Roberts: Challenging ’07 Led To Strong 1Q Results Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts told shareholders at the cable giant’s annual meeting in Philadelphia Wednesday that despite a difficult economic and competitive environment in 2007, Comcast has responded appropriately and has positioned the company for strong growth in the coming year.
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NEW YORK--Univision Communications Wednesday kicked off its upfront presentation to advertisers with an opening number from Broadway’s In the Heights and closed with an energized mini-concert by Colombian superstar Shakira.
LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics—two large consumer electronics rivals—announced Wednesday that they will propose a jointly developed technology as the North American technology standard for mobile digital TV.
NEW YORK--Gol TV continues to put more programming in its net, as the 24-7 soccer service announced four new shows during its upfront presentation to advertisers here Wednesday morning, while continuing to add 2010 World Cup qualifying matches from European sides to its roster.
CableLabs is promoting 20 demonstrations or announcements of tru2way and interactive TV applications at the Cable Show in New Orleans, in an effort to show that there’s growing support behind the technologies.
Patti Rockenwagner, vice president of communications for Time Warner Cable's Los Angeles division, has taken a job as the executive vice president of corporate communications for Paramount Pictures.
AT&T is working to achieve Energy Star certification for its U-verse TV set-top boxes—supplied by Motorola and Cisco Systems—to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s revised energy-efficiency guidelines for the voluntary program.
Starz Entertainment has deployed a 24-terabyte storage system from Archion that meets the bandwidth requirements for uncompressed high-definition video across multiple graphics platforms.
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