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VideoWeb Introduces World First Hybrid HDTV Satellite Receiver

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:23:00 +0100

VIDEO INTERVIEW. VideoWeb has developed a receiver that combines HDTV broadcasting, internet TV and numerous internet applications in a single unit.

Doris Kucera, Press Officer of VideoWeb gave Biz-News.com reporters a short introduction to the company as well as a live demonstration of Plus X Award-nominated WidoWeb S500.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 20/10/2009

HD LCD TV with Integrated iPhone/iPod Docking Station Coming in November

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:46:00 +0100

While looking for some nice gadgets at this year’s IFA, Biz-New.com came across Vestel’s LCD TV with integrated iPhone/iPod docking station. Baris Altinkay, Product Manager for Vestel gave us a demonstration on the product as well as a short introduction to the company.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 15/10/2009

The Perspectives for Over the Top Television

tomek@biz-news.com (Samuel Mungadze, Johannesburg) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:00 +0100

INTERVIEW. The emergence of Over the Top Television (OTT) technologies is not widely viewed as a threat to the existence of telcos in their quest to transform IPTV services, an official has said.

Victor Dominguez, vice president of DS2, a leading provider of semiconductors for high-speed communications over existing wires, said fears doing the rounds in the information communication technology sector had no substance at the moment.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 07/10/2009

IFA 2009: Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD Media Player

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:00 +0100

VIDEO INTERVIEW. “After watching Blu-ray video or other HD content, you will never go back to Standard Definition,” assured Konstantin Dyshlevoy, Chairmain of HDI Dune, interviewed by Biz-news.com at IFA 2009.

During this year’s Berlin exhibition HDI Dune was showing its new versions of hybrid Blu-ray/HD media players that have been recognized as “IFA 2009 INNOVATION”.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 06/10/2009

New Opportunities for IPTV

editor@biz-news.com (Samuel Mungadze, Johannesburg) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:50:00 +0100

INTERVIEW. In a wide-ranging interview with Biz-news.com, Benjamin Schwarz, chief technology officer for CTO Innovation Consulting Group, who has 20 years of international experience in consulting and in Telco & Media organization, gave an insight into the IPTV development.

He also talks about the new opportunities the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa gives IPTV. He is convinced the World Cup would witness a tremendous shift to new and highly advanced 3D video demonstrations.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 06/10/2009

IFA 2009: Real Cable Feels the Difference

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:44:00 +0100

VIDEO INTERVIEW. Quality cables become more and more important part of HD - both video and audio - markets. At IFA 2009 in Berlin, Biz-News.com interviewed Catherine Torchin, Managing Director and owner of Real Cable. She described to us the strategy of the company that has already been successful on 25 markets worldwide.

Laurent Zawadil, Technical Menager for Real Cable, showed us the latest company’s product – innovative 1.4 HDMI cable with additional Ethernet Channel. The cable will be introduced to the market in October this year, but you can take a look at its main features right now.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/09/2009

IFA 2009: The Clarity of Sound by Harman

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0100

VIDEO INTERVIEW. Biz-News.com interviewed Jurjen Amsterdam, Category Manager for Home Electronics for Harman International. He introduced to us Harman International and the brands under the umbrella of the company, a company that aims improve the listening experience of homes around the world.

Jurjen gave us a live demonstration on Harman-Kardon’s newest product; the AVR 760 High Quality AV Receiver. The system supports various Dolby formats such as the innovative Dolby Volume technology which automatically adjusts volume levels when you switch between sources and channels.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 18/09/2009

IFA 2009: iSuppli Analyst About HDTV Market

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:57:00 +0100

VIDEO INTREVIEW. This time at IFA 2009 our reporters interviewed Riddhi Patel, the iSuppli analyst. Riddhi is responsible for the television and plasma display panel (PDP) analysis. She shared with us her latest discoveries on HDTV market as well as her opinion of the nearest future of LCD technology that has dominated our living rooms.

She was visiting this year’s Berlin expo looking for some big innovations. Watch the video to check out if she has found anything that took her breath away.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 16/09/2009

IFA 2009: The Countdown Is On!

