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Hisense Names European VP

by Helen Vince

Hisense has confirmed the appointment of Andreas Kretz as the company’s new VP of Hisense Europe and head of European R&D for smart TVs, tablets and smartphones. Prior to joining Hisense in February, Kretz …

Russia Carries Weight in East Europe Pay-TV Market

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will climb 45% from 2010 ($5 million) to 2020 ($7.3 million), according to a forecast by Digital TV Research. However, most of that increase has already taken place and …

Eastern Zone Keeps CEE PCs Negative

by Tom Allen

Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and …

Nanoco Warns Against Cadmium QDs

by Tom Allen

Michael Edelman, CEO of cadmium-free quantum dots producer Nanoco, has criticised the European Commission’s decision to grant a Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) exemption to cadmium-containing QDs (EC Affirms Environmental Benefit of Cadmium-Based Quantum …

Sony Names New Head of AV Marketing

by Helen Vince

Sony Professional Europe has appointed Michael Harrit as its new head of marketing for AV & Media Solutions. Harrit takes over the position from Oliver Bovis who will be moving to a new role …

More Germans Aware of UltraHD, But UK Tops Penetration

by Tom Allen

SES’ annual survey of TV reception in Europe shows that Germany – followed by the UK – leads the region in awareness of UltraHD. However, UltraHD TV ownership is (apparently) higher in the UK. …

Philips Details Full 2015 TV Lineup

by Tom Allen

Philips released a huge amount of information on its 2015 TVs this week, which we first saw at CES (Philips Goes All-Out With Android). We have collated additional information into tables, below, but Philips …

Toshiba Produces Tiny Convertible PC

by Tom Allen

The Satellite Click Mini L9W-B-102 is a new convertible tablet from Toshiba, offering up to 13 hours of battery life in notebook mode. The device is a very small “Windows 8.1 With Bing” model …

Visualplanet Appoints Arrow for EMEA

by Helen Vince

Visualplanet, which produces large format touch sensor technology for digital, self-service interactive applications, has appointed Arrow Electronics as its distributor in EMEA. Arrow will offer Visualplanet’s touchfoil technology which can be applied to glass …

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Lenovo Names new Head of Channel Business

by Helen Vince

Lenovo’s head of SMB in Germany and Austria, Robert Pasquier, has decided to leave the company and is to be replaced by Bernhard Fauser. Fauser currently serves as director of sales for Lenovo’s Central …

Aopen Appoints Medium UK

by Helen Vince

Aopen’s digital signage solutions are now available from Medium UK, including the DE3250 for tough environments and the DE67-HAI for dynamic interactive applications.

EBU Discusses DTT Spectrum Protection

by Tom Allen

The EBU has released a factsheet about the effect that 700MHz mobile services could have on the DTT platform. The sheet also contains information on the protection of DTT services in the sub-694MHz range. …

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