After years of resistance, the Seven Network today became the last Australian channel to allow its digital signal to be retransmitted on Foxtel. Foxtel CEO and MD Kim Williams and Seven Media Group CEO David Leckie signed the retransmission agreement, which allows Foxtel subscribers to watch Seven and gain access to the channel’s electronic programming …

Yamaha is attempting to re-enter the field of hi-fi — a phrase the company itself created — with the release of three new flagship products: a high-end receiver, CD player and two-channel amplifier. The RX-Z11. Thirteen speakers not included. The Yamaha RX-Z11 is the company’s first flagship receiver in almost four years — after the Z9. OK, it’s not really …

Following the recent announcement of a free digital EPG, Channel Ten has seemingly buried the hatchet with Foxtel and will allow its digital signal and EPG to be broadcast on the cable provider from September. Channel Ten digital and EPG will be broadcast on Foxtel in September. For the first time, Ten’s signal will be available to FOXTEL and Foxtel …

The UK doesn’t have much HD television at the moment, which is mightily annoying, but the upside is that we don’t need high-capacity storage for recording TV shows. DVD is more than capable for the time being. Of course, in a few years, when everyone gets their act together and we’ve overthrown Ofcom and got rid of its ridiculous plans …

JVC has previewed its product line-up for the coming year, and top of the list is a selection of LCD TVs that are — you guessed it — very thin. The top-end V series measure just 39mm at the narrowest point, and 74mm at the widest. The 42DV9 and 46DV9 won’t be around until later this year, but when they …

When Warner Bros announced it was becoming a Blu-ray exclusive studio, most observers of the format war agreed that it was a mortal wound for HD DVD. The only remaining question was, how long is HD DVD going to last? Well, according to the latest NPD data (as compiled by Bill Hunt at The Digital Bits), not very long. During …

In the aftermath of the Warner defection to Blu-ray, Toshiba has announced ridiculously cheap pricing on all of its HD DVD players. Toshiba has gone mad!!! Everything must go!!! With the two technologies being quite similar, the main distinctions left are price of ownership and media. With Blu-ray all-but-sewing-up its grip on the movie houses, pretty much all that Toshiba …

updated Hitachi Australia has announced it is pulling out of the consumer market in Australia in a letter distributed to retailers on Friday night. Hitachi is pulling out of the Australian consumer market, which includes camcorders. Celine Herit, Hitachi’s communications executive, confirmed the company would be pulling out of all consumer products — which include camcorders and flat-panel TVs — …

HD DVD is almost certainly dead in the water. The surprise move of Warner to move to exclusive Blu-ray support has sunk any hope the HD DVD group ever had for winning the format war. What’s more, there are rumours that the last two HD DVD studios — Paramount and Universal — are both planning a similar defection. So, can …

Homer gets the iPod silhouette treatment during the keynote at Macworld 2008 Apple’s iTunes Store in the US now allows users to rent movies rather than purchase them, but there’s still no word when a similar service might be available Down Under. Movies and TV shows aren’t available for download from Apple in Australia. Rented movies from the US iTunes …