Samsung Announces Amazon Video On Demand Coming to Select Samsung HDTVs

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced that Amazon Video On Demand will be available on select Samsung HDTVs via a downloadable widget, offering consumers access to Amazon’s huge selection of over 50,000 titles from leading movie studios and networks. Starting today, owners of Samsung LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above and Samsung LED HDTVs Series 7000 and above can download the Amazon Video On Demand widget for free using the Internet@TV - Content Service feature on their HDTVs. Amazon Video On Demand delivers immediate access to more than 50,000 premium, commercial-free movies and television shows available to rent or purchase on demand. Today’s announcement of Amazon Video On Demand availability adds to Samsung’s existing Internet@TV lineup, which now includes premium services and content from Twitter, Yahoo!, YouTube and others.

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Western Digital WD HD Live

Western Digital WD HD Live

WD is updating its line of portable media devices with the introduction of the WD TV Live. The Live adds network capability to the 1080p player. You can access files from any computer on your network or over the Internet. The player supports a few wifi adapters that are sold separately. Content from YouTube, Live365, Pandora, and Flickr is delivered right to your TV via HDMI. It also supports composite. We'll get one of these and review it in the near future but if you are interested you can check out our review of the WD HD Media Player (Podcast #328).

DIRECTV HD Customers Now Have Access to Popular Interactive Weather Features and On-Demand Content from The Weather Channel HD

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- After its successful launch on the standard-definition version of The Weather Channel less than a year ago, DIRECTV's interactive weather applications, including "Local on Demand" and "Local on the 8's" have generated close to 1 billion total household impressions. Now, these same interactive features will be available on the crystal-clear feed of The Weather Channel HD(R) (TWC HD). As an additional benefit, customers can now access TWC VOD content 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week from the DIRECTV on DEMAND platform at the click of a button on their remote control.

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SNL Kagan Expects HDTV Sales to Rebound in Late 2009 and Continue Strong into 2010

Monterey, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 29, 2009 -- According to updated projections from SNL Kagan, the market for high-definition televisions (HDTVs) is expected to pick-up in the second half of 2009 and maintain momentum into 2010. SNL Kagan projects 2009 HDTV sales will reach 29.0 million units, up from an estimated 26.2 million in 2008, as consumers react to lower average retail prices for HDTV sets and to pent-up demand.

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DISH NETWORK® OFFERS FREE PREVIEW OF NFL REDZONE

Englewood, Colo., Sept. 29, 2009 – DISH Network, L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), and NFL Network today announced a free preview of  NFL RedZone for all DISH Network customers on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.

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Guinness World Records to Recognize Dallas Cowboys and Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision for World's Largest Video Display

CYPRESS, Calif., Sep 28, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Mitsubishi Electric gained yet another entry in the Guinness World Records book with the recognition of its revolutionary Diamond Vision(R) video boards at Cowboys Stadium as the World's Largest High-Definition Video Display. The official certificate presentation will take place during a pre-game ceremony on September 28, just prior to the Cowboys vs. Carolina Panthers Monday Night Football game, which will be aired nationally on ESPN.

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