Emerson Radio Corp. has been granted a non-exclusive technology license from iBiquity Digital Corporation to produce and sell HD Radio digital audio receivers for the North American consumer electronics market.
Arbitron has announced that all ratings in Philadelphia produced with pencil-and-paper diaries will end with the release of the fall 2006 survey on Jan. 11.
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SoftWave Media Exchange, Inc., a leading electronic marketplace for buying, selling and managing radio and television advertising time, today announced (pdf) the introduction of SWMX Hispanic, a new division serving the company’s growing roster of Spanish-language broadcasters and advertisers.
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Apple today premiered Apple TV (formerly known as iTV), a way to wirelessly play iTunes content - songs, movies, television shows, podcasts and photos, downloaded from a computer - onto a TV screen.
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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Sunday, Bill Gates showed some of his cards in the impending showdown with Apple in 2007 and beyond: A feature-packed Windows Vista. Windows Home Server. IPTV-enabled XBox. Internet-connected Fords.
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Standalone mobile marketing campaigns won’t suddenly be all the rage in 2007, but mobile’s direct-response capabilities will be widely integrated into cross-media campaigns, according to eMarketer (via MarketingVox).
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Hearst Magazines Digital has bought eCrush.com, a group of social networking sites for young adults.
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Safian Robert Safian has left his post as executive editor of Fortune magazine, having been named editor and managing director of Fast Company.
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Sam Walton Wal-Mart breaks a new television campaign this week, in the midst of a controversial review of its media and creative accounts.
Direct marketing services provider Direct Group has acquired HintonHill, a full-service direct marketing management and consulting company.
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Without the FCC (or his former wife, Alison) to censor him, Howard Stern has found himself in the position of being the one to say, “That went too far,” in regards to his show on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Kleenex launched a campaign on Jan. 1 that hopes to touch the hearts of its viewers.
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Analysts including Merrill Lynch, Prudential Equity Research, Wachovia Equity Research, Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns all believe The New York Times Co. snared a good price for its sell-off of the Broadcast Media Group.
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