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Ingram Micro Promotes Defrance

by Yvette Raikes

Christophe Defrance has been promoted to Managing Director of Ingram Micro. He succeeds Sophie Deleval who has returned to France. Defrance was previously the sales director. He has many years of experience in ICT …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Planar Supports University

by Yvette Raikes

Planar has marked becoming the first Sustaining Innovation Partner of Clemson Watt University in South Carolina with a gift of display technology worth over $1 million. The company has supplied 191 interactive LCD displays, …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Telia Joins Forces with Netflix

by Yvette Raikes

Netflix has made a regional agreement for the Nordics and Baltics with Telia Company. Telia’s Swedish and Finnish customers will be the first to get access and there will be multiple launches during 2017 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Nordics| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Liberty Global Acquires Multimedia in Poland

by Yvette Raikes

Poland’s third largest cable company, Multimedia Polska, has been bought by Liberty Global for PLN3 billion ($762 million). Multimedia’s insurance, gas and energy operations are not included in the deal. Liberty owns UPC Poland …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Poland| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Com Hem Sees Good Q3

by Yvette Raikes

Thanks to the acquisition of pay-TV network Boxer (which added half a million customers), the addition of another 8,000 Com Hem subscribers and low churn of 12.7%, Swedish telco Com Hem saw Q3 turnover …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Avnet Buys Premier Farnell

by Yvette Raikes

Premier Farnell’s shareholders have voted to approve the acquisition of the company by Avnet for £691 million ($850 million). It is expected to add $70 to 80 million to Avnet’s earnings and the company …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Huawei Smartphone Shipments on Target

by Yvette Raikes

Huawei set a smartphone shipment target for 2016 of 140 million, 40% higher than it sold in 2015. The company hit the 100 million mark on 14th October and the target looks achievable. It …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Spain Sees High Pay TV Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Spanish pay-TV saw an 18.5% YoY increase in sales in 2015 with revenue reaching over €2 billion, according to a report from Spain’s telecom authority, with the number of subscribers rising to 5.6 million. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Global Semiconductor Sales Will Improve

by Yvette Raikes

By the end of this year, semiconductor turnover will have reached $332 billion, down 0.9% YoY, according to Gartner. But the researcher still thinks that the outlook is improving, thanks to stock replacement and …

Tags:Chips| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 23 - Issue 41

And Finally…

by Yvette Raikes

A Japanese biologist, Joji Yamaguchi, has invented a dog collar which show’s the animal’s emotions – calm, excited, happy, etc. – to help owners to manage stressful environments. The Inupathy collar uses the dog’s …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40| Wearables

BFI Film Festival Uses Christie 4K Projection

by Yvette Raikes

The London Film Festival has built a temporary 800-seat cinema on the Embankment with a 16m screen. The films will be shown using two Christie Solaria CP4230 DLP projectors, and the BFI has opted …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Foxconn’s September Figures Show Improvement

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn Electronics posted September sales of NT$468.36 billion ($14.7 billion), up 2% YoY, bringing Q3 revenue to NT$1.07 trillion ($33.8 billion), a 1% increase YoY. Turnover for the year to date was NT$2.95 trillion …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40