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• Comcast spreads set-top wealth: consumer players Panasonic, Samsung unveil cable gear.

  - 2006-01-09

  LAS VEGAS -- Comcast Corp. broke new ground last week, signing deals to buy digital set-top boxes from Panasonic Consumer Electronics and Samsung Electronics America Inc., instead of cable's traditional equipment suppliers. It's the first time the LAS VEGAS -- Comcast Corp. broke...

  Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., Panasonic, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., set-top

• The Week; Panasonic, cable push Hi-Def TV.(Briefs)

  - 2004-07-05

  Panasonic and a group of 10 cable companies are banding together for a $10 million "Make It a Hi-Def Summer'' ad campaign, targeting consumers who'd like to watch the first Olympic Games broadcast in high definition. This latest push for high-de Panasonic and a group of...

  Tags: cable, Panasonic

• Panasonic Promotion Puts HDTV Programs into Cable Consumer Homes; Consumers Can Upgrade To HDTV Just In Time For 2004 Olympic Games

  - 2004-06-30

  SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Panasonic has announced a consumer promotional program to encourage consumers to take the next step in home entertainment and upgrade to high-definition digital TV. Just in time for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and new high-definition fall programming where available, Panasonic and America's leading cable companies are...

  Tags: cable, HDTV, Panasonic

• Ops, Panasonic push HD.(Promotions)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-05-31

  Several major cable operators are teaming up with Panasonic Corp. to launch a major HDTV marketing effort tied to NBC's August coverage of the Summer Olympics, sources familiar with the plan said last week. The major MSOs and Panasonic will p...

  Tags: cable, cable company, HDTV, marketing, Panasonic

• Plugged: time to play.(Panasonic Consumer Electronics ships digital-cable ready television sets)

  - 2003-12-01

  It's been a year since the cable industry signed the beginnings of a comprehensive "plug-and-play" accord with consumer-electronics makers, and fruits of the deal include Panasonic Consumer Electronics' first shipments of digital-cable re It's been a year since the cable industry signed the ...

  Tags: cable, cable company, Comcast Corp., consumer electronics, electronics, Panasonic, set-top, TV

• Both sides hoping for two-way momentum.(Broadband Week[TM]: advanced technologies for video, voice and data services)(more work is expected between the cable industry and consumer-electronics manufacturers)

  - 2003-09-22

  Now that the Federal Communications Commission has ratified fire plug-and-play agreement hammered out between the cable industry and consumer-electronics manufacturers, observers expect increased attention to talks on two-way TV services. That's important because consumers won't be able to use such services,...

  Tags: agreement, broadband, Cable, FCC, Government, NETWORKING, Panasonic, SOFTWARE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, video, voice

• Panasonic Premieres Industry Firsts At CEDIA

  - 2003-09-08

  DVD News 09-08-2003 Panasonic Premieres Industry Firsts At CEDIA DVD NEWS-8 September 2003-Panasonic Premieres Industry Firsts At CEDIA C1999-2003 DVD News. Distributed for AM Newswire Inc via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com). Panasoni DVD News ...

  Tags: Panasonic, home theater, cable, DVD

• Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In Column.

  - 2003-09-02

  By Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--GIZMO: Two weeks in the life of the high-tech industry. WHILE WE WERE GONE: Se...uestered in rural Williamstown, Vt., for two vacation weeks, the closest run-in I had with high...

  Tags: cable, DirecTV, Games, NETWORKING, NFL, Panasonic, radio, satellite, TVs

• Plug-and-play is on the way: Panasonic signs on to Cablelabs standard; Samsung, others to follow. (Technology).(digital television sets to hit market)

  - 2002-10-28

  Plug-and-play" digital TV sets that work with cable but without the need for a set-top box are expected to hit the market next year, as a string of manufacturers in coming weeks pen licensing deals with the cable industry. On Oct....

  Tags: cable, TV, Panasonic, cable industry, set-top, digital television, manufacturer, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

• B'Casters Move Ahead with HDTV.

  - 1998-10-12

  WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters suggested last week that Federal Communications Commission chairman William Kennard could use some legal tutoring regarding mandatory cable carriage of digital-TV signals. This week, cable operators and broadcasters WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters suggested last week that...

  Tags: broadcaster, cable, cable industry, digital television, HDTV, Panasonic, TV