Free Connected Home Whitepaper Identifies Increasing Adoption of Internet-Enabled Consumer Electronics Devices, ...

Adoption of an Internet Protocol (IP) interface is growing across virtually all TV-oriented consumer electronics devices, according to a new whitepaper recently released by MultiMedia Intelligence (http://www.MultiMediaIntelligence.com). Manufacturers of IPTV, cable, and satellite set-top boxes, video game consoles, Blu-ray DVD players, audio devices, digital media adapters and a new class of Internet-enabled TVs are adding an IP connection to their boxes. By 2012, MultiMedia Intelligence projects over 217 million Internet-enabled consumer electronics will be shipping annually.

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How to make the digital TV conversion

I am one of those few people who still get TV through a 'rabbit ear' antenna (no cable, no satellite). I know that in February 2009, analog transmissions will end and people like me will have to get a converter box to continue watching television. Will receiving digital transmissions that are converted into analog result in better, sharper picture quality on my TV? I realize that it will not be high definition, but will it produce a crisper, clearer picture and better sound? - N.J.

The quality of the broadcast will be significantly improved, says Shermaze Ingram, spokeswoman for the National Association of Broadcasters. You will no longer have to deal with issues such as blurred or wavy images, says Ingram, who compares the quality of the picture transmitted via the digital-to-analog converter box to that of a DVD.


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World Mahjong Tour, Inc Announces Strategic Partnership with Taiwan's MUCH TV on Mahjong Television Shows

The strategic partnership between World Mahjong Tour and MUCH TV grants MUCH TV the right to co-brand their upcoming Taiwan based mahjong television shows under the World Mahjong Tour name and will be played and filmed in Taipei during the month of May. .



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Gemstar-TV Guide Stockholders Approve Merger with Macrovision

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST) announced today that its stockholders have approved the proposed combination of Gemstar-TV Guide and Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN). Based on results announced at today's special meeting of stockholders, more than 90% of Gemstar-TV Guide's outstanding shares on March 17, 2008, the record date for the meeting, were voted in favor of the transaction. The parties currently expect the merger to be effective on May 2, 2008.

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Give us your questions about upcoming digital television conversion

American television stations will be required to broadcast using higher quality digital TV signals beginning in February 2009. They will no longer be able to broadcast traditional analog signals.

So what does that mean to Montana television viewers?

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-28 15:14 Gemstar-TV Guide hits 13-mo. low ahead of shareholder vote on Macrovision merger

NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Shares of Gemstar-TV Guide tumbled to its lowest level seen in over a year a day ahead of a special meeting of shareholders to consider the merger with Macrovision Corp.

The stock was last down 19% at $4.18 on volume of 1.7 million shares, compared with the full-day average over the past 30 days of 3.7 million shares.

The shares had been down as much as 21% at the intraday low of $4.04, the lowest price seen since March 2007.

Gemstar shareholders are convening on Tuesday to vote on the proposed acquisition by Macrovision. Ahead of the Dec. 7, Macrovision said it agreed to buy Gemstar in a cash and stock deal valued at $2.8 billion, or $6.35 a share.

Macrovision shares were last up 4.2% at a 2-month high of $15.72. The stock is still down 40% since the Dec.



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LG Enters Thin-TV Race With Scarlet Sets

LG Electronics has officially thrown its hat into the thin TV ring with the launch this week of its Scarlet TV set. The TV, which was first unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas, is LG's thinnest flat-panel TV yet.

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