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Vestel is one of the world’s largest display makers, but most people visiting IFA will have never heard the name. This is because the majority of TVs and public displays made by the company are sold to OEMs, who then re-brand the units. Vestel is not at IFA for the consumers, but for its dealers … Read more
Taking place in the Grand Hyatt Hotel again, Digital Focus is a press event that is – technically – not affiliated with IFA. Unlike Showstoppers, companies do not need to have space on the show floor to take space here, so it tends to be an ideal location for smaller companies with lower budgets. However, … Read more
The Panasonic press event took place in part of its (large) booth. The first speaker was the Panasonic Europe Chairman and CEO, Laurent Abadie and he said that Panasonic’s focus is on “smarter living” and he showed a video of “life in 2020”. Next he turned to Panasonic’s turn around to profitability. Nubo is claimed … Read more
AV company Electrosonic has selected Eyevis’ slim cube technology for a new traffic control centre in the UK. Eyevis is supplying its LED illuminated DLP 50″ HD Slim Cube rear projection system, to replace an existing 4×2 rear projection video wall. The company’s EC-50-LHD-Slim Cube was chosen because it allows all installation and servicing from … Read more
Acer had a bigger than usual conference that was full with press. Clearly, the difficult financial times have not stopped the company from trying to market its message! Jason Chen, who clearly sees himself as the “star of the show”, started by saying that Acer will be the sponsor for the International Olympiad in Informatics … Read more
The first keynote of IFA was by Intel and the firm started with a video highlighting the latest generation of PCs with “6th generation” Core processors (Skylake). The first speaker was Kirk Skaugen, head of the Intel PC group who started by looking back at some milestones in mobile PCs, from Intel’s point of view. … Read more
During the first press day, the IFA organisers gave their traditional update on the market and the fair. This year there were a record number of exhibitors, 1,645, and they took floor space of 150,000 m² between them – a record amount. The gfu, which runs the show, has renamed itself as gfu Consumer and … Read more
Valens has been nominated as one of the recipients of the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, for the “Development and Standardisation of HDBaseT Connectivity Technology for Commercial and Residential HDMI/DVI Installations”. The Technology & Engineering Awards honour development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognise companies, organisations and individuals for breakthroughs in technology … Read more
The UHD logo introduced by Digital Europe at last year’s IFA (Digital Europe Unveils New UHD Logo) is now being carried by 10 of the world’s best known TV brands. Grundig, Loewe, TCL, Technisat and Thomson, have recently joined LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Philips by signing up to the UHD logo, which aims to … Read more
Grundig is a German manufacturer of high-end TVs, which has been owned by Turkey’s Beko since 2004 (which at least makes a difference from the Chinese owners of national fellows Metz (Skyworth) and Loewe (Hisense)!) Like other TV companies, Grundig was exhibiting curved, UltraHD models with HEVC decoding. This TV – the Fine Arts FLX … Read more
ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced that the ZTE Axon phone was awarded a ‘User Experience Gold Award’ by IDG and German Industry and Commerce Ltd. at IFA 2015. The award is a category of the trade show’s 2015 IFA Product Technical Innovation Award, of which ZTE is the only Chinese smartphone … Read more
Showstoppers is the official pre-IFA press event, consisting only of those companies with a presence on the show floor. It is a chance for journalists to see representatives in a (very, very slightly) less crowded environment – while also enjoying a lot of free food and drink. This year, Showstoppers had moved from its traditional … Read more
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