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:16:00 +0100

IFA 2009 - the business event no. 1 for consumer electronics - will take place in Berlin from September 4-9.

For one week international media interest will be concentrated on IFA. Also the Biz-News journalists will be reporting directly from Berlin covering the latest in CE products.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 28/08/2009

SiBeam CEO Welcomes Wireless HD "Competition"

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:46:00 +0100

INTERVIEW: With a third group now entering the race to deliver a high-speed wireless technology in the home - and wireless HDTV products hitting the market - momentum is building.
John LeMoncheck, president and CEO of SiBEAM, and a leading member of the WirelessHD (WiHD) consortium, told hdtv.biz-news that he welcomes the addition of the rival Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance to the fray.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 04/06/2009

HD Videoconferencing - A "Compelling" Option For Business

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:23:00 +0100

High definition video has "raised the game" for videoconferencing and telepresence systems.
That's the opinion of Rick Snyder, president of Tandberg Americas, who says HD videoconferencing offers a "really compelling visual experience".

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 28/04/2009

AnySource Media: Simple UI is Key To Internet-enabled HDTV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:00 +0100

INTERVIEW: Mike Harris, CEO of AnySource Media, talks to hdtv.biz-news about his company's Internet-enabled TV platform that will start appearing in HDTV sets in the second half of 2009. The Internet Video Navigator (IVN) allows users to view Internet video on their HDTVs alongside traditional TV networks - without requiring a separate box or complicated wiring.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 01/04/2009

Emblaze: Growing Global Demand For Desktop Videoconferencing Solutions

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:11:00 +0100

As the global appetite for videoconferencing solutions grows, so do the possibilities they offer.
hdtv.biz-news spoke to Linor Shachar, VP sales and marketing for videoconferencing experts Emblaze VCON, about the latest market trends and developments.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 11/12/2008

Could Savings Ratios Give A Clue To Market Robustness?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:56:00 +0100

Black Friday has arrived in the US and many retailers are hoping fears of prolonged economic difficulties will not hamper consumers' appetite for spending - not least for HDTVs.
Paul Gray, Display Search's director of European TV research, has added some intriguing analysis to the various predictions about how robust consumer demand is likely to be in key markets in the coming months.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 27/11/2008

HDTV Was Too Far From HP's Core Business

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:36:00 +0100

Hewlett-Packard is just the latest PC OEM to learn a lesson about straying from its core business, according to Michael Wolf, Digital Home research director at ABI Research.
Citing the experiences of Dell and Gateway, he asserts that it's hard for a PC company to make a business in living room consumer electronics.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 06/11/2008

HD Option A Big Hit For MyToons

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:24:00 +0100

MyToons only launched its high definition channel a few months ago but already it's attracting attention from several major TV and film studios.
Paul Ford, president of the animation website, spoke to HDTV.biz-news.com about the burgeoning HD animation community and the challenges of offering high def cartoons on the internet.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 27/10/2008

Flood Of Content Predicted For Real-time HDTV Video Streaming

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:25:00 +0100

While more operators are beginning to offer HD video-on-demand services, live streaming video continues to pose infrastructure and bandwidth problems.
HDTV.biz-news.com spoke to Alex Mashinsky, CEO of DigiMeld, about the challenges of streaming video - and developments that could open-up the service to millions of viewers.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 14/10/2008

Strategy For HDMI Success Now Being Applied to Wireless HD

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:48:00 +0100

Wireless High Definition Special: In the second of our articles looking at the competing next generation wireless high definition TV systems hdtv.biz-news.com spoke to John LeMoncheck, president and CEO of SiBEAM, and a leading member of the Wireless HD (WiHD) consortium.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/09/2008

VOD Will Reach Blu-ray Quality - And Beyond

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:16:00 +0100

The Blu-ray Disc Association doesn’t take kindly to satellite and cable providers claiming their products deliver high definition picture and sound “equal” to that delivered by Blu-ray Disc.
hdtv.biz-news.com spoke to video compression provider ATEME about its plans to deliver video of Blu-ray quality and beyond

