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WIRELESS by Marauder
February 24, 2009, 7:34 PM
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WIRELESS

Samsung Mobile has figured out a new way to deliver content to mobile devices. A new collaboration with Paramount Digital will preload the Mission Impossible trilogy of films on a 2G microcard, available for free with the purchase of a touchscreen Samsung Drive from Alltel Wireless. Buyers must mail in proof of purchase by April 16 to receive the microcard. (Cynopsis 2/24)

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TECHNOLOGY by Marauder
February 20, 2009, 10:24 PM
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TECHNOLOGY

Thanks in large part to a successful brand-recognition marketing initiative, Vizio in the fourth quarter became the second-best-selling flat-panel TV set maker in the country, according to iSuppli. Vizio, with 14.3% market share, overtook Sony, but remains behind market leader Samsung, which enjoys a 20.2% piece of the business. Reuters (2/19) , Dealerscope (2/20) , TWICE (2/19)

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TECHNOLOGY by Marauder
February 12, 2009, 6:49 PM
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TECHNOLOGY

Vizio has announced that it will get out of the plasma-TV business, concentrating instead on bringing new innovations to market with its line of LCD models, according to Laynie Newsome, who co-founded the company five years ago. The company’s departure leaves LG, Samsung and Panasonic as the only large-scale makers of plasma-TV screens being offered in the U.S. The New York Times (2/11)

LG has introduced the XCanvas, an LCD TV with a four-step energy-conservation system. The line — available in 47-, 42- and 32-inch models — aims to reduce power by 70% with options for minimum sleep, intermediate sleep, hibernate and screen off. Pocket-lint.co.uk (2/11)

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WIRELESS by Marauder
February 6, 2009, 12:10 PM
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Samsung Mobile unveiled the industry’s first 8-megapixel camera phone, expected to retail for $300 by the end of this month. The Samsung Memoir, available exclusively for T-Mobile, features a touch-screen interface with a virtual QWERTY keyboard, a Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom and five shooting modes, bridging the gap between a full fledged digital camera and a 3G smartphone. Samsung developed a proprietary user interface with a new photo widget enabling easy photo sharing with popular online photo sites including Flickr, Photobucket and Snapfish. (Cynopsis 2/6)

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Mobile devices and shrinking advertising dollars are the most disruptive forces in today’s media world, according to a survey of media execs by professional services firm KPMG. Also, most execs predict that advertisers will move much of their spending to social media in the next five years. (Iwantmedia 2/6, http://www.minonline.com/news/9879.html 2/5)

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WIRELESS by Marauder
January 26, 2009, 7:42 PM
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Are cell phones no longer a growth business? At least in the fourth quarter, cell phone shipments actually declined. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff, shipments from the top five cell phone manufacturers (Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola) dropped 13 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2008. Unit shipments decelerated from 14 percent growth in the second quarter to 2 percent growth in the third quarter, and then finally went into negative territory in the fourth quarter. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/26/cell-phone-shipments-no-longer-growing 1/26)

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ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA by Marauder
January 8, 2009, 12:20 PM
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ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Showtime launched a cleanly designed new sign-up microsite featuring interactive elements, clips and full episode samplings of original shows. The site also integrates with Showtime’s new pages on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr to give passerby’s an idea the fun they are missing. (Cynopsis 1/8)

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In more connected living room news, Samsung announced it is working on a new web-based content service scheduled for release this spring powered by a new “Widget Engine” created by Yahoo. The widgets will allow users to keep up with their accounts on Flickr, Yahoo News or Yahoo Finance as well as view content from YouTube, eBay, Showtime Networks and others. (Cynopsis 1/8)

Yahoo‘s widget engine will also power a new service called NetCast Entertainment Access on connected LG HDTVs. LG has also signed content deals with Netflix and YouTube. (Cynopsis 1/8)

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TECHNOLOGY by Marauder
January 6, 2009, 9:00 AM
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When it comes to electronics slim is always in. Samsung is set to unveil its latest flat panel TV at CES that is between just 6.5 and 7 mm thick. It utilizes LED technology for its backlight. The set will be marketed as the thinnest LCD TV yet to hit the marketplace. (Cynopsis 1/6)

While sales of Blu-ray discs cheered the market to some extent, total 2008 sales of home videos are expected to fall 3% to 4% from the $15.38 billion spent during the previous year, according to this report. Total spending on home videos, which includes rentals, also is expected to be below 2007′s total of $22.9 billion. Variety (1/5) , The Hollywood Reporter (1/5)

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