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The steady increase in HD set owners and high-definition content, along with online broadband streaming, have led to a jump in 16:9 displays for both laptops and desktop computers.

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Technical Department has a new director: Sharad Sadhu took up the position on 10 September.

At a formal unveiling in New York, Sony conducted its first full-scale demonstration in the U.S. of a new solid-state compact camcorder for professional video production.

Harris has teamed with National City Media Finance to establish Harris Finance, which will help Harris Broadcast Communications customers and Channel Partners achieve complete business solutions.

The field of HD channels is going to get just a bit more crowded. Film and TV studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said it will start its own high-definition channel this fall on the DirecTV satellite service.

Circuit Research Labs Inc. (CRL) said it is discontinuing its CRL analogue TV products.

NBC Universal’s business outlet, CNBC, is ready to take full advantage of HD’s 16:9 aspect ratio when it sort of jumps to HD in October—like MGM HD, as part of DirecTV’s expanded HD offerings.

Production music company 615 Music acquired music library Metro Music Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

DirecTV suffered what it says is a minor technical glitch in its ambitious plans to ramp up no fewer than 100 HD channels, but the DBS firm said it does not expect to substantially alter its plans.

The Weather Channel plans to begin airing its first native HD content Oct. 1, starting with the second season of its series “Epic Conditions.”

Sweden's Aftonbladet TV7 has selected BTS' Enterprise software for its broadcast operation.

Time and frequency synchronization products manufacturers Spectracom Corp. and Temex Sync have announced their merger.

The new interface lets operators of the MVS-8000G production switcher see and interact with the complete library of clips stored on EVS XT servers.

Texas Instruments is embarking on its most ambitious ad campaign to date to promote its proprietary DLP micro-display HD technology and the array of various DLP products now available on the market.

UAE telecom operator du is teaming up with Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) to offer exclusive "mobisodes" for du 3G customers during Ramadan.

Gregory Crawford, an expert in the fields of industrial organization, econometrics, and media economics, has been named the new chief economist of the FCC.