Best Buy Targeting Sears Shoppers
Minneapolis – Best Buy is gunning for Sears customers this weekend with a unique Memorial Day promotion. More »
Sharp Extends UPP To All Aquos Quattron And UHD TVs
Mahwah, N.J. – Sharp said Friday that it has elected to move six additional step-up models in its 2014 Aquos TV line under its unilateral pricing policy (UPP) program. More »
HP To Cut Up To 16K More Workers
San Francisco — Hewlett-Packard said Thursday that it will cut an additional 11,000 to 16,000 jobs, after posting a 1 percent revenue decline in the second quarter. More »
Hisense H6 Android TV Hits Walmart
Suwanee, Ga. — Hisense said its H6 smart TV powered by Android 4.2.2 is now available through Walmart stores for a less than $700 retail. More »
NPD: Q1 Sees 47% Increase In Gaming Hardware
Port Washington, N.Y. — Consumer spending on video game hardware grew 47 percent to $983 million in the first quarter of 2014, but dropped 1 percent to $4.6 billion for overall video game spending, according to The NPD Group. More »
CEA Forms Home-Automation Standards Group
Seattle — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) formed a new working group to develop an industry technical standard to improve interoperability between home-automation devices. More »
AT&T Rolls Out Home Voice/Internet Service Via Cellular
Dallas — AT&T is rolling out its Wireless Home Phone & Internet device and service nationwide starting May 23 through all sales channels following a trial launched in select Northeast markets in 2013. More »
T-Mobile, AT&T Launching VoLTE Service
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service with HD Voice in Seattle and plans to expand the service to other markets throughout the year on a schedule that it didn't reveal. More »
Volutone Signs Several Suppliers
Simi Valley, Calif. — Volutone Distributing, a member of the PowerHouse Alliance, has recently partnered with ccGEN2 by URC, DSC, LG Commercial, Nest, Qolsys and Sonos. More »
AVAD, Ingram To Present Dealer Toolkit At InfoComm
Los Angeles — AVAD and parent company Ingram Micro will present what it claimed is the industry's largest comprehensive toolkit for commercial installation professionals at its InfoComm 2014 booth (C8716), June 18-20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. More »
JVC TV Reaches NFLA Sponsorship Deal
Irvine, Calif. — AmTran Video (AVC), which sells TVs in the United States under the JVC brand, said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to become the national sponsor of the NFL Alumni's (NFLA) chapter charity golf tournaments. More »
AwoX Taps Bernstein For North American Sales
Palo Alto, Calif. – Privately held AwoX appointed Steve Bernstein to the new position of North American product sales director. More »
Core Brands Taps Roberts
Petaluma, Calif. – Core Brands appointed industry veteran Paul Roberts to the position of director of pro division sales to direct all vertical and systems integration sales programs for Core's professional products. More »
SI Expands Black Diamond Sizes
Austin, Texas — Screen Innovations (SI) said Thursday it has enlarged its selection of Black Diamond ambient-light-rejecting 1.4 gain screens to include 16:9 120-inch and 2.35:1 150-inch sizes in fixed and zero-edge formats. More »
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