Today's High-Def Headlines

Big Ten Network Ready for '08 Season - MCN

It’s August and for football players that means the grind of two-a-day workouts. For those trying to secure Big Ten Network carriage deals with Time Warner Cable, Mediacom and Charter Communications, it hasn’t gotten to that point — yet.

How TVs Will Get Much, Much Flatter - PC World

Plasma is dead. Front and rear projection? Fuggeddaboutit. LCD has a few good years left, and then it's sayonara, baby. TV technology's future lies in tiny phosphorescent molecules. Organic light-emitting diodes--OLEDs--employ a thin layer of organic material that emits light when electricity passes through it. OLED displays need no backlight, so they're ultrathin and flexible.

LG Bows LED LCD TV, CE Recycling Initiative - TWICE

LG Electronics unveiled at its summer line show Thursday night its first LED-based LCD TV and a third-generation Blu-ray Disc player that will be compatible with the Netflix instant-streaming video service. In addition the company showed the latest additions to its flagship Scarlet LCD TVs — a pair of 1.8-inch deep 1080p LCD TVs, and revealed plans for a new nationwide TV recycling program.

DISH Loses 25,000 Subs In Q2 - MCN

After seeing an ongoing slowdown in customer growth, Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network actually lost 25,000 subscribers in the second quarter, the satellite company reported Monday. DISH Network, which ended the quarter with roughly 13.79 million subscribers, set an ignominious mark in the process.

VIZIO Unleashes New Ad Campaign for Their HD Sponsorship of NBC's Broadcast of the 2008 Olympic Games (press release)

VIZIO, America's fastest growing HDTV company, is launching a new media campaign tied to its HD Sponsorship of NBC's 2008 Olympic Games broadcast. The ad campaign is designed to fuel VIZIO's meteoric growth by introducing feature-rich products, rivaling or outperforming their competitors' premium lines, while maintaining the company's commitment to value pricing.