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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Digital TV Set-Top Decoders/(CONNECTS TO TV MONITORS) *Also receives DirecTV standard and HD satellite services.**Also receives Dish Network standard and HD satellite services. ***Receives...

High-Definition TV Monitors/(33.75kHz @ 60Hz or greater scanning frequency)/External DTV-Decoder required Source: TWICE Market ResearchcTWICE 2000

ARLINGTON, VA. -The Consumer Electronics Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reassess its rules to create market incentives to spur the retail...

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...

DirecTv announced it is raising rates by $2 on all of its programming packages for new subscribers beginning May 25. The company said the...

Having received the necessary approvals for its acquisition of U.S. Satellite Broadcasting, DirecTv issued revised programming lineups, packages and channel assignments integrating the movie...

Olympus America is expanding beyond its focus on digital and film-based imaging products to address a new category: personal video eyewear. The Melville, N.Y.-based...

A new Strategy Analytics’ report, Interactive and Digital Television, says the FCC’s 2006 deadline for complete conversion from analog to digital broadcasting is doomed....

According to a newly released study of the interactive television market from Forrester Research, mass-market acceptance of electronic program guides (EPGs), enhanced TV broadcasts,...

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...

INDIANAPOLIS — Sharp used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil two widescreen HDTV rear-projection monitors in the 61W- and 55W-inch screen sizes. The rear-projection...

TiVo and Replay Networks continued to line up strategic investors, some of which are also expected to offer programming tie-ins with the two platforms....

Although consumer sales of HDTV-ready monitors have done relatively well since the first products rolled out last summer, sales of the set-top decoders these...

Note: All models receive all 18 ATSC Table 3 DTV Formats. * Also receives DirecTV standard and HD satellite services. c TWICE 1999

DirecTv is working with the National Association of Broadcasters to offer federal lawmakers drafting a new satellite bill possible solutions to various issues, including...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DirecTV and sister company Hughes Network Systems will partner to distribute a broadband, two-way DirecPC satellite Internet-access service later this...

INDIANAPOLIS — Terk Technologies used the CEDIA Expo 2000 to show custom electronics installers three antennas designed for HDTV reception and a pair of...