Sony has confirmed the launch date and UK RRP for its 55" and 65" 4K TVs and the pricing confirms Sony's commitment to making this format as competitive as possible.

The BBC reports that administrators have confirmed that the total cost of winding up the collapse of Comet will be approximately £15 million.

Job losses are likely at Hoover's Bolton facility after the home appliances firm announced plans to relocate spare parts warehousing jobs to Italy, according to The Bolton News.

LG Electronics will roll-out the TV-centric service in more than 40 countries including Europe, Asia, Central Asia and Latin America regions by the end of next month. LG Cloud enables users to stream content directly to LG CINEMA 3D Smart TVs as well as providing a convenient location to store entertainment content that automatically synchronizes between PCs, smartphones and TVs.

The BBC and Sony could be set to trial 4K TV broadcasts at The Wimbledon Championships later this summer.

Sources inside both Sony and the BBC confirmed to the website Tech Radar recently that Sony's 4K equipment will used at the All England Club this summer to film in Ultra HD and at the moment there's the strong possibility of broadcasting the tournament in the 4K format.

Samsung saw its profits leap by 41% in Q1 of this year, mainly due to increased sales in its smartphone business.

Sony has raised its operating profit estimate for the year that ended March 31 by three quarters after it counted gains from the sale of its New York headquarters, re-valued stock holdings and other asset sales that are helping the company cover losses in the consumer electronics sector.

At its Annual Industry Conference 2013, held in the Lancaster Hotel in London, retra relaunched its new insurance package – retracare.

‘Smart solutions’ is a term that best describes the products launched by LG at its recent InnoFest 2013 event in Berlin. Anna Ryland reports.

LG Electronics today reported a solid first-quarter performance due to a resurging handset business which shipped 10.3 million smartphones between January and March, the highest for LG since it entered the smartphone race. The results from LG's mobile operations offset less-than-expected results in the home entertainment business.

Despite the tough economic conditions being experienced in the UK and across Europe, the annual IFA consumer electronics show is expected to grow in both exhibition scale and number of visitors, according to the IFA’s Executive Director, Jens Heithecker.

retra President, Andrew O'Gorman, opens this years annual with some hard hitting facts and thoughts for both independents and manufacturers.
With 320 delegates present this is set to be another well organised, informative conference. Hannah Dedman reports

Following on from the Power Briefings, IFA 2013 Press Conference's Panel schedule promises to discuss some important trends and impacts to certain product areas and geographical regions. The schedule is as follows;

Once again the team from IFA have organised a fantastic press conference prior to the Berlin show (6-11 September 2013). With press from all over the world attending including delegates from Australia, the IFA team guarantees promotion of this event on a global scale.