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Panasonic Signs Partnership to Deliver Visual Solutions for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies

January 11, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to become an “Official Ceremony Partner” with the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Rio 2016) and provide turnkey visual operations for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Ceremonies. Panasonic will provide more than 100 high brightness compact 20,000 … Read more

Digital Experience Has Lots to See

December 21, 2022January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

Digital Experience, aka Pepcom, is the largest of the CES press events – almost a mini show by itself. This year it was held in the Mirage hotel, and the ‘Sun, Surf and Tech’ theme seemed wildly out of place, considering the pouring rain outside! We spoke to Atmel, the maker of touch controllers that … Read more

ZTE Crowd Sources Innovation

January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

The ZTE press conference takes this year’s coveted ‘worst-arranged event of CES’ award. The room was far too small for the number of people who wanted to attend, and was almost entirely full once the VIP guests had entered. Us ‘peasants’ from the press had to traipse upstairs to the (poorly-signposted) overflow room, where the … Read more

Seiki Pushes to Change Brand Perception

December 21, 2022January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

China’s Seiki brand is keen to promote itself, rushing to become known as a maker of high-end products. It’s a turnaround for the company that many people know for launching the first sub-$1,000 UltraHD TV (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 16), which was an extremely basic unit without smart functionality. We began by looking at … Read more

Panasonic Signs as Olympic Ceremony Partner

January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

Panasonic, for the first time, will be an Official Ceremony Partner of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company will provide more than 100 of its PT-DZ21K2 projectors, multiple broadcast-grade AV-HS6000 series switchers and other visual equipment to the opening and closing ceremonies.

And Finally – Vol 23 No 01

January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

Late last year, Jaguar pulled what some might call ‘a stunt preying on peoples’ expectations’, and others would refer to as ‘brilliant marketing’. Let’s just say that it involves virtual reality – but, then again, it also doesn’t. Confused? Watch the video below, or at http://tinyurl.com/zu5f4ys.

Boldman Mounts LED Screen on Listed Building

January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

Aluminium construction company, Boldman, is seeing increasing adoption of its frames for large-scale LED screens. Work was recently completed on a 13.9m x 7.8m x 0.6m framework for a screen (10mm pixel pitch, 6,000 cd/m²) in Manchester, UK. It was manufactured using an Oblik spaceframe structure framework, built from 156 individually-fabricated aluminium sections. It is … Read more

Innovation Betters the World at CES 2016

January 11, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

CES® 2016 wrapped today as the most expansive CES, breaking records across the board and providing unparalleled opportunities for companies big and small to launch innovation to the world market. More than 3,800 exhibitors unveiled their latest technologies across more than 2.47 million net square feet of exhibit space this week. CES 2016 touched every … Read more

Innovation (And Everything Else) Grows at CES

December 21, 2022January 11, 2016 by Bob Raikes

The Consumer Electronics Show again managed to grow in 2016, becoming the largest edition of the event ever. More than 3,800 companies attended as exhibitors, across more than 229,000m² of space. In excess of 170,000 professionals attended the show, of which 50,000 came from outside the USA – including the first Cuban delegation. 6,000 members … Read more

A new boss for Tech Data

January 11, 2016 by Milos Pavlovic

Dorothee Stolzenberg, previously with Dell and Microsoft has joined Tech Data as Country Manager for Austria. She previously worked for C2000 as Component BU Manager in the early ’90s.

New BlackBerry Products Will Run Android

January 11, 2016 by Bob Raikes

BlackBerry confirmed to CNet at this year’s CES that Blackberry’s own OS has come to an end and that all new products will run Android. The BlackBerry OS will still be supplied on existing products. The firm plan to promotes the Priv (which supports Android) to more US carriers and in additional countries this year.

Huawei: Europe Will Boost Phone Shipments

January 11, 2016 by Tom Allen

Sources in the handset supply chain say that Huawei expects to ship 120 million smartphones this year, up from 108 million last year and 75 million in 2014. The company believes that its business will be boosted by its presence in Europe and emerging markets.