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• Panasonic unveils world's largest plasma television

  - 2008-01-07

  LAS VEGAS, Nevada AFP — Japanese electronics titan Panasonic unveiled the world's largest plasma television Monday at the opening of the world's biggest consumer electronics trade show. The Viera brand high-definition television called "Life Screen" measures 150 inches, or some 12.5 feet (381 centimeters) diagonally. "This stunning display...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Components, electronics, HARDWARE, Panasonic, TVs

• Panasonic to build world's biggest plasma TV plant

  - 2007-01-10

  TOKYO AFP — The Japanese electronics giant behind the Panasonic brand said it will build the world's largest plasma television plant at a cost of 2.35 billion dollars to meet booming demand. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said in a statement that it will build the plant in the western Japanese...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Components, HARDWARE, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Panasonic, TVs

• Gemstar-TV Guide Extends Incorporation of Its IPG in Japan

  - 2006-10-26

  Panasonic Renews its License to Incorporate Gemstar-TV Guide's G-GUIDE[R] Interactive Program Guide Technology into Its Digital Televisions and Digital Video Recorders in Japan Including New Interactive Program Guide Technology LOS ANGELES -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, has executed a licensing...

  Tags: Company, DVR, Japan, Panasonic, TV Guide, TVs

• Panasonic maker develops world's biggest plasma TV

  - 2006-01-05

  TOKYO AFP — The Japanese maker of the Panasonic brand said it had developed the world's largest plasma-panel television set with a 103-inch (2.6 meter) screen. Matsushita Electric Industrial said on Thursday, it had overcome technical difficulties posed by making large plasma screens to develop a prototype 2.3 meters...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Components, HARDWARE, Panasonic, TVs

• 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

• 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

• Japanese-Thai Joint Venture Seeks Larger Slice of High-End Gadgetry Market.

  - 2003-04-23

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 23--Siew-National Co, part of Japanese electronics group Matsushita and parent of Panasonic, is taking further steps to move away from low-end products to trendy hi-tech goods such as advanced cellular...

  Tags: Bangkok Post, Components, DVD, HARDWARE, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Panasonic, SALES, TVs

• Matsushita, Manufacturer of Panasonic Televisions, To Pay Royalties to Acacia Research

  - 2001-09-28

  Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 28, 2001 Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACRI) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Soundview Technologies, will receive payment and grant a non-exclusive license of its U.S. Patent 4,554,584 to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC), manufacturer of televisions marketed under the Panasonic brand name....

  Tags: Acacia Research, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Panasonic, patent, Soundview Technologies, TVs

• HD truck passes football tryout.

  - 1999-09-06

  Panasonic, ABC stage successful test of new high-def production unit built for 'MNF' broadcasts this season ABC's test run of Monday Night Football in high-definition television last Monday went smoothly, as network engineers put their new Panasonic-supplied 720p production truck through its...

  Tags: ABC Inc., HDTV, Panasonic, TVs

• 720 Progressive HDTV Mobile Truck Rolls to Oakland for Rehearsal of Preseason Monday Night Football Game

  - 1999-08-26

  LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 26, 1999-- --Panasonic, Synergistic Technologies Design, Equip HDTV Truck Ahead of Schedule for Season of "ABC's NFL Monday Night Football" Games-- In the training camps of professional football teams throughout the National Football League NFL, rookies and veterans alike are putting in grueling...

  Tags: ABC Inc., game, HDTV, mobile, NFL, Panasonic, TVs