Technology and the Internet
Two companies, TiVo and ReplayTV, are out with similar but not identical products generically known as “personal video recorders.”
May 4, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
Last January was generally a slow month for the sale of video products, with one exception--color TV/VCR combination units.
March 8, 1991
World & Nation
Cheap television programs from the United States are threatening Europe’s cultural identity, an influential media group said this week in Belgium.
Nov. 27, 1987
Pasadena-based Gemstar International Group shares fell $5.81, or 16%, to close at $30.44 on Nasdaq, after it said its joint venture agreement with United Video Satellite Group Inc. lapsed because United Video couldn’t satisfy some conditions of the agreement.
March 28, 1998
Jamie Kellner, the CEO who in the 1980s helped build a ragged formation of small TV stations into a competitive fourth network for the Fox Broadcasting Co., sat back in his new office on the Warner Bros. lot last month watching a frog sing and dance with a top hat and cane.
Jan. 2, 1995
Technology: United Video’s bid for Gemstar could lead to single source for TV listings.
July 8, 1998
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday approved the sale of nine Spanish-language TV stations and their affiliated Univision network to a company owned by Hollywood investor A.
Oct. 1, 1992
Business
Many big-name tech and TV firms are betting that the little-known company will follow its VCR Plus with an even more successful innovation. But Gemstar and its CEO have lately attracted as much controversy as praise.
Aug. 9, 1998
East San Fernando Valley residents will have an opportunity to ask officials of United Cable Television of Los Angeles Inc. about delays in the start-up of the cable TV system in their area at a hearing Tuesday night in Van Nuys.
Feb. 9, 1985
Think Entertainment, a joint venture between actress Shelley Duvall and four cable TV companies, became official this week.
Jan. 13, 1988