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Among HDTV Viewers, Daily Viewing of High-Definition Programming Increases 65% in Just Two Years

By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 29, 4:38pm

A new Knowledge Networks recontact study of persons ages 13 to 54, released as part of How People Use® HDTV 2009, shows that high-definition TV (HDTV) viewers are now 65% more likely to say they watch HD programming daily, compared to their viewing habits two years ago.

In 2009, Knowledge Networks recontacted high definition viewers from...

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Living in High Definition Community Website Offers Opportunity to Win a 54-Inch Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV

By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 8, 4:40pm

Panasonic announced an opportunity exclusively through its www.LivinginHD.com community web site for a chance to win Panasonic's critically acclaimed 54-inch class Panasonic VIERA V10 Series 1080p Plasma HDTV.

The giveaway, which runs through...

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Panasonic's LivingInHD.com to Give Away 30 High Definition Products in 30 Days

By Shane Sturgeon • May 4, 3:35pm

Panasonic today launched a contest exclusively on LivingInHD.com in which they will give away one HD product each day for 30 days. The Panasonic Living In HD 30x30 contest, which runs through May 30, will award a daily winner their choice of one of three 2009 Panasonic products from its critically acclaimed line of LUMIX digital cameras and HD camcorders.

The three prize options include...

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Samsung Survey Says 43 Percent of Football Fans Are Likely to Visit In-Laws If They Owned an HDTV

By Shane Sturgeon • Jan 28, 5:25pm

Samsung Electronics America, the market leader in HDTVs and the Official HDTV of the NFL and Super Bowl XLIII, today announced additional findings from a recently commissioned survey. The survey revealed that an HDTV can entice your spouse to visit the in-laws, even for the Super Bowl, if it means viewing football in high definition.

According to the survey, Americans, football fans or not, agree there is no better place to watch the game than at home when there is a high definition television in place. However, the survey also found that...

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Panasonic Brings Back Open Access to Its Exclusive VIERA HDTV Concierge Service for Holiday Shopping Season and Leading Up to the Digital Transition

By Shane Sturgeon • Nov 26, 3:08am

Panasonic, a market and technology leader in flat panel HDTV's, announced today that it will again offer consumers access to its Panasonic VIERA Concierge(TM) toll-free information service prior to "Black Friday" and through this holiday season. The Panasonic VIERA Concierge program, normally open exclusively to Panasonic VIERA Plasma and LCD HDTV owners, will be accessible to any consumer who would like to learn more about selecting a flat panel television from a live expert beginning...

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Panasonic Gives Consumers Taste of First-Ever All High Definition Olympic Games with Multi-Faceted Promotional Campaign

By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 29 2008, 5:09pm

Panasonic, a market and technology leader in flat panel HDTV's and an Official Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, celebrated the 100 day mark to the start of the Summer Olympic Games with the launch of a nationwide promotional campaign designed to make sure consumers are ready to enjoy the upcoming Olympic Games - the first time the entire Games will be broadcast in High Definition. Panasonic VIERA series Plasma and LCD HDTV's are the official HDTV of the Olympic Games.

At the center of Panasonic's Summer Olympic promotional campaign is a nationwide truck tour which features...

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Universal Music Group (UMG) and PluggedIn Partner to Bring Fans HD Music Videos Via New Entertainment Site

By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 16 2008, 2:21pm

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, and PluggedIn (http://www.pluggedin.com/), announced today an agreement whereby PluggedIn users will have access to thousands of high-definition quality videos from UMG's extensive roster of chart-topping artists covering every genre of music.

PluggedIn is powered by an innovative new media player that supports high-definition full-screen video playback with no buffering and DVD like controls, a multimedia search engine and fan centric social networking applications. PluggedIn's Media Player delivers...

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Consumers Will Pay $7-9 for Earlier-Release, High-Definition Video-on-Demand and Internet Rental Movies, Oliver Wyman Study Finds

By Shane Sturgeon • Apr 15 2008, 5:59pm

A study of 2,000 U.S. consumers conducted by Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm, found that a price point between $7 and $9 is optimal for the next generation of video-on-demand (VOD) and Internet movie rentals: high-definition (HD) movies released on the same day as DVDs. This premium over today's $4 price for standard DVD or VOD movie rental would create substantial market growth by 2010.

Rollout of HD VOD and Internet movies on day-and-date of DVD release is...

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Trade Fuels $1.4 Trillion Consumer Electronics Industry says New CEA Report

By Dale Cripps • Apr 2 2008, 9:12pm

Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association in Arlington, VA., is sharpening his battle ax for the likes of Lou Dobbs. Dobbs is chief among those believers and campaigners against many elements of free trade, at least as practiced around the world today. Dobbs asserts that FT is hollowing out our advanced civilization and replacing it with a third-world-like existence--a bad deal for America. Shapiro holds a far different view and offered it on Dobbs afternoon CNN television program a few months ago. The recalcitrant Dobbs left Shapiro appearing as a well-spoken but one-sided representative of a foreign constituency rather than a noble upholder of the truth. Shapiro is widely acknowledged as being a savvy, but shoot-from-the-hip operator, and one of the most effective lobbying forces in all Washington. Shapiro said recently in a confident statesman-like address to the Detroit Economic Club that contrary to popular thinking the benefits of Free Trade are many and ...

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 18 2007, 1:21pmGeneral Interest

New DIRECTV Survey Gives Holiday Shoppers the Inside Scoop on What Looks Best on Their New HDTV

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 13 2007, 1:57pmGeneral Interest

Plasma TVs Have Bright Cost Reduction and Performance Improvement

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By Dale Cripps • Dec 12 2007, 7:00pmGeneral InterestMarketplaceTechnologyTechnology

Consumer Reports: First Ever Brand Repair Rates for LCD, Plasma and Rear-Projection TVs

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By Shane Sturgeon • Nov 6 2007, 12:11amGeneral Interest

Sharp and Samsung Reclaim Top Positions in LCD and Flat Panel

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By Dale Cripps • Nov 1 2007, 6:42pmGeneral InterestMarketplaceProducts & Equipment

Nielsen Releases High Definition TV (HDTV) Household Estimates

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 31 2007, 2:59amGeneral Interest

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By Dale Cripps • Oct 24 2007, 10:05pmGeneral InterestProgramming

The DIRECTV HD Starship Puts the 'High' in High-Def with the World's Largest LED Screen in the Sky

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 24 2007, 1:41pmGeneral Interest

HDMI Trademark and Logo Usage Guidelines for Advanced Consumer Electronics Features

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 17 2007, 12:24pmGeneral Interest

HDTV Customers Are Happy With Picture Quality, Less Enthusiastic About Programming Options

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 3 2007, 12:26pmGeneral Interest

Clear Channel Brings High Definition Billboard to Times Square

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 2 2007, 2:29pmGeneral Interest