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The Apple TV Refresh Was Long Overdue
September is always a busy month for Apple, and this year is no different with all but one of the new products the company announced...
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Control4 Names 2017 Dealer Award Winners at CEDIA
Salt Lake City, UT – September 13, 2017 – Control4Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, announces the 2017 Dealer...
Distributors
Tech Data Up And Running Again
Four days after Hurricane Irma slammed into Tech Data’s headquarters town of Clearwater, Fla., the global IT distributor is back in the saddle after...
Industry
TWICE & Residential Systems Name CEDIA Best of Show 2017
NewBay Media’s TWICE and Residential Systems have picked the CEDIA Best of Show winners for CEDIA 2017 in San Diego. These awards honor outstanding...
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Apple Unveils ‘The Future Of The Smartphone’ In iPhone X
Apple strayed from its usual protocol today by unveiling its new Apple 8 flagship phone, and then immediately surpassing it with its top-of-line iPhone...
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First Integrated Solution for VR360 Streaming With Tiled Video and 3D Immersive Audio to be Demonstrated at IBC2017
PARIS — Sept. 12, 2017 — DTS, a global leader in high-definition audio solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER)...
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New Apple Watch 3 Boasts Stand-Alone Cellular Service
Apple announced its new Watch iteration today. The Apple Watch Series 3 is a stand-alone cellular device that packs a ton of new features,...
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NEP Equips Australia’s First 4K OB Trucks With Advanced IHSE KVM Systems
CRANBURY, N.J. — Sept. 12, 2017 — IHSE today announced that NEP Australia is constructing four new 4K supertrucks equipped with integrated IHSE KVM...
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Wazee Digital and Veritone Partner to Transform Media Asset Management With Artificial Intelligence
DENVER — Sept. 12, 2017 — Wazee Digital, a leading provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services, and Veritone® Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a...
Distributors
Tech Data Still Down After Irma
Florida-based Tech Data, one of the world’s largest IT distributors, remains closed for a second day in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The company,...
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Square Box Systems’ New CatDV Panels for Premiere and After Effects Streamline Adobe Creative Cloud Workflows
WARWICK, U.K. — Sept. 12, 2017 — Square Box Systems, the company behind the industry-leading CatDV media asset management (MAM) system, today unveiled an...
Digital Cameras
Sony Debuts New Flagship Cyber-shot Camera, The RX10 IV
Sony today announced a new flagship Cyber-shot camera, the RX10 IV. With this model Sony is claiming the mantle of the world’s fastest autofocus...
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See Which Top TV Brands Are Winning Online
Vizio takes home the gold in Brand View’s latest analysis of 4K TV online selling. As part of its exclusive market research for TWICE,...
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Apple September 2017 Live Blog
Apple’s event is now over. See our coverage of what was announced: Apple Unveils “The Future Of The Smartphone” In iPhone X New Apple...
Keeping Current
Best Buy Drops Kaspersky Software
Alleged ties between Kaspersky and the Kremlin have prompted Best Buy to drop the Russian software developer’s security products from its assortment. Best Buy is pulling...
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Talking Market Conditions With Nationwide’s Tom Hickman
“It’s a great time to be an independent retailer.”
Keeping Current
Who’s That Knockin’ At The Door? Could Be Best Buy
About a year after it started testing free in-home tech consults in a handful of markets, Best Buy has taken the concept nationwide. Starting yesterday, an army of In-Home...
Keeping Current
A Radically Different RadioShack Could Emerge From Bankruptcy
A pared-down, possibly online-only RadioShack may ultimately emerge from the retailer’s latest Chapter 11 reorganization, a far cry from the 7,000-plus locations that once...
Keeping Current
People Are Already Lining Up For Apple’s New iPhone And It Hasn’t Even Been Announced Yet
The standard Apple hysteria might be ratcheted up by delayed-shipping rumors. “Consumers in Australia are already lining up for the new iPhone even though...
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New JVC D-ILA Projectors Feature 4K e-shift5 For Improved 4K Content Display, Plus Upgraded HDR Performance
SAN DIEGO, September 7, 2017 – JVC today announced a new line of custom installation projectors that features an upgrade of the company’s unique...
Keeping Current
Next-Gen Retail May Be Unrecognizable
In this controversial think piece, retail industry futurist Doug Stephens extrapolates current industry trends to portend that as Amazon becomes the world’s Sears catalog, and...
