Panasonic announced it is exhibiting at the Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition 2010 (EE Global 2010), May 10-12 in Washington, DC and invites show attendees to learn more about the company’s environmental vision and its energy-efficient products.
YES Network, FSN Northwest and DIRECTV announced they will present the first-ever Major League Baseball telecasts in 3D on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11 when the New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners. DIRECTV and Panasonic will be presenting sponsors of the two 3D telecasts.
Consumer Reports announced that it tested several new 3D HDTV sets in its labs and found that the sets live up to their advance billing, but the average consumer shouldn’t rush out to buy one. According to the statement, Consumer Reports evaluated two 46-inch Samsung LCD sets (UN46C7000 $2,600 ; UN46C8000, $2,800) and a 50-inch …
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) announced its creation of a 3D working group to promote the latest developments in 3D home entertainment.
Panasonic announced that its R&D facility, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL), worked in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to author the feature-only Avatar Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD.
DivX, Inc. and Panasonic announced that Panasonic will introduce DivX Plus HD playback technology in its next generation of 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) players.
Panasonic announced an exclusive agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on a promotion celebrating the release of James Cameron’s Avatar on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD. This offers consumers a $25 rebate with the purchase of a 2010 Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player or entertainment system as well as Avatar on either DVD or Blu-ray …
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The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that on January 15, 2010, Toshiba, the authorized licensor for DVD6C, filed demands for arbitration to collect royalties allegedly due under DVD6C patent licenses with Duplium Corporation (Canada), Advanced Duplication Services LLC (USA), MAF Diskettes s.r.l. (Italy) and Bestdisc Technology Corporation (Taiwan).
The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that it has terminated its patent license agreement with Infodisc Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) effective as of April 15, 2010.
Panasonic Corporation announced a joint partnership with the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), Orange and Eurosport, that will see the French Open Tennis, Roland Garros, transmitted live in high quality 3D. This will be the first multi-day sporting tournament held in Europe to be broadcast live in 3D.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced that it has initiated an investigation based on patent infringement complaints by Freescale Semiconductor against Panasonic, Funai, JVC and various retailers.