Ofcom, the communications regulator in the UK, announced it’s latest research reveals that consumers are spending 45% of their waking hours watching TV, using mobile phones or other communications devices.
The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) announced that sales of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players in Europe are set to reach a new record high in 2010. According to the statement, around 4.6 million units will be sold in EU member states, more than doubling the previous figure (+110%). EITO predicts that sales of Blu-ray players …
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Verbatim Europe announced that it will showcase its latest storage innovations at this year’s IFA, being held September 3-8, 2010 in Berlin. According to the statement, this includes 100GB triple layer BXDL Blu-ray media, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed portable hard drives for Mac users, new MediaShare centralized home network hard drive storage, the Clip-it USB Drive …
Acetrax announced that it will deliver movies and TV shows to Internet@TV enabled Samsung TV and Blu-ray devices in the UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. According to the statement, movies on the Acetrax service will be available in Q4 2010 for 24-hour rental or purchase. Acetrax gives customers the option to rent and buy …
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PoINT Software & Systems GmbH announced that it has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe.
Sky announced that it will launch Sky 3D, Europe’s first 3D channel, to millions of Sky homes on Friday 1st October 2010. According to the statement, the announcement coincided with the filming of a dance routine at St Pancras station, where Bollywood dancers performed in front of 3D cameras as part of a new SkyArts …
Verbatim announced that it expects to offer BD-R XL 100 GB discs in spring 2011. According to the statement, the triple-layer (TL) 100GB capacity discs will be produced by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media’s Mizushima factory. Verbatim also announced that it is now shipping inkjet printable single-layer (SL) 6x BD-R discs in Europe.
AIVtech International Group Co. announced it entered into a $1.1 million (USD) sales contract with Europea Trade N.V. for the manufacture of 15,000 LED-backlit LCD TVs. According to the statement, this is an original-design manufacturing (ODM) contract with Europea Trade and its trading partner-Q Media-to manufacture LCD TVs that employ LED backlighting.
Eutelsat Communications announced that it has optimised the FIFA World Cup as a commercial platform for 3D viewing in out-of-home venues. According to the statement, seventeen of the 60 matches played so far in South Africa have been transmitted in 3D across Europe through Eutelsat satellites and shown on 50-foot cinema screens in 19 countries, …
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Sony Europe announced that it has launched three new home theater systems (HT-AS5, HT-AF5, BDV-470SS) featuring 3D pass-through on HDMI and 1000W of S-Master digital amplification hidden away in their compact subwoofers, which also act as the control centre for the units. According to the statement, all three systems will be available in June 2010.
Panasonic Corporation announced that it exceeded its ‘eco ideas’ targets set for October 2008 through to March 2010.