Survey:  Half of U.S. Households Own An HDTV
Nearly half of all U.S. households will own at least one HDTV going into 2010, according to a telephone survey conducted by Leichtman Research Group. In addition to the 46 percent who own at least one HDTV, the survey found that 38 percent of households own more than one.
Digital Trends

Google Android Smartphone Announcement Expected Next Week
Google, creator of the Android operating system for smartphones, has scheduled an announcement for next Tuesday. Members of the media were invited to the Google campus for the announcement of a 'significant mobile product innovation'.
San Jose Mercury News

DisplaySearch Predicts LCD Surge in 2010
Market research firm DisplaySearch reported that it expects global shipments of LCD televisions to increase 22 percent over 2009 shipments to 171 million units. According to the DisplaySearch, despite the recession, global LCD shipments managed a small growth of one percent in 2009.
InformationWeek

CEA, CTIA Proposal Boosts Wireless Spectrum for Mobile Services
CTIA, the Wireless Association, and CEA have unveiled a plan to free up wireless spectrum from television broadcasts to be used for mobile applications. The wireless industry has maintained that 800MHz of additional wireless spectrum will be needed in the future for smartphone-based services. The plan focuses on freeing up additional spectrum by migrating broadcast television signals from high power transmitters to 'distributed networks'.
Ars Technica

Studios Focusing on Digital Sales, Preceding DVD Releases
Hollywood studios are beginning to focus more intently on sales of content through digital channels, in some cases releasing films and television shows digitally before DVDs become available. Showtime recently began selling episodes of its series Weeds weeks before the season becomes available on DVD. Sony began online rentals of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs early this month, nearly a month before its DVD release.
The Wall Street Journal

E-Book Sales Outpace Physical Book Sales on Amazon.com
The e-reader market has reached an important milestone, as Amazon.com announced that it sold more e-books than physical copies on Christmas Day. According to the online retailer, its e-reader, the Kindle, has become the most-purchased gift in the company's history.
Reuters

Apple Considering Online Subscription TV Service
Apple is in talks with major networks, including ABC and CBS, to possibly carry their programming through an Internet-based TV subscription package. Customers would be able to watch content over their broadband connections.
The New York Times