Motorola to Sell Flat-Panel Televisions.

Byline: Kirk Ladendorf

Oct. 15--It's been nearly three decades since Motorola Inc. sold off its television manufacturing business, but now the big communications conglomerate wants back in the game.

Motorola is partnering with a Hong Kong company, Proview International Holdings Ltd., to produce a new line of flat-panel television sets and flat-screen computer displays that will be sold under the Motorola brand.

Motorola joins a growing parade of American companies that are putting their brands on Asian-manufactured consumer electronics products in the fast-growing, flat-screen TV market. For Motorola, however, the move is a shift from the company's …