GE Partners with Tatung on HDTVs, Content

By Geoff Duncan
September 23, 2008

GE has announced a joint partnership with Tatung to make HDTVs - but these will support IPTV and interactive content from NBC right out of the box.

General Electric has announced the formation of a new joint partenship with consumer electronics maker Tatung called General Displays & Technologies. The new company will produce, market, and service a new line of GE-branded high-definition televisions. However, these won't be your ordinary HDTVS: they'll support IPTV via cable, satellite, and fiber right out of the bos, and the company will partner with NBC Universal (in which GE owns an 80 percent stake) to create an "open platform" for delivery of digital content directly to the televisions via the Internet.

"We are developing advanced, Internet capabilities for content delivery to televisions, without the need for a PC," said General Display & Technologies CEO Marc McConnaughey, in a statement. "The long-term strategy ...

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