TWICE News

• Audio Briefs
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, June 14, 2004
  Parsippany, N.J. — Emerson will enter the flash-memory music portable business under an OEM agreement with Auvi Technologies.
  
• Audiovox Corp. To Exit Cellular
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, June 14, 2004
  Hauppauge, N.Y. — Audiovox Corp. will leave the cellular handset market in the fourth quarter, when it expects to close the $165.1 million sale of its cellular subsidiary to handset and infrastructure supplier UTStarcom.
  
• CEA Opposes NYC Car Alarm Ban
  
  ByAmy Gilroy, June 14, 2004
  Arlington, Va. — CEA said it opposes a new effort in New York City to ban car alarms.
  
• Vonage To Offer Wi-Fi Phone
  
  By Greg Scoblete, June 14, 2004
  Edison, N.J. — Internet telephony company Vonage will offer a Wi-Fi-enabled VoIP phone in the fourth quarter to capitalize on what Michael Tribolet, executive VP/operations, said is the growing adoption of wireless home networks.
  
• Bose Adds Music Servers, Networking, Distributed Audio Devices
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, June 11, 2004
  
  
• TiVo Discusses DirecTV; Intros New Features, Prices
  
  By Steve Smith, June 10, 2004
  New York- TiVo, appearing undeterred by the recent departure of DirecTV’s Eddy Hartenstein from its board and his company’s divestiture of its stock, introduced new products and services at a party at the Four Seasons, here.
  
• Philips Changes 2004 Audio Plans
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, June 10, 2004
  New York – Philips has altered its 2004 plans for both home and portable audio products.
  
• ViewSonic Unveils Plasma TV, Projectors
  
  By Greg Tarr, June 10, 2004
  Atlanta — Video display supplier ViewSonic used the InfoComm show to announce three front projectors and an HDTV-level plasma display monitor for corporate and home theater markets.
  
• Concord Intros Combo Cam
  
  By Greg Scoblete, June 10, 2004
  Hollywood, Fla.  — Concord Camera jumped into the convergent digital still/video camera market with the announcement of its DV2020, a 2-megapixel still camera and MPEG-4 video recorder.
  
• Vialta Seeks Possible Sale
  
  By Greg Scoblete, June 10, 2004
  Fremont, Calif.— Vialta has retained the investment banking and asset management firm of Needham & Company Inc. "to explore a range of strategic alternatives," including the "possible sale of the company" in an effort to further grow its business, according to a statement released by the company today.
  
• Philips To Expand Advertising, Promos
  
  By Greg Tarr & Joseph Palenchar, June 9, 2004
  New York — Philips Consumer Electronics said it was looking to expand on last year’s advertising and promotional campaign with a series of initiatives, most of which will appear this summer.
  
• Lexar and Kodak Look To Put Flash In Film’s Last Redoubt
  
  By Doug Olenick, June 9, 2004
  New York — Check-out aisles in supermarkets and drug stores across the country are one of the last redoubts of the declining film business, and one of that business’ marquee brands is loathe to surrender that hard-won retail real estate in the wake of the digital onslaught.
  
• Ahead Software Targets Digital Cameras
  
  By Greg Scoblete, June 9, 2004
  New York — Ahead Software, makers of the Nero family of software, announced its latest program on June 8, this one aimed at the growing market of digital camera owners.
  
• V, Inc. Launches DLP Rear Projection TV
  
  By Greg Tarr, June 9, 2004
  Costa Mesa, Calif. — V, Inc. entered the rear-projection TV market with a 56W-inch DLP HDTV monitor, which will be marketed under its Vizio line.
  
• DirecTV Sells TiVo Holdings
  
  By TWICE Staff, June 9, 2004
  El Segundo, Calif. – One day after DirecTV’s vice chairman Eddy Hartenstein announced his resignation from TiVo’s board of directors, Hartenstein’s direct broadcast satellite company said it has sold its stake in the digital video recorder (DVR) company.
  
• Samsung’s ‘Seasons’ Gala Raises $500K
  
  By TWICE Staff, June 8, 2004
  New York - What event could possibly draw Hall of Fame caliber athletes, show biz notables, top retailing executives and the current and previous Mayors of this city.
  
• CEA To FCC: Support Sat Radio’s Weather Stations
  
  By Amy Gilroy, June 8, 2004
  Arlington, Va. — CEA defended satellite radio providers by asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support satellite radio’s new local traffic and weather stations, despite objections over the service from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).
  
• Apple Airport Adds Wireless Music
  
  By Doug Olenick, June 8, 2004
  San Francisco - Apple today introduced the Apple Airport Express, a mobile version of its AirPort wireless networking product, that also includes the ability to stream iTunes-based audio files to a home stereo.
  
• Humax To Launch DVR Ad Campaign
  
  By Greg Tarr, June 7, 2004
  Oradell, N.J. - Humax USA, the local sales operation of one of South Korea’s leading digital set-top box manufacturers, is launching its first U.S. print advertising campaign in preparation for the July introduction of its TiVo digital video recorders (DVRs) and the September launch of integrated TiVo DVRs and DVD recorders.
  
• AMD Unveils Entry-Level Chip Family
  
  By Doug Olenick, June 7, 2004
  Sunnyvale, Calif. — Advanced Micro Designs announced today a new family of processors of entry-level notebook and desktop computers.