'5C' TO GET CEA VIDEO BOARD BACKING

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The Consumer Electronics Assn is drafting a letter to the FCC opposing encryption of over-the-air DTV broadcasts while expressing non-exclusive support for the Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) system. The non-exclusivity is a nod to Thomson and Zenith, which champion the rival Extended Conditional Access (XCA) scheme, but most US cable boxes re expected to use DTCP. The move to encryption may break the stalemate in negotiations with the film industry, which is planning to license content or digital cable and satellite on the condition that encryption be used. Mitsubishi and Sony are pledging to bring HDTV sets to market containing 5C copy protection. 5C is accepted as adequate by only two of the seven major studios. DTV prices continue to drop, and Mitsubishi plans to cut the price of its 46W HD-ready set to $1,999.

Legal issues & crime, Toshiba Corp., Laws, regulations and rules, Industry legal issue

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PROJECTION TV GROWTH TO SLOW SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR

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A report form Corning Precision Lens (CPL) states that projection TV sales growth will decline to 23 percent this year due to an economic slowdown. Continued sales growth will come through digital sets reaching parity with analog models. Sales of projection TVs outside the US jumped 59 percent in 2000, especially in Europe and China.

Statistical Data Included, Forecasts and trends, Statistics, Market trend/market analysis

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ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE FORMAT

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Electronics Boutique is opening EB GameWorld stores to sell used software. They are planning an aggressive program and have forecasted sales to be high.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Software Publishers, Expanded capacity, plant expansion, Radio, Television, & Computer Stores, Radio, TV, Music, Electronics Stores, Planning, Software, Consumer electronics industry, Specialty stores, Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp., Company business planning, Secondhand industry, Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts, EB GameWorld

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