Valhalla, N.Y. - Fujifilm North America unveiled this week an M-Mount adapter for the Fujifilm X-Pro1 interchangeable-lens digital camera system.

The M-Mount adapter, shipping in June at a $200 suggested retail, is designed to enable the use of high quality Leica M-Mount lenses on the Fujifilm's new X-Pro1 mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, which was first introduced at International CES in January.

New York - CEA Line Shows kicks off on next month with more than 120 participating companies.

The 2012 event is scheduled for June 27-28 at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building, here.

Major participating brands include Audio Technica, Case-mate, Dish, Intel, Monster, Phiaton, Pioneer Electronics, RCA, Scosche, Sony, Tiffen, Westinghouse Digital, plus more than 100 other companies who are using the event to launch products.

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Seattle - Amazon.com unveiled Wednesday its Never Before on DVD store (www.amazon.com/neverondvd), offering customers the opportunity to purchase DVD copies of up to 2,000 more obscure legacy movie and TV titles that were not previously available in the disc format from studios including Disney, Warner, Fox and Sony, among others.

London - Global factory-level shipments of phablets, the cellular device that is larger than a smartphone but smaller than a tablet, will increase 10-fold in 2012 to 19.2 million compared with 2011, ABI Research said.

In 2015, global phablet shipments will hit 208 million.

In North America, phablet sales were non-existent in 2011 but will jump to 4.4 million in 2012 and rise to 55.5 million in 2016, the research and consulting company said.

ABI defines phablets as having a touchscreen between 4.6 to 5.5 inches in size.

Arlington, Va. - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is recognizing the achievements and celebrating the 90th birthday this month of Jack Wayman and his 65th year in the industry.

Cupertino, Calif. - Seagate Technology will acquire a controlling interest in fellow data storage provider LaCie.

Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie's chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, all of their shares, representing 64.5 percent of the outstanding shares of LaCie. Following receipt of governmental approvals and the close of this transaction, Seagate would commence an all-cash simplified tender offer to acquire the remaining outstanding shares in accordance with the General Regulation of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).

Round Rock, Texas - Dell reported lower revenue and net income in its fiscal first quarter ended May 4.

Net revenue was $14.4 billion, down 4 percent from the prior year's first quarter.

Consolidated operating income was $824 million from the prior year's $1.2 billion.

In its consumer business net revenue for the quarter was $3.04 billion down from the prior year's $3.45 billion. Consolidated operating income was $32 million, down from the prior year's $170 million.

Englewood, Colo. - Dish Network and said Wednesday they have reached a deal to bring the DishWorld service to the Roku streaming platform in the U.S.

The agreement will enable Roku to offer more than 50 international programming channels, including the leading Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, Bangla and Brazilian channels. The DishWorld service enables Dish to expand its distribution of ethnic channels into urban and multi-dwelling unit markets difficult to reach by satellite.

Arlington, Va. - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) announced they are embarking on a joint campaign meant to raise awareness of aftermarket in-vehicle technologies.

The spring Digital Driver campaign, which kicks off May 24, is the first leg of what will be an ongoing event, Chris Cook, MERA president, told TWICE. The campaign will focus on five key entertainment-focused areas:

• Bluetooth audio streaming;

• Internet in the vehicle;