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Tech Data Addresses Wearables

by Tom Allen

Tech Data has put together a three-strong team dedicated to wearable technology. The members are Mike Cain (business development manager for wearables); Mica Jakins (senior category manager); and Stacey Bliss (assistant category manager). All …

OLED Thrashes Plasma in Display Shootout

by Tom Allen

HDTVTest, Leeds Trinity University and UK retailer Crampton and Moore ran a public display shootout in the UK recently. Two OLED TVs (Panasonic’s CZ950 and LG’s EF9500) were compared to Panasonic’s last (and widely …

Vodafone Plans UK TV Service in 2016

by Tom Allen

Vodafone has announced plans to launch a TV service in the UK by March next year – the end of its 2016 financial year. The company recently reported that it had 9.2 million TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vodafone| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Tech Data is New Disti for Garmin

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now a B2B distributor for Garmin’s wearable products in the UK.

Freesat Still Growing with DTH

by Milos Pavlovic

Freesat of the UK is still continuing to add viewers for its FTA DTH satellite service. The latest numbers suggest that there are 1.9 million households, after adding 25,000 viewers in the last quarter. …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Huawei Watch Gets to UK Market

by Milos Pavlovic

Huawei said that it would bring out a smartwatch at the end of August (Huawei Follows Apple With Self-Titled Smartwatch). It has now gone on sale in the UK for £289 including tax ($439) …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 44

by Tom Allen

Westcoast, a UK distributor, has lowered the price of its curved Samsung‘s monitors. The 24″ LS24E510CS/XU 119 is down from £145 ($225) to £120 ($185). The LS27E510CS/XU 57 now costs £145 ($225), down from …

Big Apple Buddy Brings Band to Britain

by Tom Allen

Customers in the UK can now purchase Microsoft’s Band 2 (Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York) – despite it not being officially launched there until late November. A company …

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BT TV Enjoys Best-Ever Quarter

by Tom Allen

106,000 new TV customers joined BT in Q3, taking its net total to 1.3 million. This quarter saw the launch of BT’s UltraHD package and a new UltraHD STB.

Tags:BT| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Fourth HbbTV Symposium Discusses v2.0

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) and the HbbTV Association will hold the fourth annual European HbbTV Symposium on the 8th and 9th December, in London. The title for this year’s event is ‘HbbTV …

Dance in VR at The Foundry

by Tom Allen

The Foundry will hold an event in London this Thursday, the 29th October, called ‘Dancing with VR’. Attendees will get to watch VR production company Rewind show their processes for the VR experience of …

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Worsfold leaves Fujitsu

by Tom Allen

Simon Worsfold, who has led Fujitsu’s UK channel and enterprise sales for five years, has left the company. He was with Fujitsu for 10 years in total. The firm will announce a replacement within …

Tags:Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| People| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 43