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Total Television Households Increase 1.5 Percent

8.29.2008

The number of Asian TV households grew 4.4 percent to 4.74 million and the Hispanic household count grew 4.3 percent to 12.66 million, Nielsen said. more

Vitec Group Adds Litepanels

8.29.2008

Litepanels, the market leader in LED lighting systems, will become part of The Vitec Group, which already includes many companies serving video production needs, including Sachtler, Vinten, Autoscript, and Anton/Bauer. more

Broadcom Acquiring AMD’s DTV Unit

8.29.2008

Broadcom, which manufactures DTV reception chips used by television and set-top box makers, will invite 530 members of AMD’s dedicated DTV team plus others to join the company. more

U.K. Surveillance-Tool Firm Spots GMS Customers

8.29.2008

Citing a rapidly growing market for police surveillance in the United States, a British spook-supply outfit is set to acquire Global Microwave Systems. more

Telestream Flips for Streaming Firm Vara

8.29.2008

Vara Software provides real-time production tools, including Webcasting, screencasting and rich media presentation products for a variety of applications. more

Samsung Putting HDTV Viewers in Its NFL Ads

8.29.2008

Samsung Electronics America is turning NFL cameras on the fans in a new marketing campaign. more

Son-in-Law Succeeds Gray Television CEO

8.22.2008

The value of the company, which operates 36 television stations in 30 markets and 40 digital second channels, has been hammered the last few years. more

Philips Buys All of Teletrax

8.22.2008

Teletrax makes video “intelligence” solutions such as watermarking technologies to allow networks and others to track distribution of their content. more

Roscor Corp. First to Join Thomson GV Xensium Dealer Program

8.22.2008

Dealers in the Xensium program are selected based on their ability to demonstrate a complete Infinity series workflow. more

Sony Selected as Reseller of Harris Zandar Multiviewer

8.22.2008

The device is part of a family of Harris multi-image products and it fits into the expansion slots of Sony’s LUMA LCD monitories series. more

Young Takes $139 Million Write-Down on KRON

8.15.2008

Young Chairman Vincent Young sees recovery ahead. more

$12 Million Write-Down Buzzes Acme

8.15.2008

Chairman and CEO Jamie Kellner said the company might sell some assets. more

Sezmi, DTV Transition Tune In Growth at Harris Broadcast

8.08.2008

“Video infrastructure equipment sales, including routers, master control, test and measurement, and multiviewers, continued to increase at strong double-digit rates driven by the continuing global conversion by media organizations to digital and HD [high-definition] operations,” the company said in a statement. more

Sinclair Likes Non-Broadcast Assets as Revenue, Earnings Rise

8.08.2008

“We believe that the depressed real estate market and tight credit markets allow us to invest in what we believe to be under-valued non-television assets to drive future cash flows,” Smith said. more

TWC Adds Subscribers

8.08.2008

The company added 351,000 high-definition subs in the quarter, bringing the HDTV total to 44 percent of its 8.5 million digital video subs. more

Charter Revenue Keeps Rising But Debt Keeps Growing

8.08.2008

As of June 30, 2008, Charter had nearly $20.5 billion in long-term debt and $63 million in cash on hand. more

Lin Takes $297 Million Charge

8.08.2008

The impairment charge related to the value of the company’s broadcast licenses and goodwill. more

Political, Nontraditional Revenue Boost Nexstar Revenue

8.08.2008

The company also expects to spend $30 million related to the DTV transition in 2008. more

VSS: Radio Ads to Decline, While TV to Surpass Print in 2008

8.08.2008

VSS projects communications spending of $923.91 billion. more

New York Bans Radio, TV Non-Competes

8.08.2008

N.Y. gives broadcast non-competes the boot. more