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Daily Archives : Sep 4, 2008

LG to Capitalize on HDTV Boom With TV, Panel Expansion

LG Electronics, which doubled its first-half 2008 liquid-crystal display television sales from a year earlier, said this week that it will boost its display sales by 30% to $20 billion by 2010. The gains, which LG aims to achieve by…

This Week in HD: Manly Men

HD programming picks for Sept. 4-10: “Redskins vs. Giants,” “Franklin’s Lost Expedition,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants (NBC). Thurs., Sept. 4, 7 p.m. ET. The National Football League’s 2008 regular season opener features the NFC East’s Redskins…

Snoopy Animator Melendez Dies at 91

“Peanuts” animator Bill Melendez died on Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 91, the Associated Press reports. Melendez, who worked for Disney and Warner Brothers, among other animation houses, before meeting “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schultz in 1959….

Rounding Up HD News: HDTV Expands Worldwide Reach, MTV Launches Overseas HD Channel

HDTV Recipients to Jump Sevenfold Within Five Years About 280 million worldwide households will receive some form of high-definition television service in 2013, up from about 40 million last year, IMS Research said in a report last week. More than…