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January 05, 2009
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LG Electronics Jan. 5 expanded its distribution deal with Netflix with the announcement of a new line of Internet-enabled high-definition plasma and LCD televisions capable for the first time of receiving streams without requiring an external device or set-top box.
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January 05, 2009
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Roku, manufacturer of Netflix’s proprietary set-top box, Jan. 5 said it signed a deal with Amazon’s video-on-demand (VOD) service.
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January 05, 2009
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PC World reported Jan. 4 that Samsung Electronics is set to unveil a 6.5-millimeter-thick (0.26 inch) LCD TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. It would be the thinnest LCD TV ever made.
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January 05, 2009
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Best Buy’s aggressive cost restructuring coupled with rival Circuit City’s bankruptcy has led to renewed confidence for the Minneapolis-based consumer electronics retail chain by one Wall Street analyst.
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January 05, 2009
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Lionsgate will acquire the TV Guide Network and TV Guide Online properties from Macrovision, the companies announced late Jan. 5, in a deal worth a reported $255 million.
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January 05, 2009
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On the eve of the final Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs released a letter Jan. 5 to the Apple community, allaying fears about his health that had hurt the company’s stock since it was announced Dec. 16 he would not deliver the Macworld keynote.
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January 05, 2009
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Pepsi will give away more than 125 million free 3-D glasses at more than 25,000 retail locations this month, so Super Bowl commercial viewers will be able to watch a 90-second 3-D spot of DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens, as well as a 30-second Pepsi/SoBe Life Water commercial.
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January 05, 2009
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HDTV company Vizio is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to lower patent fees for digital TVs, claiming they are excessive, unregulated and costing consumers more than $1 billion and counting.
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January 05, 2009
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With 43 days left before analog television is shut down in the United States, the coupon funding for digital converter boxes is gone, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced Jan. 5.
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January 05, 2009
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A spokesman for Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, told the Walt Street Journal Jan. 5 that she has stepped down from the board of DreamWorks Animation SKG, effective Dec. 31.
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Questex Entertainment : Agent DVD / Home Media Conferences
