IHS iSuppli announced it forecasts that global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6% in 2011, partly driven by rising sales of items that play a role in the connected home and focus on usability.
IFPI announced that it has released the 2011 edition of its yearly Digital Music Report.
Nintendo announced that it will release its Nintendo 3DS glasses-free 3D gaming system ($249.99) on March 27, 2010.
The BPI announced that it has published a new report entitled “Digital Music Nation 2010,” which provides a picture of the legal and illegal digital music landscape in the United Kingdom.
MOD Systems announced that it is installing its Download2Go digital music kiosks in ten Quick Chek store locations across New York and New Jersey.
The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPPC) announced that a number of musicians have signed a joint letter that expresses support for extending the Canadian private audio copying levy to include most digital devices and storage media.
The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) announced that 19 organizations support extending the Canadian private audio copying levy to include MP3 players, cell phones, computers and other devices capable of storing digital audio.
IFPI announced that more than 100 police officers in four countries have taken action against those involved in the alleged manufacture, supply and sale of unlicensed CD and DVD box sets that generated millions of euros in illegal sales.
The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) is criticizing proposed amendments to the Copyright Act for failing to expand the existing levy on blank storage media (CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio, MiniDisc) to include MP3 players, cell phones, computers and other devices and media capable of storing digital audio.
ViewSonic and Sigma Designs announced that ViewSonic’s new VMP74 and VMP75 Media Players are based on Sigma’s SMP8650 series media processor System-on-Chip (SoC) products. According to the statement, ViewSonic’s new media players allow consumers to surf the web, watch television programs from around the world and tap into online video sources.
Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. announced the availability of its latest Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, the BDX2500 ($179.99) and BDX2700 ($249.99).