Barry Willis

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Blockbuster Baffled by Enron Claims
Barry Willis  |  Jan 20, 2002

Say anything long enough and loud enough, the old adage goes, and people will believe it.

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Philips, Fox Announce DTV Antenna
Barry Willis  |  Jan 05, 2002

Other than cable companies' refusal to carry digital television signals, the biggest obstacle to growing the DTV market has been reception problems.

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Large Flat-Screen Sales Surge
Barry Willis  |  Jan 05, 2002

Most home-theater fans are aware that flat-screen televisions and monitors are the hottest products on the market. How hot? Try an almost 400% surge in sales for 2002, compared to the previous year.

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DBS Merger Stirs Rancor
Barry Willis  |  Dec 29, 2001

All is not well with the proposed merger of satellite broadcasters <A HREF="http://www.echostar.com">EchoStar</A> and <A HREF="http://www.directv.com">DirecTV</A>, currently being reviewed by Federal regulators.

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Disney vs Comcast-AT&T Deal?
Barry Willis  |  Dec 23, 2001

Speaking with reporters at the recent Western Cable Show, TBS/CNN founder and AOL Time Warner vice president Ted Turner opined that, within a year, consolidation in the cable industry could result in "only two or three" cable companies nationwide.

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DVD Players Rule Retail
Barry Willis  |  Dec 16, 2001

DVD, the most successful consumer electronics format ever, shows no signs of slowing down. Almost 11 million DVD players were shipped to dealers through the end of November, according to recent statistics from the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A>.

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SonicBlue vs TiVo
Barry Willis  |  Dec 16, 2001

Not too long ago, executives of the nation's only two makers of personal video recorders (PVRs) were talking about joint ventures. Now they are locked in a legal battle over patented technology.

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Vivendi Universal Buying into EchoStar
Barry Willis  |  Dec 16, 2001

Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service <A HREF="http://www.echostar.com">EchoStar Communications Corporation</A> and French multimedia conglomerate <A HREF="http://www.vivendi.fr">Vivendi Universal, SA</A> have entered an alliance that should benefit both of them.

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Quick OK Unlikely for DBS Merger
Barry Willis  |  Dec 09, 2001

The completion of a proposed $26 billion acquisition of DirecTV's parent company Hughes Electronics by EchoStar Communications Corporation appeared in doubt after a week of intense scrutiny by federal lawmakers.

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Local TV via DBS: All or None, Court Says
Barry Willis  |  Dec 09, 2001

Whether we'll have one, two, or more direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services next year isn't clear today. But no matter how many DBS companies the future holds, if they want to re-transmit signals from local TV stations, they'll have to offer all or none.

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