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Sensory Science Slates 2nd DVD/VCR
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sensory Science introduced its second Dual-Deck DVD player and VCR deck. The dual-deck (model DVR-4000) will be marketed under the Sensory...
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Key Digital Bows DTV Transcoders
RIVERDALE, N.Y. — Key Digital Systems, a year-old start-up founded by one of the developers of HDTV and DVD technologies, announced it is marketing...
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SBCA: Northpoint Plan Is DBS Danger
The public battle in the press between the Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) industry and start-up company Northpoint Technology over the issue of spectrum sharing...
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Direct Broadcast Satellite Providers Tally Q1 Net Subs
The nation’s two direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers reported continued subscriber gains for the first quarter of 2001, although churn took a nip out...
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Mitsubishi At Top Of HDTV Market In Year 2000
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A strategy that saw Mitsubishi Digital Electric America (MDEA) shift total production of HDTV-upgradeable displays to those sporting a 16:9...
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Groups Merge Digital Watermarking Efforts
Two groups of companies that had been working on digital video copy protection watermarking solutions for DVDs and potentially DTV signals signed a binding...
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EchoStar Pushes New DishPVR System At $200
LITTLETON, COLO. — Not to be outdone in the integrated PVR/satellite decoder space it pioneered, EchoStar recently announced a promotion on its new Dish...
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Pegasus Offers ‘Spring Ahead’ Starz! Special
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Pegasus announced two new Spring promotions to entice additional DirecTV customer enlistments. The first promo, called “Spring Ahead With Starz!,”...
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CEA, NAB Launch Joint DTV Promo
LAS VEGAS — In an attempt to set aside their differences and cooperatively promote digital television, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National...
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Korean Set-Top Box Company Targets U.S. Market
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Macro Imaging Technology (MIT), based here, said it is ready to sell to U.S. distributors and retailers a line of...
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Monivision Adds HDTV Monitor With Flat Screen
CYPRESS, CALIF. — Monivision/Chun Yun USA said it will market a direct-view HDTV monitor with a “full flat” picture tube. Model DM5952SF will ship...
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DirecTV Offers New Subscribers Free AOL
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — DirecTV announced a new national marketing promotion for its direct-to-home satellite TV services that will give new residential subscribers of...
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CEA: No Mandatory DTV Receiver Standards
Arlington, Va. — In a formalized filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) “vehemently opposed” a petition raised by...
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LifeClips Rolls Out Video-To-Disc Service
ACTON, MASS. — LifeClips has started a new videotape-to-DVD transfer service that will enable customers to have home videos placed on DVD discs that...
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Pegasus Intros 2-Way Broadband
New York — Executives from satellite system distributor Pegasus announced at the SBCA’s SkyForum event here that following a brief delay they have started...
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Vivastar Slates DVD-R ‘Recorders’ For The States
Plainville, Mass. — A new player is planning to enter the DVD recorder market this summer. Vivastar, the U.S. sales company of a Swiss...
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Pinnacle Unveils Digital Video Solutions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -Pinnacle Systems, a developer of software solutions for broadcast and consumer video, announced its first Personal Video Recorder (PVR) system and...
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SONICblue Buys ReplayTV Assets
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – SONICblue signed a definitive agreement to acquire ReplayTV, a developer of a personal television video recorder and licenser of software...
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Sylvania Plans Low-Cost 27″ HDTV Monitor
SANTA ANA, CALIF. -Sylvania Computer Products, a division of Princeton Graphic Systems, plans to market a 27-inch 4:3 Digital Television monitor that will display...
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TeraLogic Offers Macrovision 7.1 DTV Decoder Chip
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -TeraLogic, a developer of integrated circuits, platforms and software for digital television, announced it has received Macrovision 7.1 certification for its...
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Toshiba, Matsushita In LCD Joint Venture
TOKYO -Toshiba and Matsushita recently announced in Japan a joint venture to produce low-temperature polysilicon TFT Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels. The manufacturing facility...
