Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
by Paul Erickson, Director, DVD and HD Market Research
Two notable events over the past week involve the release of more-affordable products enabling people to consume digital content: the arrival of a $298 Blu-ray player at Wal-Mart and the release of the $99 Netflix Player by Roku. Each represents a significant ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
by Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Market Research
Word just surfaced that Sony has joined the ranks of Panasonic, LGE and Samsung in signing agreements with major cable operators to support tru2way bidirectional digital cable. Negotiations on "two-way" digital cable products have been underway for years between CE manufacturers ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
One of the equity analysts I asked to speak at the upcoming TV Supply Chain Conference was unable to attend, but he was able to pass along a report his team issued on the “Flat Panel TV Wars.” In this report, Yuji Fujimori of ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
by Charles Annis, Vice President, Manufacturing Research
On April 28 the Japanese press reported that Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will spend ¥30-40 billion (around $300-$400 million depending on the volatile exchange rate) to build a Gen 8 color filter fab for IPS Alpha’s planned line in Himeji, Japan. In General, Japanese ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
By Paul Erickson, Director DVD and HD Market Research
Recently, the entertainment and technology media have been abuzz over the implications of the significant announcement by Apple that iTunes would now offer day and date releases of movie titles in conjunction with their regular release on DVD. The deal involves most ...
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