IDC: Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 1.1% in 2023 Market research 

IDC: Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 1.1% in 2023

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International Data Corporation (IDC) has revised its worldwide smartphone forecast due to a slower market recovery than previously expected. According to the latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 1.1% in 2023 to 1.19 billion units, down from the 2.8% growth in the prior forecast as the market continues to suffer from weak demand and ongoing... Read More
Canon announced the ProStream 3000 web-fed inkjet presses New Products 

Canon announced the ProStream 3000 web-fed inkjet presses

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Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced the ProStream 3000 series, the next generation of its high-speed, web-fed inkjet presses for commercial print. Built on the established ProStreamplatform, the new ProStream 3000 series delivers consistent offset print quality at industrial speed on a wide selection of substrates including heavyweight paper, enabling ultra-fast digital production of a broader range of commercial print jobs, the... Read More
Visual 1st to host Photo Print App Innovation Spotlight Events 

Visual 1st to host Photo Print App Innovation Spotlight

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Visual 1st is hosting a virtual spotlight event March 15 for Photo Print App Innovation. The event features live demos and discussions from leading app developers. Registration is open now for the event, which runs from 8:00 – 9:30 am PST. The event is hosted by Hans Hartman and Alexis Gerard. Presenters include: Roger Bloxberg, CEO, PlanetArt Thomas Beguin, Co-CEO, IXXI... Read More
Kodak not complicit in Trump-era insider-trading case, says Justice Department News 

Kodak not complicit in Trump-era insider-trading case, says Justice Department

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A former pharmaceutical executive and his cousin with ties to Eastman Kodak Co. were charged by the U.S. Justice Department with insider trading. Kodak itself is charged with any wrongdoing. According to the Rochester First,  the allegations say, between June and July 2020, 37-year-old Andrew Stiles, at the time a vice president of a pharmaceutical company working with Kodak, schemed with... Read More
School Photographers of America announces 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp Events 

School Photographers of America announces 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp

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School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced its 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp program. The program is designed to take entrepreneurs through the process of starting a volume photography business from the ground up, while also providing key insights for those with existing photography businesses. “There’s more interest in the volume photography business now than ever before,” says David Crandall, executive... Read More
Blackmagic Design announced the Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro New Products 

Blackmagic Design announced the Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro

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Blackmagic Design announced the Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro, a more powerful studio camera model featuring an EF lens mount, a larger 6K sensor for improved colorimetry and fine detail handling, ND filters and built-in live streaming via Ethernet or mobile data. Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro shares the same compact all-in-one design of the studio camera family with a... Read More
Rejuvenating the WPPI show, with George Varanakis Events News Podcasts 

Rejuvenating the WPPI show, with George Varanakis

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with George Varanakis, strategic advisor of the WPPI Photo Group, part of the Emerald Exhibitions company. Varanakis started his industry career at WPPI/Rangefinder and was among the team that built WPPI into a must-attend photography event. Now, after a sojourn into video-streaming and education startup, he’s returned to WPPI. In this interview,... Read More
Photoindustrie-Verband (PIV) to hold conference in Frankfurt Events News 

Photoindustrie-Verband (PIV) to hold conference in Frankfurt

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On April 18, 2023, the photo and imaging industry will meet in Frankfurt am Main at the invitation of the Photoindustrie-Verband (PIV) to discuss the future of the market. In addition to a well-known speaker line-up, the event offers plenty of time for networking and face-to-face encounters. The high inflation rate, the threat of gas shortages and the consequences of... Read More
Sony opens up Creators’ Cloud Updates 

Sony opens up Creators’ Cloud

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Sony Electronics announced the next generation of its Creators’ Cloud platform is now open to end users. This expansion comes after the initial introduction of Creators’ Cloud in September 2022, intended for professional and enterprise users. The Creators’ Cloud platform includes cloud storage, Ci Media Cloud for collaborative media workflows, and Discover, a platform to discover and connect with peers.... Read More
Mediaclip partners with global print-on-demand provider Prodigi Partnerships 

Mediaclip partners with global print-on-demand provider Prodigi

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Mediaclip, leaders in online photo personalization software, and global print-on-demand provider Prodigi announced a brand-new partnership, offering real-time personalization solutions for enterprise e-commerce stores. In today’s retail environment, customers have learned they can design what they want, when and where they want it shipped, and how to buy it with a click. Consumer-oriented businesses must adapt to this new behavior,... Read More
Profoto reports 2022 sale increase nearly 16 percent Earnings reports 

Profoto reports 2022 sale increase nearly 16 percent

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Swedish lighting manufacturer Profoto reported improved profits and sales for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022. The company said Profoto’s fourth quarter was characterized by weak demand and cautious customers, although profitability was good. Sales totaled SEK 230 million, representing 6-percent growth compared to the corresponding quarter in the previous year. For the full year 2022, the corresponding figures were... Read More
Hasselblad announces X2D 100C Lightweight Field Kit News 

Hasselblad announces X2D 100C Lightweight Field Kit

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Hasselblad announced, following the release of the latest Hasselblad flagship camera, the X2D 100C Lightweight Field Kit which includes two distinct lenses, the XCD 4/21 and XCD 4/45P. The kit weighs  1810g, making it effortless to carry during long shoots, hikes to hard-to-reach places, or store away. The Hasselblad X2D 100C Lightweight Field Kit has an MSRP of EUR €13,199... Read More
Fujifilm brings native Frame.io camera to cloud integration to FUJIFILM X-H2 Updates 

Fujifilm brings native Frame.io camera to cloud integration to FUJIFILM X-H2

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. announced it’s FUJIFILM X-H2 mirrorless digital camera will join its sister camera, FUJIFILM X-H2S, as part of the collaboration with Adobe that will provide the world’s first native Camera to Cloud (C2C) integration capability for digital still cameras, powered by Frame.io. The firmware is expected to be released in spring 2023. As originally announced in October... Read More