Sony joins forces with BSkyB
December 21, 2005Sony United Kingdom Ltd has joined forces with satellite broadcaster BSkyB to promote high-definition television via a combined Sony HDTV set and Sky HD set-top box package, the two companies said Wednesday. Sky is due to expand its service to lau...
KDDI rejects DoCoMo style of business expansion
December 21, 2005Japan's leading telecommunications company, KDDI Corp, ruled out Wednesday any plan to buy an interest in broadcasting and other major companies, saying the "au" mobile phone operator will instead seek more tie-ups. "We cannot find any meaning in...
DoCoMo to acquire 2.6% stake in Fuji TV for cell phone broadcast tie-up
December 21, 2005NTT DoCoMo Inc said Wednesday it has agreed with Fuji Television Network Inc to acquire a 2.6% equity stake in the broadcaster in order to realize an extensive partnership in digital broadcasting for cellular phones. DoCoMo will purchase treasury...
Chiyoda wins Qatar LNG plant deal
December 21, 2005Chiyoda Corp said Wednesday it has landed a 500 billion yen contract to build liquefied natural gas production facilities in Qatar with Technip France SA, a Paris-based engineering firm. The two firms will design and build two LNG plants capable o...
Japan to develop high-tech space suit ahead of U.S. moon project
December 21, 2005The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is considering developing a high-tech space suit to participate in a project envisaged by the United States to send astronauts to the moon in 2018, agency officials said Wednesday. Currently, only the U.S. an...
Hitachi eyes No. 1 share of global market for HDTV ready plasma TVs
December 21, 2005Hitachi Ltd on Tuesday unveiled a business strategy for flat-screen television sets, with an eye to capturing the biggest share of the global market for high-definition plasma TVs in fiscal 2008. The business plan targets sales of 2.6 million plas...
Rakuten, TBS to launch alliance talks
December 21, 2005Leaders of Internet shopping mall Rakuten Inc and Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc agreed Tuesday to hold the first meeting of their business alliance committee within the year, company officials said. They reaffirmed that the alliance committee will...