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Philips profit disappoints on weak TV sales

Philips Electronics reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter net profit, as poor TV sales hit its lifestyle division, and warned that consumers in mature markets will be reluctant to spend this year.

Asahi Glass Tries to Steal Corning's Thunder

Japan's largest glass maker Asahi Glass Co. has unveiled a super-tough, scratch-resistant glass cover Dragontrail for use in smartphones, tablet PCs, TVs, and similar devices, to compete with the biggest player in the market Corning Inc. (GLW) that makes Gorilla Glass.
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'Off the Map', a medical drama in the Jungle

The new show, 'Off the Map', even though an amalgamation of other medical dramas like 'Private Practice', 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'ER', will have a different setting - the jungles of South Americas - hence making the drama more outdoorsy

Costly Terra Nova sci-fi TV show lands in May

Lost without Lost? Couldn't get enough of Avatar? Big budget, time-travel, mystery adventure series Terra Nova is coming to U.S. television in May, from the writers behind hit shows Star Trek and 24.
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Mainstream TV Hacks Deny Gold its Fundamentals

Attributing fear and confusion to what is becoming a multi-decade bull market is borderline heretical. I understand that Wall Street stock jocks hate Gold. Fine. But let's get one thing straight. There are real driving forces here which can be sustained into the future.
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Analysis: TV makers fumble towards the future

Electronics makers are covering all bases as they rush headlong into a smart TV market deemed the next stage of evolution, trying to figure out just what will catch on with consumers using increasingly sophisticated displays in living rooms.
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Disney and Yahoo in internet TV content talks: report

Walt Disney Co is in discussions on allowing content from some of its television networks to be available on sets embedded with Yahoo Inc's Internet-TV software, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Toshiba year-end TV sales strong but 3D weak

Japan's Toshiba Corp saw better-than-expected television sales in November and December thanks to a spike in Japanese sales, the head of the company's TV unit told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
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Toshiba's year-end TV sales beat expectations

Japan's Toshiba Corp saw better-than-expected television sales in November and December thanks to a spike in Japanese sales, the head of the company's TV unit told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
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Samsung seeks 15 percent TV sales jump in smart TV push

Samsung Electronics Co, aiming for a 15 percent jump in TV sales in 2011, signaled an aggressive push into smart and 3D TVs this year in unveiling a procession of content and technology tie-ups with the likes of Comcast and Adobe.
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Panasonic readies smart TV, tablet thrust

Panasonic Corp aims to beef up its Internet-TV service this spring, expanding its offering of applications to compete with rivals like the alliance between Sony Corp and Google Inc.
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Toshiba plans big push on glasses-free 3D TV

Toshiba Corp will begin selling large-screen glasses-free 3D television sets in fiscal 2011 and plans to start marketing the groundbreaking devices beyond its home turf of Japan, executives said on Tuesday.
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How Blu-ray could speed up 3D TV adoption

LOS ANGELES - Remember the videotape format war between VHS and Betamax in the 1970s and '80s? When wide adoption of a new consumer packaged-media format is at stake, format launches aren't always smooth.
Apple CEO Jobs introduces programming for Apple TV at Apple's music-themed September media event in San Francisco

Apple TV Sales Touch 1 Mln, What Next?

Since, Apple has cleared the first hurdle in gaining enough traction for its product, the iPhone maker needs to generate material revenue from Apple TV to justify its investment.

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