Digital service 'best thing since colour TV'

A consortium of broadcasters,
including Television New Zealand and TV3 owner CanWest MediaWorks, is trumpeting its free-to-air digital television service as being as significant as the introduction of colour TV.
MOVE UNLIKELY TO BOTHER SKY CHIEF Freeview � which will cost users about $700 to set up � and which includes TVNZ, CanWest, Maori TV and Radio New zealand, switched its service on in Auckland yesterday.Initially only TV1, TV2, TV3, C4, Maori TV, plus Radio New Zealand National and RNZ Concert are available in digital. Viewers will have to pay up to $300 for a set- top box and about $400 to buy and install a satellite dish to access the digital service.Freeview plans to add a terrestrial service next year, by which time general manager Steve Browning hopes that Sky
Network Television's free-to-air channel Prime will join.

Powerstar International Inc. Announces Completion of Qualifying ...

Powerstar International Inc. ("Powerstar") is pleased to announce that it has received allrequired regulatory approval and has completed its Qualifying Transaction with Solutrea Inc. ("Solutrea"). Powerstar had previously announced in its press release of November 28, 2006 that it had entered into a letter agreement
dated September 8, 2006, as amended by a further letter agreement dated October 26, 2006 with Solutrea respecting a proposed business combination between the two corporations. On April 5, 2007 Powerstar filed a filing statement describing the terms of the transaction with the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario and with the TSX Venture Exchange. The filing statement can be accessed on Powerstars internet profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

With new Disney DVD player you can watch a movie and play a game ...

"Why don't you pull over and ask for directions?" Portable GPS navigation is helping to cut down on that particular form of advice. Last year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, sales of GPS units topped $800 million. LG Electronics is entering the consumer market for navigation devices in the United States with the LN740, LN735 and LN730. The LN740, available for about $450, comes with a 90-day free trial of live traffic information through Traffic.com, as well as a 4-inch screen; the 735 ($350), and the 730 ($300) have 3.5-inch displays.LG packs in just about all the accessories needed, including a car charger, an AC adapter, a car mount and an antenna for those places where satellite reception is poor. All units come loaded with mapping software from Navteq.

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