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The last DLP manufacturer unveiled its 2009 models at its line show this week, TWICE reports . New for this year is the Unisen sub-brand tha...

Time Warner Cable said yesterday that it has re-upped its carriage agreement with The Outdoor Channel, a deal that includes the Outdoor HD h...

MLB Network today released the first part of the schedule for its weekly Thursday night games that will debut the week of Opening Day in Ap...

The much-anticipated line of HDTVs from General Electric have been delayed by as much as three months due to marketing issues, perhaps assoc...

It's a busy week for online HD offerings: yesterday Apple's iTunes launched its HD movie download service, while according to the NY...

Sharp Electronics said today that it has inked a multi-year deal with the New York Mets baseball team to outfit the new Citi Field with mor...

The State of California's Energy Commission is considering banning big-screen TVs that don't meet certain energy efficiency requirem...

TWICE reports on the Panasonic line show from last week in which the company rolled out its new Z1 flagship series of ultra-thin (1-inch) p...

Broadcasting & Cable runs an interesting piece today about the economics of selling content shot in high-def vs. standard-def. Some cab...

DISH said last week that it has added Showtime Too HD, Showtime Showcase HD, TMC HD & BET J HD. This spring it will add the HD feeds of...

Verizon said today that FiOS TV customers now have access to MLB Network HD along with the MLB Extra Innings package that shows up to 10 bas...

Earlier this week I told you that Sony had its line show in Las Vegas, unveiling its 2009 models that should hit stores soon. As such, there...

AT&T said yesterday that its U-verse IPTV service now offers 100 HD channels in every market in which it is available with the recent a...

CNET News.com has full coverage of Sony's line show in Las Vegas that included a new group of LCD TVs with Yahoo Widgets and another li...

A study co-authored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and released on Friday finds that 3-D TV may be the next big thing. Accord...

As we discussed last week, one of the odd side effects of the recent legislation extending the digital TV transition from Feb. 17th to June ...

Long-running animated comedy 'The Simpsons' is set to make its high-def debut this Sunday night and I for one will be sure to set th...

Rumors of the demise of Pioneer's unprofitable TV business were spot-on, as the company this morning announced it will quit selling pla...

The most interesting thing about President Obama today  signing legislation to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17th to June 12th ...

There were various reports yesterday in both the U.S. and Japan that plasma TV maker Pioneer is mulling an exit from the flat-panel TV busin...

Multichannel News is out today with a story of the positive benefits of competition for HD consumers. Now that Verizon has rolled into New ...

Legislation to delay the digital TV transition on a one-time basis from Feb. 17th to June 12th passed the U.S. House of Representatives yest...

Without fanfare DISH Network has added the high-def simulcast of Fox News Channel and is testing Fox Business Network HD, MCN reports . Ther...

Cox Communications has reached a distribution agreement with Fox Cable Networks that will allow it to carry the high-def feeds of FX, Speed ...

The slowdown in HDTV growth caused by the recession has hit all of the manufacturers, with Panasonic today becoming the latest to forecast ...

AT&T yesterday officially announced its new partnership with DIRECTV. Having made public the termination of its relationship with DISH ...

Reuters is out with a story today from Panasonic, which in April will launch a new line of plasma TVs in Japan that are much thinner than t...

The four firms conducting the going-out-of-business sale for all Circuit City stores across the country report that 25% of the inventory has...

Just in from Washington:  A measure to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 until June 12 this afternoon failed to pass the U.S. Hou...

BusinessWeek has an interesting piece about the liquidation process surrounding the Circuit City bankruptcy. The short version is that many...

When Cablevision announced last month that it was terminating its carriage relationship with the VOOM suite of 15 high-def channels, it said...

Rainbow Pulls Plug On Voom HD Service - MCN Rainbow Media Holdings, blaming a loss of carriage on Dish Network and the expected lengthy liti...

Fox To Go All HD, All the Time - MCN Within two years, Fox's television network group plans to distribute its broadcast network and all ...

HD: A Mixed Bag For The Holidays - MCN This year’s holiday season looks to be a mixed bag for high-definition TV. The slumping economy is li...

U.S. Households Watch More Than 8 Hours of TV a Day - L.A. Times The U.S. is a nation of even bigger couch potatoes than previously realized...

