TWICE News

• Epson Adds New R-Series Inkjets
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 20, 2007
  Long Beach, Calif. — Epson announced three new R-series inkjet photo printers and all-in-ones today. All the new models will ship next month and use the company’s Claria High Definition ink set and DX5 print head technology, which can produce five sizes of ink droplets.
  
• Mass Merchants’ Sales Assistance Lagging TV Trade Up: J.D. Power
  
  By Alan Wolf, August 17, 2007
  Westlake Village, Calif. – National full line discount chains are aggressively enhancing their TV assortments, but their ability to sell them is lagging woefully behind.
  
• Cowboy Maloney Acquires Premium Majap Chain
  
  By Alan Wolf, August 17, 2007
  Jackson, Miss. — Cowboy Maloney has acquired Riverwood Home Appliances, a two-store premium appliance chain with locations in Riverwood and Hattiesburg, Miss.
  
• Outage Downs Skype Service
  
  By Greg Scoblete, August 17, 2007
  San Jose, Calif. —­ Internet telephony service Skype suffered a major service outage yesterday.
  
• Chief Debuts Mobile Cart For Flat Panels
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 17, 2007
  Minneapolis — Chief Manufacturing introduced a flat-panel display mobile cart with a 125-pound weight capacity. 
  
• Sony Goes Green; Launches $100M Marketing Campaign
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 16, 2007
  New York — Sony unveiled a more than $100 million integrated marketing campaign, called "HDNA – High Definition. It’s in our DNA,” at a press conference here Thursday.
  
• Harvey's 8-K Filing Details Costs Of MyerEmco Deal
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 16, 2007
  Lyndhurst, N.J. – Harvey Electronics made an 8-K filing with the SEC detailing the termination agreement and outlining the costs of its attempted purchase of the Washington, D.C.-based MyerEmco Audio Video chain.
  
• Sprint Nextel Sets WiMAX Soft Launch
  
  By Amy Gilroy, August 16, 2007
  Reston, Va. — Sprint Nextel today became the first major carrier to announce a soft launch of mobile WiMAX service.
  
• Corsair Intros Secure Flash Drives
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 16, 2007
  Fremont, Calif. — Flash-memory marketer Corsair announced a pair of security-minded USB flash drives today.
  
• Thomson Reveals New Video Decoder Chip
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 16, 2007
  Burbank, Calif. — Thomson will introduce a high-end video decoder chip at the upcoming IBC 2007 show for the content creation industry.
  
• 4 CE Companies Oppose DTV Spectrum Use
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 16, 2007
  Washington — The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) has enlisted testimony from four consumer electronics manufacturers to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), challenging a proposal to allow certain unlicensed wireless devices to operate in the so-called “white spaces” of the digital television spectrum band.
  
• Kane Forms HD Education Joint Venture
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 16, 2007
  Fairfield, N.J. – Joe Kane Productions and The DVD Acquisition and Development Group said they have entered into a strategic joint venture to create home theater calibration programming and education for consumers and industry professionals.
  
• Gateway Enters Chinese PC Market
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 16, 2007
  Beijing, China — Gateway today entered the Chinese retail market with a line of desktops, laptops and displays.
  
• Sirius Debuts Fall Line
  
  By Amy Gilroy and Joseph Palenchar, August 15, 2007
    New York — Sirius introduced new fall products including its long awaited Sirius Backseat TV for the car and a new version of the "wearable" portable Stiletto (left).
  
• IBM To Handle DTV Coupons
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 15, 2007
  Washington D.C. — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Wednesday said it has awarded IBM a contract to provide services for the implementation and administration of the nation’s digital-to-analog converter box coupon program.
  
• DirecTV To Add BPL Service
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 15, 2007
  El Segundo, Calif. — DirecTV has reached a wholesale distribution agreement with broadband over powerline (BPL) provider Current Group, the satellite TV provider said Wednesday.
  
• Harman Posts Higher Q4, Year-End Sales, Earnings
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 15, 2007
  Washington — Harman International Industries reported higher sales and earnings for the fiscal year and quarter, ended June 30.
  
• Best Buy Vet To Head Polaroid
  
  By TWICE Staff, August 15, 2007
  Minneapolis — Former Best Buy merchandizing VP Michael London has been named CEO of Polaroid.
  
• Epson Boosts Speed of Entry-Level Inkjets
  
  By Greg Scoblete, August 15, 2007
  Long Beach, Calif. — Epson is shipping four new C-series inkjet printers and all-in-ones to dealers this month, offering quicker print speeds.
  
• InFocus Adds Mobile PJ
  
  By Greg Tarr, August 15, 2007
  Wilsonville, Ore. — InFocus unveiled a new “ultra-mobile” DLP video projector, called the Work Big IN12, that uses a compact optics system.