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Christie Appoints Steljes Ireland

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Christie has signed a partnership with Steljes Ireland to distribute Christie’s business products portfolio in the Irish Republic. Steljes Ireland will carry Christie mobile demo stock and will set up a demonstration facility in …

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Ocean Expands The Grid

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A new display has been added to Ocean Outdoor’s Grid network (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 36). The Screen @ Bullring South, in Birmingham, is 3.84m x 5.76m with a 10mm pixel pitch.

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Google Takes Aim at Emergings With Android One

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As expected, Google has launched its first Android One smartphones in India. The initiative is a reference platform where OEMs are offered sub-$100 reference designs, for developing markets. The first three phones are the …

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GSMA Opposes EBU’s Views on 700MHz

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The GSMA, representing mobile operators, has called on the European Commission (EC) to hasten the switch of the UHF spectrum (470-790MHz) to mobile data traffic. The current plan is to achieve the move by …

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Desktop Growth Fails to Boost OGCC PC Market

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The combined PC market in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar (‘Other Gulf Cooperation Council’ (OGCC) countries) fell 4.2% YoY in Q2’14, says IDC. Shipments to the region totalled 217,698 units. Bahrain was said to …

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Have we Reached Peak CRT?

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This article first appeared in the Display Standard newsletter, ‘Veritas et Visus’ (www.veritasetvisus.com) Last month, the UK

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ViewSonic Optimises 16:10 Monitors for Extended Use

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Three new 16:10 displays have been added to ViewSonic’s monitor lineup. All three (24″ VG2438SM and VG2435SM and 22″ VG2235M) are designed for extended office and home use; they have a blue light filter …

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Gold is the New Black for Consoles

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Do you suffer from a lack of ‘bling’ in your living room? Are your white consoles just too pass

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Neotion Looks to Headless HDMI

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We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to …

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Esprinet Adds iPhones in Italy

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Esprinet in Italy has been given the official right by Apple to distribute iPhones in the country. Esprinet has been an Apple distributor for four years.

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Outdoor Plus Chooses Impact 10

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Outdoor Plus has commissioned and installed a new LED screen from Lighthouse Technologies. The unit, in East London, is mounted on a custom-made steel tower near the A12 road. It is 12.16m x 2.88m …

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Hannspree Prepares for Smartphone Market Entry

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Hannspree will expand its mobile product portfolio in Q4, adding large-screen smartphones to its line-up, as well as new tablet PCs. The products will be marketed at ‘affordable…entry-level price points’. The first smartphone, the …

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