Internet Video HDTV, New Partnerships, Hot Products and Entertainment Talent Bring the Message Home

LAS VEGAS(CES Booth 14200), Jan. 7, 2007 - Sony is continuing its transformation into an entertainment powerhouse here at the Consumer Electronics Show with a 100,000 square-foot exhibit that brings together all of the company’s strengths from electronics, music and gaming to movies, television and online entertainment.

In a press conference kicked off by Sony BMG Music Grammy award-winning musician Joshua Bell, several of the company’s U.S. business leaders announced products and technologies related to four strategic growth areas –gaming, high definition, digital imaging and mobile products.
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Positioned to continue expanding its share in the LCD TV market, Toshiba introduces 13 new REGZA models offering larger screen sizes, state-of-the-art picture technologies and beautiful high-gloss designs

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. (”Toshiba”) announced today its newly enhanced LCD flat panel line at CES 2007. In a move designed to build on the momentum from its May 2006 REGZA brand launch, Toshiba is rolling out 13 new REGZA models including new high level picture technologies, larger screen sizes and beautiful new high-gloss cosmetic designs.
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New DLA-HD1 offers native contrast ratio of 15,000:1, the industry’s highest.

NEW YORK, December 14, 2006 - JVC today announced a new home theater front projector that offers unprecedented performance and brings its exclusive D-ILA technology to a new, broader audience. The new DLA-HD1 is a full HD front projector with a native contrast ratio of 15,000:1 - the industry’s highest (as of December 14, 2006) native contrast ratio and a level that ensures outstanding black reproduction without sacrificing picture brightness since there is no iris mechanism.

The high native contrast ratio is achieved through the combined use of a new 0.7-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) D-ILA device and a new optical engine. Like all D-ILA-based JVC front projectors and rear projection televisions, the DLA-HD1 uses three D-ILA devices - one each for red, green and blue color reproduction.
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30, 2006 - Sony announced today that its first dedicated Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-S1 model, has begun shipping to major consumer electronics retailers and specialty dealers nationwide.

This next-generation device, which is capable of playing both high-definition Blu-ray Disc (BD) prerecorded titles as well as traditional DVDs, adds an exclamation point to Sony’s full HD 1080 line of products, which ranges from BRAVIA flat-panel LCD and Grand WEGA SXRD rear-projection televisions to the new PlayStation 3 game console, Blu-ray Disc enabled VAIO computers, PC drives and recordable BD media.

Verizon to Offer Live NFL Network Programming Over Broadband. Deal Includes Thursday and Saturday Regular Season NFL Games, Various College Football Bowl Games and Other Programming

NEW YORK - The National Football League and Verizon Communications have agreed to deliver live NFL Network sports and entertainment programming via Verizon’s consumer broadband services, beginning Dec. 7 with the matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. Verizon already offers the NFL Network television channel to subscribers of its FiOS TV Service and is the only Internet service provider to deliver selected NFL Network programming over broadband.
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SECAUCUS, NJ (November 27, 2006) – Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal U.S. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC), confirmed that Panasonic-branded Plasma TVs are the first in the U.S. market to feature lead-free Plasma Display Panels. The Display Panel is the Plasma TV’s glass-sealed image display device, equivalent to a cathode ray tube in a conventional television. In addition to the elimination of lead in the panel, Panasonic has made significant advances in enhancing the performance of the phosphors used to render colors on the screen.
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Educational Guides Available on MyCEknowhow.com and CNET.com

Arlington, Virginia - To help consumers navigate the new features and options made available by digital television, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and CNET (www.cnet.com) have joined forces to produce interactive MyCEknowhow Buying Guides. The Guides, which can be found on the CEA’s consumer information site, www.MyCEknowhow.com, are designed to introduce consumers to digital television (DTV) and to ease confusion about the technology before shoppers even enter the store.
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For the First Time Star Wars Fans Will Be Able to Experience the Excitement of All Six Epic Films in HD Any Time They Want, Exclusively with Comcast Digital Cable with ON DEMAND

PHILADELPHIA — Jedis, Wookies, Sith and droids are coming to Comcast Digital Cable with ON DEMAND like never before. Beginning this month, all six Star Wars films will be available in high-definition (HD) clarity any time customers want to watch them with Cinemax HD On Demand, nine days before the movies air on the Cinemax HD cable channel.

Comcast Digital Cable customers with HD service and a Cinemax subscription will be able to watch every Star Wars movie in HD as part of Comcast’s signature ON DEMAND video-on-demand (VOD) service, giving them unprecedented control over every moment of the epic. The debut of the films on Cinemax HD On Demand and on the Cinemax HD channel marks the first time the original Star Wars trilogy has been presented in HD on television.
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World’s Largest High Definition Plasma TV – 103 Inch Diagonal – To Highlight Panasonic Plasma Lineup At Each Event

SECAUCUS, NJ - Panasonic, the market and technology leader in Plasma TV, today announced it is launching a multi-city tour of its line of high definition flat panel plasma televisions. The tour, which will feature a series of home environment vignettes, will appear in high traffic locations across the United States. The tour kicks off this Saturday, October 28 in the Washington, DC area at the Tyson’s Corner Center Mall and will run through January.
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From New 50”and 65” Models to the World’s Largest at 103”

SECAUCUS, NJ – Panasonic Broadcast, the market and technology leader in professional plasma displays, recently announced the availability of its new line-up of 1080 progressive scan full HD pro plasmas. The 65” TH-65PF9UK is available now and will be followed by the 103” TH-103PF9UK (the world’s largest plasma) by month’s end and the 50” TH-50PF9UK in November.
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