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With many of its 2002 video products starting to ship, JVC invited members of the press to its headquarters for the first formal line...

As promised at January CES, DirecTV launched the third HDTV channel on its DBS platform, now offering Showtime’s HDTV channel. The channel began transmitting...

Citing the growing number of hours of high-definition television programming, Samsung is preparing the release of three next-generation ATSC decoder boxes to support its...

Some of the nation’s largest cable television interests revealed a new proactive approach to HDTV delivery in recent weeks with announcements that Comcast and...

The much awaited May 1, 2002 deadline for all commercial broadcasters to begin digital television transmissions was turning out to be less spectacular than...

Newly Added DTV Stations 259 Total DTV Stations as of 2/21/02

PARK RIDGE, N.J.– Despite the inclusion of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connectors on 15 new HDTV monitors, Sony Electronics is expected to continue to...

St. Louis — Noted primarily as a vendor of promotional portable audio products and accessories, GPX recently announced it is expanding into TV/DVD combo...

Apex Digital, the Ontario, Calif.-based vendor of aggressively priced DVD players, announced it has expanded into a multi-step television line including rear projection HDTV...

A category that has started taking on a new meaning over the past three years is the TV combination system, which previously identified a...

Television manufacturers traveling to CES continue to push new display devices optimized for the increasing HDTV source material expected from broadcasters this year, while...

Even though the economy reeled and consumer confidence plunged, DVD remained a strong category for retailers last year. “The bad news is that sales...

NBC and HDNet, the all-high definition television network started by visionary owner Mark Cuban, said they would carry select portions of the 2002 Winter...

Announcements of next-generation digital television sets and monitors, multi-featured DVD players, DVD recorders and HD-level VCRs appeared likely to dominate video and television news...

Federal regulators have a huge task ahead of them in 2002 as they determine the merits and dangers of allowing the nation’s two direct...

Sonicblue is now shipping its newest line of Go-Video brand Dual-Deck VCRs, which include a new advancement in automatic commercial skipping technology. The company...

Electrograph Systems, a wholesale distributor of plasma display monitors, introduced a 17-inch TFT-LCD monitor featuring both PC and video accessibility. Model DTS17V, $1,795 suggested...

Sonicblue said it has agreed to license its ReplayTV digital video recording technology to Dotcast to enable development of Dotcast broadband receiving devices with...

EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen is putting pressure on TV network affiliates to allow customers of his DISH Network to view out-of-market network HDTV programming...

Sales of HDTV monitors continue to surge at retail, but HDTV sets and set-top decoder boxes capable of receiving HDTV broadcasts continue to represent...

Television displays based on LCD, DLP, LCOS, CRT and new sizes in plasma display panels were recurring themes on the floors of the recent...

DirecTV announced it has added HDNet, a new high-definition TV network featuring broadcasts of live sporting events from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the...

Sony used CEDIA Expo here to formally unveil a range of new video display products highlighted by its Grand Wega rear-projection HDTV monitor that...

In addition to showcasing its recently launched DirecWay high-speed Internet access service, Hughes Network Systems unveiled its next-generation lineup of DirecTV standard-definition IRDs. Central...

When not plotting the takeover of DirecTV at the SBCA Convention, EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen was finding new ways to pressure the DBS rival...

Thomson Consumer Electronics used the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) convention to showcase its latest three-model lineup of DirecTV integrated receiver descramblers, including...

Hoping to expand the “convergence” concept into the digital television (DTV) space, accessDTV is preparing to initiate a regionalized retail rollout of a television...

Even before the great COFDM vs. 8-VSB modulation system debate momentarily clouded the television transition, integrated circuit developers and consumer electronics companies were hard...

After outlining its brand awareness program, Philips unveiled three new 30W-inch 16:9 direct-view HDTV monitors as the latest in a slate of video product...

Recent steps taken by DirecTV to reduce its subscriber acquisition costs could impact retailers’ DBS profitability, said Dan Wewer, chief financial analyst with Deutsche...

The Consumer Electronics Association told Federal Communications Commission members to adopt a capacity-based dual or multicast cable carriage rule for digital broadcasting to best...

SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Princeton Graphic Systems introduced a flat-faced direct view monitor that will present 720p and 1080i HDTV pictures on its 32-inch...

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...

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...

LAS VEGAS — In an attempt to set aside their differences and cooperatively promote digital television, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National...

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...

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...

Arlington, Va. — In a formalized filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) “vehemently opposed” a petition raised by...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – SONICblue signed a definitive agreement to acquire ReplayTV, a developer of a personal television video recorder and licenser of software...

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...

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...