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Heavy marketing has kept the Sky bandwagon rolling forward. The satcaster has announced that in the last quarter of 2006 sales of its products and services exceeded one million for the first time. The total number of Sky TV customers rose to 8.441 million, up 183,000, with Sky+ racking up 1.97 million […]

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Launching HD DVD against Blu-ray does not appear to have harmed Toshiba. Increasing sales of its digital AV and storage products, alongside a solid semiconductor business, has led the Japanese giant to post overall consolidated sales for the nine months ending December 31 2006 of 4,955.3 billion yen, up 472.1 billion yen year on year.

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The first simultaneous DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray music release will be Nine Inch Nails Live  Beside You in Time. Released by Interscope Records on February 27, the live concert was filmed during the band’s 2005-2006 world tour. Extras include a selection of music videos and rehearsal footage. The software industry will be watching the […]

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The star turn in Sony’s third quarter financials is clearly its consumer electronics division, and in particular the BRAVIA LCD TV line and Cybershot digital camera range. Sony’s Electronics division reported an increase in sales of 16.9 per cent, with an operating profit of 177.4 billion yen. However, development and launch costs associated with the […]

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UK gamers could be the first to see a price reduction on the PlayStation3. While SCE says that there will be no movement on price points worldwide during 2007, the high relative cost of the 60GB version in Europe allows for some movement by Sony, should it need to fire-up retail interest after the early […]

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