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ESPN Streaming Service/New App Due this Spring
SV Staff  |  Feb 07, 2018
ESPN yesterday announced plans to launch a streaming service and a redesigned app this spring.
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ESPN Wants to Stand Alone
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 02, 2015
ESPN is tired of being just another channel in someone else’s pay-TV system. Its parent company Disney is considering going direct to consumers with a video streaming service, as HBO is already doing with HBO Now. CEO Bob Iger raised the prospect in a CNBC interview, though he added the move is at least five years away, presumably because of existing contracts with pay-TV providers. Analysts said the service could get consumers to shell out between $21 and $28 a month.
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ESPN: 3D tech will beat DVRs by 2019
SV Staff  |  May 26, 2010
ESPN is serious in seeing 3D technology develop. The company is launching a dedicated 3D network, ESPN 3D, which will be available through Comcast and DirecTV starting June 11. ESPN is now planning to broadcast over 100 3D events over the next...
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ESPN’s Decision to Close 3D Channel Raises the Question: Is 3D Dead?
HT Staff  |  Jun 14, 2013
Is 3D dead? That’s the question being asked in the wake of news that ESPN plans to close its ESPN 3D cable channel by the end of the year due to low demand—so low that audience ratings were below Nielsen's measurable threshold, according to a StarTribune report.

Voices throughout the industry are questioning whether 3D will ever take off or remain as a little used TV feature that will eventually wither away.

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Essence Ships New Line of Electrostatic Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jul 15, 2014
Essence Electrostatic has announced that its new line of floor standing electrostatic speakers is now available.
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Essence Ships Second-Generation HDMI 2.0a DACs
SV Staff  |  Apr 13, 2017
Essence For Hi Res Audio is shipping its new second-generation digital-to-analog converters (DACs) for owners of late-model AV receivers and preamp/processors who want to upgrade to HDMI 2.0a instead of replacing the gear.
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Essential Phone Gets MQA Streaming
SV Staff  |  Jun 08, 2018
MQA has announced that Essential Products, the Palo Alto, CA-based company started by Android co-founder Andy Rubin in 2015, has equipped its Essential Phone with MQA decoding and streaming capability.
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Estimated DTV Coverage Woes Worsen
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2008
Remember the research firm that predicted 5.9 million antenna-dependent U.S. households would lose at least some channels after the DTV transition? You know, the survey that convinced the Federal Communications Commission to do further field testing to gauge the extent of the potential problem? Well, that same firm has now upped its estimate, predicting that 9.2 million households will have reception problems. But what's a few million more angry viewers between friends?
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Et Tu, LG Plasma?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 27, 2009
LG may become the next manufacturer to give up on plasma, following similar moves by Hitachi, NEC, and Vizio and Pioneer's total exit from TV manufacturing.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Sharp Solar-Powered LCD
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
It's not clear whether Sharp is showing their latest prototype as a for-real solar powered LCD screen, or if it's a dramatic visualization on how little power is required to run this new 52-inch TV. Using a solar panel just a bit bigger than the...
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EU Parliament Gets First Pirate Member
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 10, 2009
File-sharing enthusiasts are rejoicing with the news that Sweden's Pirate Party has captured a seat in the European Union's Parliament.
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European Commission Begins Probe of DVD Pricing
Barry Willis  |  Jun 17, 2001

It's no secret that plenty of commodities cost more in Europe than they do in the United States. Gasoline, for example, is typically two to three times more expensive on the eastern side of the Atlantic.

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European DBS for North America?
Barry Willis  |  Apr 28, 2002

Would-be merger mates DirecTV and EchoStar Communications may not be the only television action in the Western sky if European satellite operator SES Global can win approval to beam its signals to American dishes.

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Even More Flat-Panel TVs Go Sharp
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008
In yet another move towards the total generic-ization of flat-screen TVs, LG said this week that it would buy 32-inch and 52-inch LCD panels from Sharp. Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic have all recently gotten on the Sharp LCD bandwagon as well. LG's...
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Even more HDTV from VOOM
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 05, 2004  |  First Published: Dec 06, 2004
Despite the fact that financial analysts remain nonplussed by VOOM, the HD-content leading satellite service (provided by Rainbow DBS, a subsidiary of Cablevision System Corp.), those of us on the receiving end of the small-dish system see big promise in such a large selection of HD channels from which to choose. That's why the recent announcement that Rainbow DBS has selected Lockheed Martin to build five more geostationary telecommunications satellites to provide direct broadcast services across the continental US (conus) should make all HDTV owners smile. The first of the five satellites is expected to be completed and launched before the end of 2007. VOOM anticipates an ultimate capacity of over 5,000 HD channels.
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