Briefs: Samsung leads in TV sales; analog TV under attack
June 19th, 2007TV Sales: Samsung remains the top-seller in LCD TVs, with Sony overtaking Philips for second place….Best Buy earnings, pressured by “significant product transitions in the flat-panel TV business,” fall 18 percent.
The Day Analog TV Died, as imagined by Medialoper: “I was damn sure
we’d had another one of them 9-11-style attacks and that this time the terrorists killed our TVs.”
Microsoft rebrands its IPTV platform: The new name, Microsoft Mediaroom, is passable. But the logo that may, one day, dominate your remote control? Sheer genius.