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Top 10 iPhone X Rumors
Apple will hold a press event tomorrow, Sept. 12, in which the company is expected to unveil the newest iPhone (widely referred to as...
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TCL Named Official Smart Television Partner Of The Ellen Degeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show and America’s Fastest-Growing TV Brand Kick Off Season 15 by Extending Fan Favorite Sponsorship for Fourth Straight Year PR Newswire...
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Utah Scientific’s Scott Barella to Present ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to IP’ at the IBC IP Showcase on Sept. 17 and Sept. 19
SALT LAKE CITY — Sept. 11, 2017 — Scott Barella, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering for Utah Scientific, will present “The...
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Z-Wave Alliance Welcomes Huawei to Board of Directors
Leading global information and communications technology solutions provider commits to leadership role in the AllianceFREMONT, CA – September 11, 2017 at 9 AM EST...
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Nationwide Marketing Group and AcceptanceNOW Debut New Program
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Nationwide Marketing Group, the independent buying and marketing powerhouse, and AcceptanceNOW,a nationwide pioneer in the operation of rent-to-own kiosks within third-party...
Blogs
Behold The Retail Renaissance
The following column was filed prior to Hurricane Irma. TWICE wishes all Florida retailers and residents a speedy recovery. Recent news has highlighted a...
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RTI Increases its Focus on the Dealer Experience; Hires New Senior Design and Programming Consultants
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Sept. 8, 2017 — RTI, a leading control and automation manufacturer for residential and commercial applications, today announced that the company...
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RTI Strengthens Corporate Team With New Finance and Logistics Leadership
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Sept. 8, 2017 — RTI, a leading control and automation manufacturer for residential and commercial settings, has named Mark Derus as...
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Scenes From Nationwide’s PrimeTime 2017
Nationwide’s Dave Bilas talks with TWICE about first-half business results and the outlook for the rest of 2017.
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Samsung Sees Its Best Note Preorders with the New Galaxy Note8
RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced today that more people in the U.S. have purchased the Galaxy Note8 than previous Samsung...
Appliances
Washer Import Case Brings Out The Big Guns In Washington
Updated! Some of the biggest names in the appliance industry converged on Washington yesterday as Whirlpool’s anti-dumping crusade against Samsung and LG came to...
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Sony Expands 4K HDR Home Theater Projector Line With Entry-Level Model
Sony introduced its newest 4K HDR home-theater projector models during CEDIA 2017, including the entry-level VPL-VW285ES. The VPL-VW285ES is geared toward A/V enthusiasts seeking...
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Indy Audio Labs expands US distribution with new rep partners
Indianapolis, IN – September 7, 2017 — Indy Audio Labs, owners of the high-performance audio brands Acurus and Aragon, announce their expanded U.S. distribution....
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Philips Dolby Vision™ Capable 4K UHD Blu-ray Player Now Available
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – A new Philips Dolby Vision™ capable 4K UHD Blu-ray player is now available for purchase, announced P&F USA,...
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Philips Dolby Vision™ Capable 4K UHD Blu-ray Player Now Available
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – A new Philips Dolby Vision™ capable 4K UHD Blu-ray player is now available for purchase, announced P&F USA,...
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Philips Dolby Vision™ Capable 4K UHD Blu-ray Player Now Available
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – A new Philips Dolby Vision™ capable 4K UHD Blu-ray player is now available for purchase, announced P&F USA,...
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Now Available, Philips Smart 4K UHD TVs with Dolby Vision™
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – P&F USA, Inc., the exclusive North American license partner for Philips consumer televisions and home video products, today...
Home Automation
CEDIA 2017: Sonance In Major Product Launch As iPort Taps New Niches
Dana Innovations unveiled at CEDIA its largest number of Sonance-brand custom speakers in years while the company’s iPort brand added a premium tier to...
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Now Available, Philips Smart 4K UHD TVs with Dolby Vision™
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – P&F USA, Inc., the exclusive North American license partner for Philips consumer televisions and home video products, today...
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Now Available, Philips Smart 4K UHD TVs with Dolby Vision™
RUTHERFORD, NJ, September 6, 2017 – P&F USA, Inc., the exclusive North American license partner for Philips consumer televisions and home video products, today...
Home Automation
CEDIA 2017: Colorbeam Beaming Over Low-Voltage Lighting Potential
Colorbeam closed out its first year marketing home-wide low-voltage lighting-control systems and lights to residential and commercial A/V integrators in North America, and president...