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Some interesting figures coming out of Japan at the moment about TV sales, not least a healthy increase in the uptake of larger flatscreens.But look a little closer and things aren't quite as clear as they seem.Research company BCN, which ...

 4:00pmLast up, we have Stephen Petheram, director of services for Microsoft TV. His talk is largely a series of hyperbolic stats about the (rude) health of the video games industry. And why not? Games consoles like the PS3 and the X-Box 360 ...

Next up is Suranga Chandratillake, the CEO and founder of video search engine, Blinkx. Right now he's doing a brief history of search engines, but hopefully we'll get into the real 'future of television' next. Basically, his schtick is that ...

Hi all. Ok, it's lunchtime at the Digital TV Group summit, and I've just got a few minutes to catch up before I go back into the fray to listen to more talk about the future of TV. At the end of my previous blog I mentioned 'Project Canvas' ...

11:40 am I'm blogging to you live from the annual summit of the DTG. Erik Huggers, director of BBC Future Media and Technology is giving the first keynote speech, on the future of television. His initial comments are about the BBC's ideas ...

Had to give a presentation recently to the whole of our business group here at Haymarket, explaining why the whathifi.com forums are so successful.I kicked off by showing the audience a fistful of hefty manuals - one for an AV receiver, one for a ...

Consumers may be delighted that the price of Blu-ray Disc players has tumbled so quickly, but in the States retailers aren't so happy.It seems a hi-tech product they all hoped would provide them with a decent business for several years has ...

There's a funeral taking place in the States tonight – but thanks to new president Barack Obama, the body's not quite ready yet.The University of California's Berkeley Art Museum is hosting the event tonight, at which the public is invited to ...

While the questions continue to fly about the decision by Pioneer to pull the plugs on its display business, some interesting market analysis from the USA shows just why the company struggled to make headway even in a country where the big-screen ...

 Did you know the average selling price for a 32in TV was £402 in December? Or that there were still around £2m worth of £1000+ DVD players sold last year? Or that turntables are the fastest-growing hi-fi product?Well you do now, and I'm ...