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Satellite-TV Concerns Argue For Changes In SHVERA Renewal

Direct-to-home satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish Network have teamed up to fight for changes to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act ( SHVERA ) — which is up for renewal shortly — that would benefit many local TV service subscribers of both services.   But broadcasters are fighting to keep the legislation the way it is, saying the changes... More

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Rising LCD Panel Prices Pose No Threat – Yet

Manufacturers of LCD panels used in small- to midsized LCD TVs and monitors have started increasing prices they charge TV makers by a couple of dollars a month since February, analysts report, but the added cost isn’t expected to be passed along to the store level so far.   Instead, analysts contacted by TWICE expect street prices on finished goods to stabilize a little longer... More

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CE Brands Bring The Heat To NYC Ball Parks

The start of the 2009 Major League Baseball season this week brings two new stadiums to New York City, and a list of consumer electronics and commercial electronics display companies are all over them — literally.   The new Yankee Stadium , which opened the Yankees’ season on April 2 with the annual team workout, features a huge 100-foot by 60-foot Mitsubishi... More

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Dish Blames Retailers For `Do Not Call’ Violations

Dwindling new subscriber gains are not the only thing irking Charles Ergen’s Dish Network these days. The satellite-TV service, which has seen its recent quarterly subscriber additions compress as its rival satellite-operator DirecTV has basked in the glow of impressive subscriber gains, is in hot water with Federal Trade Commission and four states’ attorneys general for... More

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CE Retailers: No ZillionTV For You!

Retailers: Don’t think the just-announced broadband video-on-demand service ZillionTV will be offering any new revenue opportunities to help you in these trying times — you didn’t make the cut.   Although the streaming movie and TV program service promises a nice-looking flat-panel TV set-top box called a Z-Bar and an air-mouse-like Z-Remote with accompanying... More