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UK Footfall Down, Despite Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

Despite Black Friday promotions, high street footfall in the UK was down 4% YoY in November. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard found that overall footfall was down 2.4%; shopper numbers fell 2.1% …

Epson UK Appoints AWE Europe

by Bob Raikes

AWE Europe has been appointed as a distributor of Epson’s home cinema projectors in the UK.

Entatech Monitors Hanns-G

by Bob Raikes

Hanns-G monitors in the UK are now being distributed by Entatech.

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Hannspree Signs With Entatech

by Raverstead

Entatech is to distribute the HannsG HT231HPB touchscreen LCD monitor in the UK.

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Inflection Points in the TV and Notebook Markets

by Helen Vince

TV – Analysts are always looking for inflection points – moments when lines on charts start to move in different directions.I spotted a couple in the last week. The Asus NX500 uses QDs to deliver …

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First On-Cell Module Developed by Kyocera

by Raverstead

A new 7″ Kyocera display module, the TCG070WVLR*PC*-GD*118, is the company’s first with an on-cell procap touch panel. The touch panel cover glass, touch sensor and controller are all integrated into the module, resulting …

Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield

by Raverstead

Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded …

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HTC Signs Tech Data

by Raverstead

Tech Data Mobile Solutions in the UK has been appointed as exclusive distributor for HTC’s new Nexus 9 tablet.

Samsung Reaches New UK TV Milestone

by Raverstead

Samsung has boasted that it has hit a new TV milestone; its Smart TV platform now has more than 1.5 million users in the UK every week. The figure represents a 50% increase over …

New Initiative to Tackle CE Waste

by Raverstead

Fifty companies in the UK have signed-up to a new initiative which aims to deliver more effective recycling and increase re-use. Signatories to the Electrical and Electronic Sustainability Action Plan (esap) include retailers and …

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Ofcom Assigns Mobile to 700MHz

by Raverstead

After much to-ing and fro-ing regarding the use of the 700MHz spectrum, UK regulator Ofcom has said that it will make the band available for mobile broadband services. Ofcom plans to achieve its aim …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

UK 999 Location Tracking Made 4,000 Times More Accurate

by Raverstead

A new SMS-based system has been developed in the UK by EE, HTC and BT, which can pinpoint the location of 999 (emergency services) calls made using a mobile phone to within 30m. The …

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