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Articles in Jan 5, 1998 issue of Television Digest with Consumer Electronics

• Tri-Vision - introduction of four set-top boxes
• Although Sat. morning broadcast - Saturday morning broadcast ratings
• More bang for buck in 1998 entry-level PCs
• Harvey Electronics readies new stores
• TTR signs up DCA, Nimbus
• FCC should "crack down." - cable rate gauging
• TCI and Falcon finalized - TCI and Falcon partnership
• Semi-Tech sells stake in Konka
• uniView Technologies Corp - plan ro acquire EDnet and subsidiary Internet Business Solutions
• Sanyo will mount - DVD hardware effort
• PTV-radio salary cap scope limited
• Zenith said it will use - Zenith Electronic Corp.'s use of Microware software in DTV sets
• 'Make it with MD' - Sony's MiniDisc 'rallying cry.'
• Polk invests $500,000 in Genesis
• LIVE assumes hallmark distribution
• Michael Townsen - appointment as president of ETC Technologies Corp
• RCN/BECoCom has relinquished - cable franchise contract
• Viacom isn't commenting - Viacom Inc.'s planned divestment of Simon & Schuster publishing operation
• Modest decline seen in Japanese CE production
• Kopin Corp has launched - stock offering
• Industry's first 5-disc - carousel DVD changer
• 1997 Ad
• DTV notebook - digital television permit for WCBS-TV, New York, New York
• DTV to share CES spotlight with MiniDisc
• 1997 Ad
• Tops Appliance City - store openings
• Mitchell Rubin - appointment as chairman of Voice Powered Technology International Inc
• Children's Bcstg. Corp - Children's Broadcasting Corp.'s divestment
• TV and cable networks - planned coverage of the visit of Pope John Paul to Cubaby TV and cable networks
• Class action suit - case against Renters Choice
• Recoton and Sprint near deal
• Component video inputs - feature of Sharp's direct-view TV set
• Video industry eyes 1998 rebound
• Transactions - cable systems acquisitions
• Ore. Liquor Control Commission - public hearing on radio and TV advertising ban of liquor
• Go-Video buys Cal. Audio
• Edward Krakauer - resignation from Voice Powered Technology International Inc
• 17 vie for NAB TV board
• "Gender has never been an issue." - case filed against FCC by Lutheran Church of Missouri
• DirecTV gains channels; USSB studies HDTV service
• Concord Camera sued - lawsuit against Fuji Photo Film
• "Gekko"-brand flat speakers - product introduction
• Telecruz targets interactive TV
• Telco seeks preemption
• Gary Howard - appointment as president-CEO of TCI Ventures Group
• Kaotech Corp has paid - $60,000 for assets of bankrupt Forte Technologies Inc
• WebTV price cut
• Philip Schmidt - resignation from Tops Appliance City Inc
• Sinclair Bcstg executives - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc
• Jerry Gronfein - appointment as CFO of Cable Plus
• Thomson offers PC-TV and plasma monitor
• Matsushita - Matsushita Mobile Communications Development Corp
• William Amt - resignation from Conversion Technologies