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EchoStar Fighting For Lost Channels
LITTLETON, COLO. -Forced to drop local television channels operated by Young Broadcasting in two markets, EchoStar has taken a new retransmission consent complaint to...
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Panasonic Prepares ReplayTV Combo
SECAUCUS, N.J. -Panasonic said it will ship to dealers this month a 27-inch combination TV and ShowStopper hard-disk video recorder with ReplayTV service. Model...
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HNS Ships TiVo Combo IRD For DirecTV Services
GERMANTOWN, MD. -Hughes Network Systems announced it has started shipping its TiVo-enabled integrated receiver/descrambler (IRD) for DirecTV services. The TiVo IRD incorporates a hard...
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Sharp Targets Home Network Users On 2 Tiers
MAHWAH, N.J. -Sharp intends to tap the home-network market at the mass-market and custom-installation levels, said Frank DeMartin, marketing director for display products. The...
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Sonicblue Buying Sensory Science, ReplayTV
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -Sonicblue, manufacturer of Rio-branded MP3 players, announced it is in the process of acquiring consumer electronics supplier Sensory Science and personal...
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TI Plans Market Trial Of ‘CompleteTV’ HDTV/Data System
DALLAS -Texas Instruments said it will conduct an in-home pilot program in the Raleigh, N.C. marketplace to study consumer uses for combined HDTV programming...
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DVD Group Challenges NPD Sales Report For 2000
Apparently, more is spinning lately in the DVD industry than optical discs. The DVD Entertainment Group (DEG), a promotional association of DVD video and...
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TiVo, AOL Pact Gets Expanded
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -TiVo said it has expanded its relationship with America Online with a multimillion-dollar marketing and promotional campaign. Through the agreement, AOL will...
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Fujitsu To Ship LCD Projector
WAYNE, N.J. -Fujitsu, best known as a global resource for plasma display panels, is preparing to market a multimedia LCD-based video projector to complement...
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Advertised HDTV Prices
November 2000 Video Industry Sales Scorecard / Factory and distributor sales to dealers, as reported by the Consumer Electronics Association:
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NCTA T0 FCC: Lose DTV Labels
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing consumer confusion, the National Cable Television Association asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider previously established labels for digital TV...
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Ch.1 Teams With NadaPC To Make $199 HDTV Monitor
LAS VEGAS – During a press conference at CES earlier this month, Ch.1 (Channel One) announced its launch as an integrated high-resolution Internet and...
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Broadcasters Are Embracing DTV Datacasting Options
At last year’s CES, Geocast Network Systems and Thomson Consumer Electronics introduced a new product category: a peripheral device that would capture data sent...
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Streaming Audio Turns Into Torrent
LAS VEGAS -Suppliers went to CES to harness the flood of Web-based audio content with the introduction of consumer-electronics-type devices that play streaming or...
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Kenwood Bows Audio Server, Megachanger
LAS VEGAS -Kenwood will become one of the first mainstream home audio companies to deliver a hard-drive-based audio server, and it was the first...
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Digital TV Boxes Shipping In Time For Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS -A handful of consumer electronics manufacturers gave high-definition television enthusiasts some good news at CES by announcing plans to ship long-delayed digital...
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DirecPC Empowers DirecTV, Pegasus
LAS VEGAS -DirecTV has partnered with sister company Hughes Network Systems to offer customers bundled packages of TV services and HNS’ new two-way high-speed...
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Sony’s New TiVo Recorder Reaches For The Stars
If the performance of Sony’s new SAT-T60 is a trustworthy indicator, the future of personal video recording (PVR) devices is in the marriage of...
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TV Makers Show Flatter Boxes, Retain Analog
BY DAVID ELRICH LAS VEGAS -TV makers across the board have caught the fever and are introducing at CES flat-screen TVs with silver cabinets...
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Is Personal TV Bundling A Revolution?
Last month’s “Revenue Streams” column referred to six types of new devices that will drive new consumer electronics sales in the year 2001. These...
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In Direct-To-Home Satellite The Best Is Still To Come
For the past several years, the satellite television industry has been experiencing exponential growth. With the passage of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act...