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Article | 29/04/2009 LG Display executive pleads guilty in LCD price-fixing case

A South Korean executive with LG Display has agreed to plead guilty and serve a year in prison for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the pri...

Article | 28/04/2009 Freeview announces compatible TVs and digital video recorders

Freeview, the television industry body publicising the move to free-to-air digital television, has released information on products it has certified t...

Article | 22/04/2009 New TVs may make Flash the MP3 of digital video

Flash, the technology used by YouTube to stream video clips into your browser window, is now installed on 98 percent of all computers, according to Ad...

Article | 28/04/2009 Researchers make paper stereo speakers for LCD TVs, more

A Taiwanese research group has developed stereo speakers in paper, which will lead to low-cost speakers perfect for thin devices such as LCD TVs or ev...

Article | 28/04/2009 Sharp expects sales to keep falling as it reports first loss

Sharp, one of the world's largest manufacturers of LCD panels for televisions and computers, reported a big drop in sales and a net loss for the year ...

Article | 23/04/2009 Panasonic HDTVs with Viera Cast add Amazon video on demand

Panasonic's Viera Cast-enabled HDTVs just got more interesting.

Article | 23/04/2009 3D LCD TVs that don't require glasses coming soon

Within the next few years, companies from Taiwan may begin selling LCD TVs with 3D (three-dimensional) viewing technology that does not require the sp...

Article | 22/04/2009 New Foxtel Web site launches

Pay TV provider Foxtel has updated its Web site, with the new Foxtel.com.au featuring a full-screen video player on its front page that displays Foxte...

Article | 22/04/2009 IceTV wins landmark case against Nine Network in High Court

The High Court of Australia has released its decision on the court case between IceTV and the Nine Network. The panel of judges found that IceTV is no...

Article | 21/04/2009 IceTV High Court decision to be handed down tomorrow morning

The High Court of Australia's decision regarding the legality of the reproduction of Channel Nine's television programming guide by third-party provid...

Article | 20/04/2009 Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs

Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming direc...

Article | 8/04/2009 Sharp expects deeper than anticipated annual loss

Sharp has revised down its outlook for the fiscal year just-ended and now expects to lose around ¥130 billion (US$1.3 billion), it said Wednesday.

Article | 1/04/2009 Panasonic bringing live TV to intercontinental flights

Panasonic Avionics, a unit of the Japanese electronics giant that specializes in in-flight entertainment systems for aircraft, is launching a new syst...

Article | 1/04/2009 YouTube will host short videos from Disney, ABC and ESPN

Google's YouTube will soon show short videos from a major U.S. television group while testing new advertising arrangements in hopes of generating reve...

Article | 8/04/2009 Sony releases first OLED television

The Sony XEL-1 is the company's first OLED television screen. Priced at &6999, it has an 11-inch panel with a resolution of 960x540 — which may ...

Article | 8/04/2009 Toshiba's Cell TV on track for autumn launch

Toshiba's development of a TV based on the Cell processor is on schedule and due to be launched in about six months, the company said Tuesday.

Article | 7/04/2009 Sharp releases new LCD TV D77X series

Sharp has announced the release of a new range of LCD televisions with the introduction of the D77X series. These televisions offer a good mix of pric...

Article | 7/04/2009 FCC asks court to hold off on white-spaces suits

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has asked for delays in a court case against its wireless "white spaces" decision until after it has review...

Article | 1/04/2009 Get ready for digital TV

Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has launched a new campaign with the aim of getting Austra...

Article | 30/03/2009 Microsoft's new TV ad whacks Apple over prices

Microsoft Corp. Thursday night took a direct shot at its rival, Apple Inc., in a new television ad that pitched Windows PCs as lower priced than Macs.