Sony sees slower consumer electronics market in H2 (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp expects a slowdown in the overall consumer electronics market in the second half of 2008 in Western Europe, but sees double-digit growth in the TV market this year, its chief executive said. Publ.Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:24:12 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Colombia says chooses European digital TV standard (Reuters) Reuters - Colombia has chosen the European DVBT standard for it digital television upgrade, government regulators said on Thursday. Publ.Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:36:27 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Rolling Stone owner names Schenck publisher: report (Reuters) Reuters - Rolling Stone's owner Jann Wenner has named William Schenck as the magazine's fourth publisher in two years just as the title prepares scale down its large-format pages to a standard magazine size, the New York Post said on Thursday. Publ.Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:52:08 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of August 18, 2008 (Mediaweek.com) Mediaweek.com - Once again, it was all about the Olympics, with the concluding nights of the 2008 Games from Beijing leading NBC to an advantage of 7.6 million viewers and 48 percent among adults 18-49 over the five competing networks combined (including MyNetworkTV). Comparably, and according to NBC, this is now the most-watched event in U.S. television history. Time will tell, of course, if this huge promotional platform will benefit the network this fall. So far, it did not have a noticeable impact on the debut of America's Toughest Jobs on Monday. Publ.Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:34:10 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Actors, advertisers extend commercials contract (AP) AP - Two actors unions and the U.S. advertising industry said Monday they agreed to extend a contract covering commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and other new media by six months through March. Publ.Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:38:22 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
