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• Retrofit, Remodeling Get CEDIA Expo Focus
  By Joseph Palenchar - 08/24/2009
  ATLANTA — Retrofit, remodeling, and diversification opportunities along with more affordable home-control systems will move to the top of the agenda for many installers and exhibitors at next month's CEDIA Expo. With new-home construction at historic lows, the custom-install industry's performance remained “a bit mixed” in the weeks leading up to the show, but the industry has... More
• Pioneer Outlines Strategies For Its Post-Plasma Era
  By Joseph Palenchar - 08/24/2009
  Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer Electronics will promote three core messages to consumers and the trade to define its post-plasma position in the home electronics market, said Russ Johnston, executive VP of the home entertainment business group. The company will stress its A/V specialty roots, define its mission as bringing the creative vision of music and movie professionals into the home, ... More
• Harman Performance Group Steps Up Marketing Efforts
  By Joseph Palenchar - 08/03/2009
  Elkhart, Ind. — The Harman performance A/V group (HPAV), which markets Harman's high-end home audio brands, is stepping up its advertising and promotion efforts as part of a revamped marketing and distribution strategy, Group marketing VP Marc Kellom told TWICE that the his group was formed about seven months ago to consolidate sales and marketing of high-end audio brands Lexicon, Revel,... More
• SpeakerCraft To Get Its Nirv In Multi-Room A/V
  By Joseph Palenchar - 08/03/2009
  Riverside, Calif.— SpeakerCraft is developing its first IP-based multi-room-A/V system, which will distribute multiple simultaneous streams of audio and 1080p video over category cable from connected CE and PC sources. The IP system will appear under the Nirv brand at the CEDIA Expo in September in preparation for tentative shipments during the mid- to late-first-quarter period of 2010, s... More
• Russound Hones Powerline-Network Strategy
  By Joseph Palenchar - 07/06/2009
  Newmarket, N.H.— Russound is dropping plans for one powerline-network multi-room-audio system to concentrate on another powerline system that it contends delivers more at a lower price. The company plans October shipments of select components in its IP-based Collage Media and Intercom System, which is targeted to the retrofit market. More
• Yamaha Takes New Directions With MusicCAST, New Controller
  By Joseph Palenchar - 07/06/2009
  Buena Park, Calif.— Yamaha significantly revamped its MusicCAST wireless multi-room-audio system and unveiled a new type of audio component as its strikes out into new directions. With the shipment of the MusicCAST2 wireless system, Yamaha made its MusicCAST system more affordable, eliminated an embedded music-storing hard drive, and embraced such new music sources as iPods, networked PCs... More
• HD Radio Alliance Readies Q3 Campaign
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/25/2009
  Orlando — The HD Digital Radio Alliance heads into the third quarter with a new consumer ad campaign that continues to emphasize HD Radio’s sound quality and promote the availability of the first portable HD Radios later on in the quarter. More
• Buzz Aldrin To Keynote CEDIA Event
  06/25/2009
  Indianapolis — Former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will deliver the keynote speech at the annual CEDIA membership breakfast on Friday, Sept. 11, during the 2009 CEDIA Expo. More
• RealNetworks' Shows New PC App
  06/24/2009
  Seattle — New media-management software developed by RealNetworks will encourage consumers to side-load Web video and camcorder video from PCs to smartphones, portable media players (PMPs) and other portable devices, including the PlayStation Portable (PSP), RealNetworks said. More
• NHT Turning The Lights Back Up
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/23/2009
  Benicia, Calif. — Home-speaker supplier NHT, which went on hiatus earlier this year to ponder its future, has returned to the market with an Internet-based business model that combines B to C and B to B marketing in an unusual way. More
• Sirius Targets Used VWs
  By Amy Gilroy - 06/23/2009
  New York — As vehicles sales lag in the recession, Sirius XM is pursuing used-car sales and announced today a promotion for certified pre-owned Volkswagen cars. More
• Walmart’s Severson Talks CE At CEO Summit
  By Steve Smith - 06/22/2009
  Dana Point, Calif. — Gary Severson, senior VP/general merchandise manager of Walmart, gave a glimpse or two of the chain’s strategies and views when it comes to the CE business, in a rare interview. More
• XM Offers $350M In Notes
  By Amy Gilroy - 06/22/2009
  New York — XM Satellite Radio, now a subsidiary of Sirius XM, announced Monday it is offering $350 million in senior secured notes to institutional buyers to repay debt. More
• Phiaton Gets More Primal
  By Lisa Johnston - 06/22/2009
  Irvine, Calif. — Phiaton is now shipping its latest addition to its line of Primal headphones. More
• Yamaha Revamps Wireless Multiroom System
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/19/2009
  Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha significantly revamped its MusicCAST wireless multiroom-audio system and made it more affordable with the shipment of the MusicCAST2, which embraces new music sources such as PCs, iPods and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. More
• Sirius Sets Rate Hike For July 29
  06/19/2009
  New York — Sirius XM will raise its rates by $1.98/month on July 29 to compensate for an increase in music royalty fees, it is telling its customers. More
• Sony Brings Movie Database To BD-Live
  By Greg Tarr - 06/19/2009
  San Francisco — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) introduced Thursday a real-time movie database called MovieIQ, which will be accessible through the BD-Live feature on new Blu-ray Disc players. More
• Top CEOs Converge At CEA Summit
  By Steve Smith - 06/18/2009
  
  Dana Point, Calif. – Three top executives from LG, Panasonic and Sony mostly agreed on issues facing the CE industry during a panel this morning at the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) annual CEO Summit, held here this week. More
• Poll: Tepid Interest Seen In HD Disc Players
  By Greg Tarr - 06/18/2009
  Rochester, N.Y. — A new Harris Interactive Poll has found U.S. enthusiasm for high-definition movie players has been only “lukewarm” so far. More
• Harman Consumer Readies Launches
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/18/2009
  New York — The Harman Consumer Group is shipping several new audio products, HCG’s Chris Dragon told TWICE. More
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