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David Haye Makes History With VR Boxing Match

by Tom Allen

David Haye, the British boxer, has had his comeback fight shown in virtual reality. The match, against Australia’s Mark De Mori, took place in London’s O2 Arena on the 16tth January. It was filmed …

Lumiere Displays Switched Off after Overcrowding

by Tom Allen

The Lumiere Festival, which ran in London for the first time this year, suffered from overcrowding and some installations had to be turned off. The ‘festival of lights’, with installations from more than 30 …

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BT Works on NBA’s First UltraHD Game

by Tom Allen

The NBA, with BT Sport and Rogers Communications, ran its first public UltraHD broadcast during a game in London’s O2 Area on the 14th January. BT used its UltraHD production truck and specialised cameras …

Eyevis Secures Control Room

by Tom Allen

A prison in the UK – which cannot be identified – has upgraded its Eyevis control room displays with new units. The previous Eyevis screens were installed in 2009 and have been used 24/7 …

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Boldman Mounts LED Screen on Listed Building

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 …

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Xiaomi Arrives in UK

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.

Exertis Scores With Gaming Machines

by Tom Allen

Exertis is now carrying the full range of gaming notebooks from Gigabyte and Aorus, in the UK.

Peerless-AV names EMEA business development manager

by Isaac Oburu

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV today announced the appointment of Tom Fenton as Business Development Manager, EMEA. Working alongside the UK and Export Sales Teams, Tom will be responsible for growing new business opportunities across …

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10,000 UK Viewers Still Watch Black and White TV

by Tom Allen

Statistics from TV Licensing show that 10,000 people in the UK are still viewing black and white TV, not colour. Londoners represent the majority of black and white licensees (2,222), trailed by Birmingham (429) …

Varlink Takes Rugged Panasonic Products

by Tom Allen

Varlink is now distributing Panasonic’s Toughbook, Toughpad and EPoS products in the UK.

Samsung Transforms Home Interiors with New Serif TV

by Milos Pavlovic

Samsung Electronics’ unique design-led TV, the Samsung Serif TV, has become the first home electronics device to be sold by iconic design chain Heal’s as Samsung look to revolutionise the home entertainment experience. The …

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SMPTE Board Creates SMPTE U.K. Region and Appoints Bruce Devlin Governor

by Tom Allen

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®), a leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, today announced that the SMPTE Board of Governors has formally …

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