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 19/09/2008

Coming Year Important for New Wireless HDTV Products

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:51:00 +0100

Wireless High Definition Special: Over the coming weeks hdtv.biz-news.com will be interviewing representatives from the competing wireless high definition TV systems to assess their current state of readiness and future viability.
To kick things off, Steve Wilson, principal analyst at ABI Research, which recently produced a report Wireless Video Cable Replacement Market and Technologies, gives his opinion on wireless HDTV developments.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 11/09/2008

How Do You Turn a PS3 Owner Onto Blu-ray? With a Remote

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:45:00 +0100

Reports on Blu-ray’s progress – and difficulties – on the road to becoming the mass-market video format are legion.
Monica Juniel, vice president of international marketing for Warner Home Video, added an interesting statistic into the mix during her presentation at IFA 2008 in Berlin last week.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 01/09/2008

Blu-ray is an unstoppable train

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:24:00 +0100

Why upgrade to Blu-ray when the old DVD player still manages to churn out a pretty good picture?
That was one of the issues addressed by the Blu-ray Disc Association at the IFA 2008 electronics trade show in Berlin.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 29/08/2008

Flat-screen TVs highlight undimmed consumer confidence

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:46:00 +0100

The IFA consumer and trade fair got underway today with the opening focus very much on flat screen TVs.
Launching the event with a decidedly European spin – well it is in Berlin – much was made of strong consumer confidence despite reports to the contrary.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 27/08/2008

Discover the secrets of keeping ahead of HDTV competitors

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:27:00 +0100

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Anyone curious to find the answers to the above would do well to get along to DisplaySearch’s HDTV 2008 Conference Confronting the New Reality (September 15-17).

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 13/08/2008

Kodak offers HDTV answer to photos "lost" in the PC

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:44:00 +0100

Kodak has long been known for producing imaging and photographic material.
hdtv.biz-news.com asked Matthew Yarrow, Kodak country business manager for the UK and Ireland, to explain the rationale behind his company’s decision to move into new territory with the launch of a set-top box.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 01/08/2008

Could Angelina Jolie do for Blu-ray what Keanu Reeves did for DVD?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:23:00 +0100

The idea that one movie could transform a technology from niche to mainstream may seem extreme.
Yet that is what Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios home entertainment, is suggesting will be the effect of the yet-to-be released new thriller starring Angelina Jolie.
The studio executive believes the film’s highly visual nature could be the trigger to mass sales of Blu-ray devices.
James McAvoy plays an average guy who’s recruited by Jolie to become a contract assassin.
Kornblau said he thought Wanted, which is released in US cinemas on Friday, could do for HD disks what The Matrix did for the standard-def DVD.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 24/06/2008

Free high definition content is the future as viewers grow accustomed to the new ...

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:15:00 +0100

The head of the UK’s Freesat digital service believes viewers will begin to resent paying for HDTV as increasing numbers regard it as the new “standard”.
Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, which launched in May, said there were already over 10m HD ready TV sets in UK homes.
But at the time of Freesat’s launch only around 5 per cent of those HD ready homes were actually watching television programmes in high definition – and by subscription.
Addressing the Broadcast Digital Channels Conference 2008 earlier this month, she said consumers and retailers wanted HD content– but it was the broadcasters that had taken a while to catch up.
“Free HD is a long term opportunity for broadcasters and for Freesat,” she said. “HD is not a gimmick, it’s a new standard for television and one which every broadcaster I’ve met would love to deliver its content in."

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 23/06/2008

DirectTV says high definition content is helping attract new subscribers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:01:00 +0100

The US’s leading provider of HDTV has credited its 95 channels of HD content as one of the main reason for increasing subscribers even as the economy falters.
Paul Guyardo, DirecTV’s chief marketing officer, said the company had not been greatly affected by the US economic slowdown.
DirecTV added 275,000 subscribers in the first quarter, compared to just 35,000 for rival Dish Network.
He attributed the satcaster’s market-leading HD offering as a major factor in the increase.
“I don’t want to say that we are recession-proof, but I will say that we have not been dramatically affected by the recession,” he said.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 23/06/2008