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Neotion, Broadpeak and Eutelsat provide satellite OTT delivery solution for smartphones, tablets and 4K screens

by Helen Vince

NEOTION, a French high-tech company providing innovative solutions for the international digital TV market, today announced that it has teamed up with Broadpeak and Eutelsat to provide a global solution to enable Free-To-Air or …

Tags:OTT Video| Smartphones| tablets| UltraHD & 4K

Haier Adds Russian Distributor

by Helen Vince

Haier has appointed Online Trade in Russia to distribute its range of smartphones.

Tags:Distributors| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Telefónica’s Canal+ Deal Could be Over

by Helen Vince

Further doubt has been cast on Telefonica’s bid to acquire Canal+ after it emerged that talks between Spain’s competition authority, CNMC, and Telefonica were on the verge of collapse. At the end of last …

Sony Given Extra Time to File Q3 Results

by Helen Vince

Sony has been granted an extension to the deadline for submitting its third quarter results, which the company said was necessary following a serious disruption of its network systems, caused by a cyber-attack against …

Altech Selects DivX® HEVC Ultra HD and DivX Plus® HD for Retail and Operator Set-Top Boxes

by Helen Vince

DivX, LLC, a leading provider of next-generation digital video solutions, and Altech Multimedia, a provider of products, professional services and competitive solutions to the digital multimedia broadcast and broadband industries, announced a new agreement …

Tags:Divx| HEVC (H.265)

South Bank SE1 Goes Live

by Helen Vince

After the iconic Old Street EC1 launched with YouTube in October, JCDecaux, the UK’s leading Outdoor advertising company, has kick-started 2015 with the launch of a new digital Outdoor tower set in the cultural heart of …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux

Difficult December Completes a Disappointing 2014 for Retailers

by Helen Vince

The health of retail in the UK remained flat in Q4 despite an exceptional Black Friday. Following retail health dropping in Q3 for the first time since 2012, sluggish results and unseasonal warm weather …

Tags:Retail Data

GTCR, Adams Outdoor to Buy Fairway Media Group

by Helen Vince

US private equity firm GTCR has partnered with Adams Outdoor to acquire Fairway Media Group from ACON Investments and MidOcean Partners. Fairway is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the US, operating approximately 20,000 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Haier Adds Esprinet in Spain

by Helen Vince

Haier has added Spanish distributor Esprinet for its range of smartphones, tablets and its new line of Android-based LCD TVs.

LG Signs Tech Data for Hotel TVs

by Helen Vince

In the UK, Tech Data has been selected to distribute LG’s full range of TVs for hotels.

Avnet’s Q2 Sales Drop 4.6%

by Helen Vince

Avnet Technology Solutions, the enterprise technology business of Avnet Inc., reported a 4.6% year on year drop in turnover in Q2 to $3.1 billion. By region, sales in the Americas were little changed YoY …

Tags:Distributors| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

DTG’s 4k Plugfests turn spotlight on HEVC streams

by Helen Vince

The DTG’s UK UHD Forum has held its second 4k Plugfest with a focus on content streamed in 4k over satellite, IP and DTT to UHD TVs and set-top boxes. This DTG members-only event brought …

Tags:DTG| HEVC (H.265)