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Only 27,000 of the 600,000 “DTV capable” monitors sold last year were integrated receivers capable of tuning into broadcast DTV, said Sony executive Ed Grebow at the National Association of Broadcasters convention last week.Mr. Grebow, deputy president of Sony Electronics…
Sony and Panasonic used very different styles to deliver their respective messages to the press at last week’s National Association of Broadcasters conference. Sony put on a show starring George Lucas; Panasonic took the more prosaic corporate lecturers-at-the-podium approach.But both…
One complaint of sports enthusiasts globally about watching a sporting event at home instead of being at the arena or stadium is the lack of live interaction.At home you can’t look up at the scoreboard and see your favorite player’s…
Earlier this year reports surfaced that inventor Dean Kamen had developed a mysterious new product that would change the world. Dubbed “IT,” or “Ginger,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs was quoted as saying that once government officials had seen the machine,…
Station managers say the Omaha, Neb., market is flat because local sales are up while national is down. But a local mayor’s race is heating up, giving the market some political money. “It’s a strong market-we’re the 75th market in…
If the courts don’t kill the national TV ownership cap, the Federal Communications Commission probably will.At least that was the message FCC Chairman Michael Powell had last week for the National Association of Broadcasters convention.“I make no secret that I…
Sun, BBC Technologies in IP partnershipSun Microsystems and BBC Technologies announced a business arrangement to help media and enterprise companies leverage their digital and legacy assets more effectively. The joint solution provides companies-including broadcasters, broadband portals and 3G wireless operators-with…
BroadcastingKurt Kiehnle to sales manager, Miami, Blair Television, from account executive, WXTV, New York. Also, Jeff Quick to vice president/sales manager, Atlanta, from vice president, Atlanta Braves.Valerie Starks to community development manager, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C., from director of grant and…
The broadcast networks and studios have their pilot plates full this development season. Offerings include ideas based on concepts both old and new, from a “modern-day `Rockford Files”’ and a “Moonlighting”-like dramedy to werewolves, talking dogs and more new reality…
What it is: A technology that automatically indexes television images from programs captured by personal video recorders. It lets viewers choose footage of a specific character from a movie or the highlight play of a specific team player from a…