Vol 23 – Issue 14 – Page 8

Sony Promotes Fry to European Pro Head

by Tom Allen

Adam Fry is the new new VP of Sony’s Professional Solutions Europe business. Having worked at the company for 25 years, Fry will now be responsible for the continued growth of Sony’s B2B business …

Foxconn Denies Panama Links

by Tom Allen

Foxconn has been implicated in tax evasion as part of the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal, which broke this month. It is said that the company has evaded taxes valued up to NT$741.2 billion ($22.9 billion). …

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DirecTV Goes Live With UHD

by Tom Allen

DirecTV in the US has launched its first dedicated UltraHD TV channel, which will be used to show the Master’s gold tournament (DirecTV Brings UltraHD Straight From Amen Corner). Content will be shot by …

HbbTV Association Brings v2.0 to Operator Applications

by Tom Allen

The HbbTV Association is to create a specification for operator applications, based on HbbTV 2.0. These are apps offered by a TV service provider, and running on a smart TV or STB. They deliver …

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What are the Real Chances for AR and VR in Consumer Markets?

by Norbert Hildebrand

I am not trying to trick or mislead anyone in this article, I am a big fan of both technologies and think that they are correctly tagged as the ‘Next Big Thing’. I am …

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ProLight & Sound 2016 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Alfalite is a Spanish company from Andalucia that is specialising in the design and manufacture of LED displays. At the moment, and for the last ten years, the displays have been made in China, …

ProLight & Sound is Foggy

by Bob Raikes

This year we went along to the ProLight & Sound Event in Frankfurt, one of the key European events in the rental and staging audio visual market. Although many of the companies that we …

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Barco Finalises Laser Phosphor Redesign

by Bob Raikes

Barco had an area that it was sharing with its sister company, High End Systems, which specialises in lighting for events and staging. At the end of the day, the company had a party …