and panasonic electricworks by april next year. it currently holds a majority stake in both firms. while earnings at panasonic are on the mend overall, profits in its mainstay home appliances such as tvs have been falling due to fierce price competition. that has raised the urgency for collaboration to capitalize on its subsidiaries' relative strength. sanyo electric will provide solar and other energy-related technologies, and panasonic electricworks will share its residential market expertise. >>> a top u.s. trade official has again urged japan to scrap its restrictions on u.s. beef imports. speaking to reporters in a briefing on wednesday, trade representative ron kirk said the united states is exceptionally frustrated with japan's restrictions on u.s. beef. japan currently bans imports of u.s. beef from cattle age 21 month or older. the age group most likely to be affected by bse, or mad cow disease. kirk said he understands the political dynamics in japan of the recent change in political leadership, but he describes the curre

>> yeah, and apple has an apple toov -- apple tv and panasonic has a tv. and what we see on the horizon, on the viewing side and content side. on the viewing side, i have been passionate about viewing videos on the phone. i think that most people have a phone, there is seven minutes where you can pull it out and watch these 30 second videos. and the quality is good as anything you can watch. and we are seeing a lot of that on phones. and also being able to capture videos on phones and uploading without going back to your computer. so i think one day being on the beach and being able to capture a video of your family, and sending to the extended family without having to return to your home and computer. >> but the quality, is there a version of hd-tv that we will see on our cell phones soon? >> we started experiencing on 15 feet back experience on large plasma screens and apple tv and panasonic, with things like that, we always keep around the content that was originally uploaded by the user. and whether better quality transcoders, we are regularly reupdati

philips zuni and panasonic all through and their chips factory was set up just two years ago producing l.c.d. screens and is quickly been adapted to meet what samsung says is a growing demand for three home entertainment systems in russia and other c.i.s. countries suddenly their product goes well beyond your average grandma to the forty six inch flat screen displays put out two hundred hertz have four h.d.m.i. inputs for various compact. devices like blu ray players two u.s.b. ports to share your friend's flicks access to a new web based service called internet t.v. and of course the shutter glasses to make it all jump off the wall to cope with content questions they've installed a converter that they say can turn two d. images into three d. in real time promising an experience unparalleled even by h.d. when it comes to watching your favorite football match or formula one race as with all new high ticket electronics the t.v.'s will drain your wallet for some three thousand dollars. while big players like samsung bet heavy on the hardware russian company era t.v. has some helpful solut