GE Launches Global HDTV Joint Venture

[2008-12-23 17:05:45]

GE Launches Global HDTV Joint Venture

Sep 23, 2008

GE formed General Displays & Technologies LLC (GDT), a joint venture with Tatung Company, that will design, market and service GE-branded HDTVs to deliver HD video, audio and Internet. The first productss will be available in Spring 2009.



GDT will also partner with NBC Universal (NBCU), a leading media and entertainment company, to develop an open platform capable of delivering Internet and other digital content directly through the television. This will enable consumers to view digital HD content from Web sites directly on their TV.



GE owns 49 percent of GDT, and as part of the agreement, will market GE-branded HDTVs globally.

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