 Players’ Feature List Grows

• Major Appliances
• MARTA Celebrates ’04, Sets ’05 Strategies
• January Majap Shipments Fall 4%

• Mobile Electronics
• 2005 Sees Rough Transition For In-Dash Video
• Directed Returns To Circuit
• Car Audio Prospects Look Upbeat In First Half

• News
• Dolans Fight Over Future Of Voom
• CEA, NARDA Ink Partnership
• Dell, Gateway Revamp Product Lines
• Dolby, Lucent In AC-3 Dispute
• Industries Debate Analog TV Cutoff Date
• Photo Biz Deals With Core Issues At PMA
• Circuit City Streamlines Its Management
• Retail Sales On Upswing
• TWICE People
• Samsung Appoints Weedfald Sr. VP
• Cambridge Joins HTSA, Becomes Its 53rd Dealer
• Jerry Kalov, CE Hall-Of-Famer, Dead At 69

• Retailing/E-tailing
• TWICE Panel Projects Strong Demand For New Technologies, Services
• Broadband, Broad Acceptance Boosts e-Tail Into Retail Mainstream
• CES Speakers In Hat Trick Of Surprise Departures

• Video/Home Satellite
• Fujitsu To Launch 80W-inch PDP
• EnCross Kreisen Bows Low-Priced Flat-Panel LCD Line
• Humax To Supply DirecTV Receivers

• Viewpoint
• Reality Vs. Wall Street