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Lenovo Parts Company with UK Head

by Helen Vince

Lenovo UK has announced the sudden and immediate departure of its UK & Ireland channel director, Darren Phelps. No reason was given, though reports allege that Lenovo had amassed relatively high channel inventories in …

BOE Steps Up to Innolux

by Tom Allen

BOE was responsible for almost a third of the 23.6″ TV panels shipped in the first half of 2015, say supply chain sources. The company was responsible for around 1 million of the 3.2 …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| Vol 22 - Issue 25

ITU Region-1 Reaches ASO Deadline

by Tom Allen

The ITU’s deadline for analogue switch-off (ASO) came and went on 17th June. By this time, the 119 countries in ITU Region 1 (EMEA and Central Asia) should have turned off their analogue TV …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| ITU| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Samsung Signs MoU to Boost Next-Gen TV

by Tom Allen

Samsung has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pearl TV (a partnership of nine broadcasters) and the Sinclair Broadcast Group, in the USA. The companies will work together over the next 18 months to …

DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has announced the third annual DTG TV Innovation Awards: an open competition to expose innovative small- and medium-sized businesses to global broadcast and media opportunities at IBC. Applications are …

Eyevis Takes to the Skies

by Tom Allen

Eyevis has signed a £400,000 ($630,000) deal with BAE Systems, to provide its high-res display screens and operating systems for use in Typhoon flight simulators – both in the UK and abroad. Eyevis is …

Exterion Media Hires Strategy Director

by Helen Vince

Exterion Media has appointed Suzy Jordan as its commercial strategy director to lead its newly formed EM Futures division. Internal promotions as a result of the formation of EM Futures include Julia Edgington as …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Toshiba to Partner with Compal on TVs in Europe

by Helen Vince

Toshiba has announced a new partnership agreement with Compal Electronics, which will see the Taiwanese company take on responsibility for Toshiba’s TV brand licensing in Europe. The move follows Toshiba’s announcement in January that …

SES Launches Demo Channel

by Tom Allen

SES has launched an UltraHD demonstration channel in North America. The channel is delivered via the SES-3 satellite, and enables cable operators to prepare and test their networks for UltraHD trials.

France Gets Taste of UltraHD HDR

by Tom Allen

Several companies worked together to televise the French leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, in Lorient, in UltraHD HDR this month. The event was the first time an offline UltraHD HDR broadcast, at 50fps, …

Eyevis Signs Partnership for Iceland

by Helen Vince

Eyevis has named Nordata in Reykjavik as its partner in Iceland. Nordata and Eyevis have secured a number of video wall and controller projects, with installation due to begin between Q3 and Q4.

Tags:Distribution| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 25

InFocus Highlights LightCast Technology

by Bob Raikes

InFocus, with backing from Foxconn, has been re-positioning itself as a supplier of collaboration products rather than a simple hardware supplier. At Infocomm, the company started by showing us its Saturn system which combines …