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By November, Sam's Club stores across US will be offering Wi-Fi to enable its customers to compare prices online through their smartphones.

The platform will enable users to view programs up to seven days after their original broadcast free of charge, the companies said on Friday.

Cable television companies wooed home Internet users from rivals in the second quarter, helping offset a trend that has seen their television customers flee to top satellite player DirecTV Group.

U.S. cable television companies wooed home Internet users from rivals in the second quarter, helping offset a trend that has seen their television customers flee to top satellite player DirecTV Group.

Mobile phone group Motorola is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to develop a digital tablet device that would rival Apple's iPad, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.

CBS Corp, the No.1 U.S. broadcaster, is in talks to bring some of its TV shows to popular Web video service Hulu, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said in an interview on Monday.

CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said on Wednesday the top-rated TV network was restless, motivated and paranoid about developing new shows and looking increasingly to social networking and the Internet for its next big hits.

Penguin launched on Tuesday the first electronic book with a video tie-in, as the embattled book publishing industry bets on multimedia ebooks to revive flagging growth and boost readership.

Asia's top LCD makers are bracing for earnings to falter in the second half of the year as TV sales lose momentum on concerns that a debt crisis in Europe will crimp overall IT spending.

A report by China's state-run television station accusing Baidu Inc of promoting counterfeit drugs through its Web search engine should not prove as damaging as a 2008 TV critique that triggered a 40 percent decline in Baidu's shares, analysts said on Monday.

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig on Wednesday said that the U.S. economy will continue to recover, but it will take time to reach the Fed's targets for minimal unemployment and inflation.

Cable operators and entertainment companies are talking about selling cheaper cable TV packages with fewer channels to attract and keep customers trying to save money in a weak economy.

An eye expert from the University of Sydney's Vision Centre said Wednesday that watching 3D TV for a few hours each day will not damage the eyes nor affect one's depth of perception.

Television manufacturers might be waging a 3D battle but Japanese consumers are not entering the affray with almost 70 percent saying they have no plans to buy a 3D TV for their home.

Hulu introduced a new paid subscription service for watching TV shows and movies on mobile devices, game consoles, television sets and computers, and joined other media companies trying to strike a balance between paid and ad supported models.

Free video website Hulu is trying its hand at a paid subscription model, unveiling a monthly payment plan called Hulu Plus that will give users access to full seasons of everything from Glee to The Office.

Free video website Hulu is in talks with CBS Corp, Viacom Inc and Time Warner Inc to add their television shows to its planned paid subscription service, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Sears Holdings Corp on Tuesday became the latest retailer to partner with digital media company Sonic Solutions to sell movies and television shows through an online website.

Best Buy Co's quarterly profit and sales missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by a sharp decline in prices for television sets, sending its shares down over 6 percent.

French firms are counting on sport and porn to lure viewers into buying 3D TV sets, but mass adoption of the new technology will come only when viewing comfort improves and prices fall, experts say.

Just days after unveiling a Sony-branded Internet TV with Google, Sony's chief executive is set to meet rival Samsung Electronics, for possible alliances, as the Japanese consumer electronics maker aims to turn its TV business profitable with aggressive sales targets.