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To consumer electronics retailers, the digital television (DTV) glass is either half empty or half full, depending on their distribution channel and whether they...

NEW YORK -After more than two years in development, Wink Communications and partners Thomson Consumer Electronics and DirecTV announced the launch of their new...

PASADENA, CALIF. -Demonstrating that it will file no suit before its time, Gemstar-TV Guide’s StarSight Telecast subsidiary issued in U.S. District Court for the...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -Microsoft WebTV Networks announced that the monthly fee for its forthcoming UltimateTV satellite recorder service will be $9.95, offering subscribers up...

An Indianapolis broadcaster will conduct one of the first tests of digital television multicasting when it televises multiple early-round games of the NCAA Basketball...

After temporarily abandoning the DirecTv IRD business more than three years ago, Philips announced it has officially re-entered the business by adding two DirecTv...

Sears and Ultimate Electronics have parted company with the DirecTv system over mutual “philosophical differences,” sources confirmed. Both retail chains are among the top...

Panasonic used the recent National Association of Broadcasters convention to announce plans to sell its first digital TV-ready projection TV based on Texas Instruments’...

LYNDHURST, N.J. — Daewoo recently started a test rollout of its long-awaited 30W-inch fully integrated 16:9 direct-view HDTV set, the company affirmed. Daewoo model...

New York — The CBS Television Network announced that Panasonic has agreed to underwrite the transferal of the bulk of its prime-time programming lineup...

Owners of certain new EchoStar satellite receivers may be enjoying new interactive TV features through the OpenTV software platform, thanks in part to new...

Replay Networks, developer of a hard-drive video recorder system, said it has changed the company name to ReplayTV Inc. In related announcements, the company...

A group of major consumer electronics retailers — including Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio-Shack and Sears — recently blasted the new digital TV/cable compatibility...

The heated multi-industry debate over use of the 8-VSB or COFDM modulation schemes in the U.S. Digital Television (DTV) standard may not be dead...

Although a WebTv terminal and two digital cameras represented its newest categories, Thomson’s RCA brand also enhanced most of its traditional categories in the...

Mitsubishi, now formally known as Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, unveiled to dealers this month at its line show in Las Vegas its first two...

CARLSBAD, Calif. – WebTV Networks has selected Buzztime.com, a developer and distributor of interactive sports and trivia games, to provide trivia content for the...

A new consumer study released by Cambridge, Mass.-based market analysis firm Forrester Research indicates the embryonic digital television system will ultimately fail if manufacturers...

The first Pioneer-branded HDTV-ready rear-projection set will ship to dealers in June, the company reported. Model SD-641HD5 will be the first HDTV-compatible set available...

NEW YORK — Thomson, DirecTV and Microsoft’s WebTV officially entered the hard-drive video recorder business by announcing a multifunctional interactive set-top box and service...

The recent SkyFORUM hosted by the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) in New York, marked a significant period of transition for the direct-to-home...