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Sony Slashes $50 Off the PlayStation3 Price

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 by MegaZone

Sony has slashed the price of the PS3 worldwide. In the US they trimmed $50, €50 in Europe, and ¥5,000 in Japan. In the US at least that brings the 160GB model to half the price of the 20GB model … Continue reading →

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TiVo Authorizes Stock Repurchase Plan of Up to $100 Million

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 by MegaZone

I didn’t get around to covering this last week, since I’m really a geek and don’t follow the financial world closely, but it is worth mentioning I think. TiVo is using part of the $500 million they got from EchoStar … Continue reading →

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ATSC Begins Work On Broadcast 3D TV Standard

Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by MegaZone

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the group behind the television standards known by the same initials, today announced that they’ve begun work on ATSC standards for broadcast 3D TV. As announced: The groundbreaking work on the new 3D-TV broadcast … Continue reading →

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Time Warner Cable to Acquire Insight Communications for $3B

Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by MegaZone

Maybe this explains why Time Warner Cable apparently missed the memo about allowing users to self-install CableCARD, they’ve been distracted by discussions on acquiring Insight Communications for $3 billion. Based on the NCTA’s March rankings, TWC is the fourth largest … Continue reading →

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TiVo to Report 2Q11 Financial Results on August 24th

Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 by MegaZone

TiVo will be reporting their financial results for the second quarter of 2011, ended July 31st, on Wednesday, August 24th at 14:00 PT / 17:00 ET. Information on the financial call and webcast will be posted online. I’m hoping we … Continue reading →

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