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Thumbs Up! Takes a Lesson From Tier Ones

by Tom Allen

An American company, Thumbs Up!, has introduced its own VR headset – although it doesn’t have a display. In the style of Google Cardboard the Samsung’s Gear VR, the Immerse Virtual Reality Headset is …

Sony to Phase Out US Retail Stores

by Helen Vince

Sony is to phase out eight of its remaining 10 Sony stores in the US and expand its retail presence through the dealer channel by rolling out 100 more Sony Experience in-store locations. The …

Panasonic Assists in Combating Californian Sun

by Tom Allen

CommCinema, an American company, has created a permanent outdoor display near the University of Southern California that, unusually, uses a DLP projector rather than LEDs. As well as bright sunlight, the south-facing display has …

TVs Pass Blu-Ray Players in Connected Device Popularity

by Tom Allen

Connected TVs are now the third-most-common device that delivers apps to a TV in the USA, according to The NPD Group. Connected TVs overtook connected Blu-ray players to achieve this spot. As of Q4’14, …

US Navy Chooses Argon to Replace Legacy Screens

by Tom Allen

Sonar experts in the US Navy have chosen colour LCD displays from Argon Corp to replace old CRT screens in use on submarines. Argon’s ARD17 17″ rugged military-spec display will be used to upgrade …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France …

IPTV Grows With Deutsche Telekom

by Tom Allen

65,000 new customers joined Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform, Entertain, in Q4 last year. The platform had 2.44 million subscribers at the end of the year.

US Pay-TV Sees Low Growth in 2014

by Tom Allen

The 10 top US pay-TV operators lost 20,600 subscribers collectively in Q4’14, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This compares to a loss of 45,000 in Q3. Despite these results, the companies gained 82,000 subscribers …

Barco Assists in Playhouse Square Renovation

by Tom Allen

Barco, with The Barncyz Group, has rolled out interactive LCD advertising kiosks and outdoor LED displays to Cleveland’s newly-renovated theatre district, Playhouse Square. Seven double-sided 72″ kiosks (the LCD72OX) have been installed, delivering 2,000 …

Epson’s Tom Versfelt Named as CRN Channel Chief

by Tom Allen

Tom Versfelt, VP of channel and commercial sales at Epson America, has been named on the list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. This list represents IT channel leaders holding direct responsibility for driving revenue …

Admirable Chooses Broadsign for 265-Screen Rollout

by Tom Allen

Admirable, a Hispanic signage network in the USA, has deployed 265 new 42″ screens using Broadsign’s cloud-based software. CTO Kristian Diaz said that Broadsign’s platform was “made for ad-based networks such as our own”.

Insight Series: Why Education Market Customers Can’t Be Fooled Anymore

by Len Scrogan

Welcome to a new series that is intended to shine some light on the thinking, preferences and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I was one of them. I’ve been …

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