International Movie Market Outshines US
IHS announced it reckons that the international market accounted for 58.4% of the total revenue produced by the top 100-grossing films in the United States, up from 57.3% in 2010.
IHS announced it reckons that the international market accounted for 58.4% of the total revenue produced by the top 100-grossing films in the United States, up from 57.3% in 2010.
Samsung Electronics announced its new Blu-ray 3D Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) systems that employ vacuum tube amplifiers will be available shortly in the United States.
IHS announced it forecasts that U.S. flat-panel TV shipments will drop for the first time on an annual basis in 2012, ending an unbroken string of growth since the market began.
IHS announced it reckons that Americans will pay to view more movies online in 2012 than they will on physical video formats, marking the first year that legal, Internet-delivered movie consumption will outstrip that of DVDs and Blu-ray discs combined.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal jury in San Francisco found AU Optronics guilty of participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of Thin-film Transistor (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels.
Bang & Olufsen announced that its new BeoVision 12 – 65″ plasma 3DTV ($11,350) will hit U.S. showrooms in March.
IHS announced it reckons there are now 800,000 UltraViolet household accounts in the United States.
MONKEYmedia announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded a new patent to the company for its interactive advertising technology.
NPD DisplaySearch announced the final agenda for its US FPD Smart Displays Conference, which will be held February 28-29, 2012 in San Diego, California.
Parks Associates announced its latest survey suggests that 31% of U.S. broadband households regularly watch television programs or movies accessed from the Internet on their TVs.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) announced that it has submitted recommendations to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual Special 301 review.