Miniweb in the next week?

MANISA, Turkey — Vestel Electronics, Europe’s biggest Brown and White goods manufacturer based in Turkey, proudly announces that Vestel T8300 DVB-T2 Freeview HD set top box (STB) has been certified by Freeview for UK market. Vestel’s Freeview HD box is the world’s first DVB-T2 STB certified by Freeview. Vestel is planning to launch the product in March 2010 and expecting to be the first to market.

Commenting on the T8300 STB, Turan Erdogan, President of Foreign Trade of Vestel said, “We’re extremely pleased to announce the world’s first Freeview HD certified product for UK market. Our Freeview HD box will be available in the market in March-2010. Our DVB-T2 TV development is ongoing and we are expecting to have Vestel DVB-T2 TV certified in a month and launch before world cup. When our products are in production in 2010, we will be ready to launch in other countries in Europe which are already making plans to enable HD services broadcast with DVB-T2 technology.”

Vestel and its UK based digital TV software company Cabot Communications Ltd. have worked together with the BBC, DTG and Freeview as partners to develop and certify T8300 set-top box so that it complies with the latest D-Book 6.1, Freeview HD logo requirements and DVB-T2 standard.

http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=12644

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Comment: "Vestel is planning to launch the product in March 2010 and expecting to be the first to market. " So they've got about a week left.

Which makes it all the stranger that Lloyds is dumping. Why not wait until Miniweb goes live and provides a much-needed fillip to the Blinxk share price (at least, it bloody well better) and then sell, if that's what they want to do?

Or maybe nothing will move the share price until the next set of figures. And if those figures aren't very good (with NO unpleasant surprises) I don't give much for Chandratillake's chances of surviving the year out as CEO of Blinkx...