Vol 24 – Issue 17 – Page 9

Tech Data Starts Consumer Group in the UK

by Bob Raikes

Tech Data in the UK has formed a Consumer Technology Group to work on tablets, wearables, smart home and other consumer technologies. The group will effectively replace TD Triade. The group will have forty …

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“HoloTour” at PoS – Saturn is based on Augmented Reality

by Bob Raikes

Saturn, the German retailer (and part of the Metro group, along with MediaMarkt) is running a ‘Holotour’ from 4th of May to 22nd July and taking in 20 different cities. The company will show …

JCDecaux Wins Nantes DOOH Contract

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has won the street furniture contracts for the French city of Nantes, plus for six administrative regions within the city. The contract is for twenty years and follows negotiation that began in 2015. …

Samsung Could Go Past Intel in Q2

by Milos Pavlovic

IC Insights has published its latest supplier rankings for semiconductors and has said that if the high memory prices (NAND and DRAM) continue to prevail in the market, Samsung could overtake Intel as the …

Euskaltel to Launch Android 4K STB in Spain

by Alan Spencer

The Spanish cable operator Euskaltel, is launching a new UHD STB this month with Android technology for current and new subscribers. This was reported by Xataka Movil, citing the company’s CEO, Francisco Arteche. Euskaltel …

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ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications in German Joint Venture

by Alan Spencer

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications are to expand Germany’s mobile video and OTT marketplace through a joint venture. At launch, the streaming service will bring together the seven channels included in ProSiebenSat.1’s current 7TV mobile …

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TCL Shows P & C-Series Roku TVs

by Matthew Brennesholtz

TCL USA had an event at the trendy Dream Hotel Downtown in Manhattan last week. The main target of the event was not journalists like me but TCL distributors, dealers and other partners, so …

Acer, Starbreeze, Microsoft and IMAX Discuss VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On Thursday April 27thAcer had its annual Next@Acer product introduction and technology event at the IMax theater on Broadway at 67th Street in New York. This theater has the largest screen of any IMax …

New Windows 10 is for Schools

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has revealed a new version of Windows 10 that is intended for schools and to compete with Google’s Chromebook (although this was not said at the launch event in New York). Although Microsoft …

Watchfire Raises FCC Issues of LED

by Bob Raikes

Watchfire of Danville, Illinois of the US has drawn attention to problems seen in some LED displays that have been sold in the US without meeting FCC approval. The company said in a white …

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Western Europe to Exceed 100 million pay-TV Subscribers in June

by Alan Spencer

Western Europe still has over 100 million pay-TV subscribers, and this number will rise until 2022 despite the rise in OTT services. This is according to the Western Europe Pay TV Forecasts report from …

Michelin-Starred Restaurant Launches AR Cocktails

by Alan Spencer

The Michelin-starred London restaurant and bar, City Social, is to launch this month, ‘Mirage’, claimed as the world’s first AR cocktail menu. Mirage, a purpose-built app, took 18 months to develop and was created …

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