It's Bargain Season for HDTVs - L.A. Times It's not easy to find a silver lining to the economic meltdown, but here's one: cheap...

Time Warner Cable L.A. Delivers 24 New HD Channels - MCN Time Warner Cable’s West Region is launching 24 new high-definition channels beginn...

Blu-ray Earns High Marks From Consumers - THR A new industry-commissioned study shows bright prospects for such high-definition media as HDT...

Circuit City’s Prospects Mixed: Analysts - TWICE Analysts are spinning several scenarios for a post-Chapter 11 Circuit City and none of them...

Double the Viewers, Double the TV - Hollywood Reporter Here's a classic dilemma: You are home for the evening. You wish to watch, say, a...

AT&T Revs Up HD Lineup With 30 New Nets - MCN Trying to outdo cable’s HD offerings, AT&T Monday said it was adding more than 30 new ...

MSNBC Sees High-Def Debut Next Spring - MCN MSNBC, having missed the window to launch in HD for this year’s election season, expects to have...

Comcast is the nation's largest cable company and as such it's easy to forget that it's also a major programmer. The company...

Cablevision this week is adding five new high-def channels to its lineups in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region. The new additions a...

DIRECTV and DISH continue to roll out local HD broadcast channels in smaller markets around the country. Yesterday DIRECTV added Columbia-J...

Confirming weeks of industry speculation, the nation's major cable companies said today that Mojo HD will soon be shut down. Formerly kn...

Versus HD & The Golf Channel HD have shared a single high-def channel since they were launched almost two years ago. We know that parent...

MLB Network to Launch in 2009 - NY Times Major League Baseball does not believe there is enough baseball on television. Not on local and reg...

Vudu Takes High-Def Movies Higher - MCN Startup Vudu this week will begin offering 65 feature movie titles in 1080p high-definition video fo...

Panasonic Shows 3-D Plasma, 150” PDP - TWICE Panasonic highlighted what it called “the world’s first 3-D full HD plasma theater system” and ...

Slingbox, the EchoStar subsidiary that lets you access your home TV signal over the Internet, today said that its high-def box is now availa...

Bright House Adds MGM HD Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios' MGM HD signed an agreement to be carried by Bright House Networks, giving the high...

GE, Taiwan Firm Plan HDTV Venture - WSJ General Electric Co. is getting back into the television-set business by forming a partnership with ...

AT&T CTO Banks On Better HD Compression - MCN AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan stayed the course on the telco’s video-over...

DisplaySearch: TV Sales Strong, Pricing Is X Factor - TWICE Despite the struggling economy, the U.S. flat-panel TV industry continues to flo...

People who have Verizon FiOS TV tend to rave about it -- and now, those in the Seattle area can join in the fun. Verizon has launched its fi...

The nation's first cutover to digital TV broadcasting occurred today in Wilmington, N.C., on schedule after Hurricane Hanna proved to be...

Sony's new HDNA ad campaign for its Bravia LCD TV line will feature NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., C...

A wise man once said that there's nothing that makes a person more productive than the last minute. The cable industry and the Big Ten N...

After nearly two years of negotiations, the Big Ten Network has come to terms with Time Warner Cable, following a similar agreement with Com...

As we reported back in May, ESPNU will this week become the next network in the ESPN family to offer a high-def feed when it broadcasts the ...

Comcast has reached a deal with Fox Cable Networks to carry the HD versions of FX and the Speed Channel, Multichannel News reports. Comcast...

A Murky High-Def Picture in L.A. - L.A. Times Pity the Los Angeles residents who lug home pricey high-definition television sets only to fin...

Comcast cable customers in the Windy City have reason to be happy today with the news that they now can get 15 more high-def channels. The n...

New Toshiba DVD Player Aims to Improve Look on HDTVs - AP After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor to the DVD,...

MTV Rebrands HD Music Channel As Palladia - TV Week MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel MHD will change its name to Palladia effecti...

Starz in Market for HD Deal Encores - MCN Encore HD is looking for some encores. The enhanced simulcast version of the channel had its first...

Sharp Ships SB Series LCD TVs - TWICE Sharp said Tuesday it has expanded its SB series entry line of high-definition LCD TVs. Models in the...

One of the best HD industry confabs around is coming up next month in Hollywood, as DisplaySearch's annual HDTV Conference hits Tinselto...

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 tr...