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Comporium’s “Cable Show” Exhibit #1323 Features Home Management and Security System
18 May 2012 8:33 PM | No CommentsBOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comporium today announced that it will feature its award-winning Central Station Monitoring Service for the interactive security and home management system powered by...
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Pocoyo “Gets Caught Reading” with Actor Stephen Fry in Association of American Publishers National Campaign
17 May 2012 1:47 PM | No CommentsMADRID–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pocoyo, the little boy in blue who has captured the hearts of children and their parents the world over, and actor/writer/presenter Stephen Fry, who narrates the animated Pocoyo television series,...
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Comcast Brings Family and Friends Closer Together with the Launch of Skype on Xfinity
16 May 2012 5:00 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced that Skype™ on Xfinity®, a new widescreen HD video calling experience, is now available in Boston and Seattle as the company begins its nationwide rollout of the...
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Taiki Has Made Preservative Free Mascara Formulas Possible
10 May 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsMONTVALE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taiki Group, a premier, global leader of skincare and make-up beauty tools, products and packages has developed the first antimicrobial mascara, with EcoG+, an antimicrobial resin that allows ...
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WatchESPN Now Available to Comcast Xfinity TV Customers Through WatchESPN App and Soon on XfinityTV.com
08 May 2012 1:30 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Xfinity TV customers can now access ESPN live streaming content via the award-winning WatchESPN app, WatchESPN.com ...
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Samsung 3DTVs put to the test with World Cup, Monsters vs. Aliens and… iCarly?
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
Of course we've talked 3D to death and back, and we've seen several reviews and previews, but Technologizer took some time out to grab a more "man on the street" impression of the technology. With a mini focus group intact they checked out the Samsung Experience in NYC, taking time to focus on the top of the line 55-inch C9000 LED LCD HDTV. With not much 3D content (the initial vieweing was before the world Cup started) they checked out some regular 2D content converted by the display into 3D, while viewers were surprisingly receptive to The Daily Show and Transformers 2 that way, iCarly and American Idol didn't fare quite as well. Still, viewers seemed excited by the 3D Blu-ray movie pack-in, and a short time later, some German 3D fans were impressed by the World Cup presentation, though like our impressions the effect varied based on the camera angle. Ultimately, none of the people asked seemed ready to buy a 3DTV yet, citing lack of content and prices as their main reasons. click through for the full impressions, we'll wait a week or so and see if there's a followup when there's two or more 3D channels and Blu-ray 3D movies to watch.Samsung 3DTVs put to the test with World Cup, Monsters vs. Aliens and... iCarly? originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Blu-ray releases on June 15th 2010
Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
If you're starting to get the idea that the Summer time is the when you're supposed to go out and enjoy nature instead of sitting in a dark home theater, there's good reason for that. There are a few day and date titles like The Book of Eli from Warner, but for the most part it is a week of catalogs with some not so classical titles like Darkman and Flash Gordon. It won't be like this forever though and before you know it, it'll be cold out, there will be football on in HD and all the big Summer blockbusters will be hitting Blu-ray. Yeah, we don't care much for the Summer either.
- American Bandits: Frank And Jesse James (E1)
- The Book of Eli (Warner)
- Circle of Pain (Lionsgate)
- Control Alt Delete (E1)
- Darkman (Universal)
- Flash Gordon (Universal)
- The Horseman (Screen Media)
- Mary and Max (MPI)
- Mystery Train (Criterion)
- Sanctuary: The Complete First Season (E1)
- Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season (E1)
- Showgirls (MGM)
- The Stepfather (Shout Factory)
- Supernatural: The Complete First Season (Warner)
- Unthinkable (Sony)
- When in Rome (Walt Disney)
- Youth in Revolt (Sony)
Blu-ray releases on June 15th 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Paramount, Redbox keep DVDs and Blu-ray discs in kiosks the same day they go on sale
Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
It looks like not all of the remaining Hollywood studios are putting the 30-day brakes on providing movies to Redbox, as Paramount has concluded after a ten month study that it has "minimal" effect on DVD sales. Dennis Maguire, President of Paramount Home Entertainment says the the company is "allowing the consumer a choice of how to consume our movies while maximizing the profitability of our releases in the home entertainment window" while Redbox prez Mitch Lowe looked forward to joint marketing programs. That puts another studio on deck to provide the Blu-ray rentals we're expecting to see later this year and is a pretty sharp contrast to recent deals with Fox and Warner delaying low cost rentals to protect their day one sales and premium rentals on video on-demand.Paramount, Redbox keep DVDs and Blu-ray discs in kiosks the same day they go on sale originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sony has two 3D Blu-ray titles on deck for retail in 2010
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
Of all the studios that you'd expect to only bundle its 3D Blu-ray titles with 3DTVs, you'd think it'd be Sony, but you'd be wrong. That's right, as rumored, Sony told Home Media Magazine -- in an article with some other fabulous quotes -- that Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs will be the first 3D Blu-ray disc to be available at retail, early this Summer. No clue exactly when that'll be but with Sony's 3D event scheduled for tomorrow, we'd keep a look out if you're interested. Also on deck for 2010 is what will might be the first day and date 3D Blu-ray release, Resident Evil: Afterlife. This one is due in theaters in September so that gives it a fighting chance to beat Disney's A Christmas Carol to market which is due on November 16th. Like Disney's 3D release, both of Sony's will include a 2D Blu-ray Disc in the box, which we interpret as the studios not putting much faith in the backwards compatibility of 3D Blu-ray Discs -- although we're told it could be for artistic reasons -- and will cost more than the standard 2D Blu-ray version.Sony has two 3D Blu-ray titles on deck for retail in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Blu-ray releases on June 8th 2010
Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
Not sure who this one stayed under our radar until this week, but we saw an ad on TV for Shutter Island and just noticed today that it has an IMDB score of 8.0 which is a pretty high score. Also on our list today is the classic Caddyshack and The Illusionist. Not a great week overall, but any week with at least one worthwhile topic is all good.
- Shutter Island (Paramount)
- Crossing Over (Weinstein)
- 180 South: Conquerors of the Useless (Magnolia)
- Power Kids (Magnolia)
- The Illusionist (Fox)
- Not the Messiah (Sony)
- Caddyshack (Warner)
- From Paris with Love (Lionsgate)
- Animation Express (Image)
- Buddha on the Silk Road (Razor Digital)
- Wild Asia: Between Two Worlds (Razor Digital)
- Happy Together (Kino)
- Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season 3 (A&E)
- UFC: Rampage Greatest Hits (Anchor Bay)
Blu-ray releases on June 8th 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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