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Entries from March 2008

Forget hi-def, Freeview needs Local TV services

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Forget high-def. What we really need on Freeview is amateur local TV channels. That’s the view of 120 MPs who have backed an Early Day Motion to turn over spectrum space on terrestrial digital TV to local TV services. The move follows campaigning by a group called United for Local Television, which seeks to secure […]

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Tags: Miscellaneous items · Trade · Broadcasting

Retailer offers goodwill gesture to HD DVD owners

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Leading US retail chain Best Buy has followed the lead set by rival Circuit City, and has begun to compensate its customers who backed HD DVD. It will send owners of players on its database a 50 dollar gift voucher; the giveaway applies to any of its patrons who purchased an HD DVD player […]

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Tags: Video games · Home cinema · Trade · High definition TV · HD DVD & Blu-ray

LG Display takes team to Himalayas

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

South Korean panel purveyor LG Display is to take a crack squad of employees to the Himalayas, as part of an innovative corporate team-building extreme challenge project. 15 members of staff have been selected to climb to the Annapurna Base Camp on March 28. The company hopes to improve management techniques during a week long […]

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Tags: Trade · Plasma · LCD TV · Corporate

Onkyo announces new entry-level AV receivers

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Onkyo took the AV receiver market in the UK by storm during 2007, thanks to advanced specifications and some great reviews in the specialist press. Now the brand is hoping to catch lighting in a bottle twice, with a new updated budget range. Although no prices have been announced for its two new entry-level 7.1-channel […]

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Tags: Trade · Hi-fi · Home cinema

Toshiba says cost of HD DVD exit is 65 billion yen

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Toshiba has lowered it earning forecast for the year, announcing that it will take a 65 billion yen loss for exiting the HD DVD business. The company lowered its group profit forecast for the financial year ending March 31 to 125 billion yen, down from 137 billion yen last year.
In a statement, Toshiba says: […]

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Tags: Trade · Video games · HD DVD & Blu-ray · Corporate