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Merapar appoints Terpstra as new CEO

Merapar Technologies, a technology consultancy and software engineering company, has announced the appointment of Alex Terpstra as their new CEO. A move which further strengthens Merapar’s strategic growth strategy. Terpstra, who has formerly worked with the likes of Civolution and Philips, has a strong track record in building and scaling high-growth businesses. Alex led the […]

September 5, 2023

Pluto TV on Philips Smart TVs

Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, and TP Vision, the company responsible for the production, marketing and sales of Philips branded TVs, have announced a new partnership to launch Pluto TV’s FAST service on the Philips Smart TV platform across Europe and Latin America. The deal spans more than 25 territories across Europe and […]

September 4, 2023

PPDS Studios open across Europe and North America

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TVs, has unveiled its network state-of-the-art, fully interconnected ‘PPDS Studios’ in Europe and North America, providing customers and partners with access to its full suite of products and solutions, for more inspired co-creation with partners and the opportunity for […]

February 28, 2023

24i supports launch of Philips Hue Sync TV App

24i, the video streaming expert, has supported Signify, the owner of the Philips Hue brand, with the creation of its new Philips Hue Sync TV App, which launched at CES 2023. The Philips Hue Sync TV App synchronizes the color of the lighting in a consumer’s room with the content they are seeing on their […]

January 30, 2023

InterDigital, Philips collaboration

InterDigital has announced a collaboration with Royal Philips to jointly develop MPEG Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C) immersive codecs to the benefit of telepresence and XR-driven experiences. The MPEG V3C standard defines the general mechanism for coding and streaming volumetric content. The first two main codecs associated with MPEG V3C standard are Video-based Point Cloud […]

October 21, 2022

PPDS unveils new ‘stretched’ range

PPDS, the exclusive provider of Philips professional displays and solutions, has announced the debut of Philips S-Line – a series of stretched digital signage displays, bringing new creative possibilities for high-impact installations in space-limited environments. First teased on the Philips stand during ISE 2022 and available now for order in the UK and Ireland, the […]

October 17, 2022

PPDS appoints O Choi Park as European Sales Director

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and solutions, is excited to announce the appointment of highly distinguished AV specialist, Jae O Choi Park, as its new European Sales Director. Part of an ambitious five-year growth strategy, and an ongoing global expansion and recruitment […]

July 26, 2022

PPDS continues European restructuring to support growth

Extending on previous announcements this year for Iberia/France and CEE clusters, latest positive changes will harness the talents of PPDS’ existing management teams in the Nordics and Benelux to support ambitious growth targets. Mikael da Fonseca promoted to become International Key Account Director for Hospitality, as Peter Vinke retires after 30 years with Philips professional […]

June 23, 2022

PPDS continues European restructuring to support growth

Extending on previous announcements this year for Iberia/France and CEE clusters, latest positive changes will harness the talents of PPDS’ existing management teams in the Nordics and Benelux to support ambitious growth targets. Mikael da Fonseca promoted to become International Key Account Director for Hospitality, as Peter Vinke retires after 30 years with Philips professional […]

June 21, 2022

PPDS US becomes wholly owned subsidiary of TPV Group

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and solutions, has announced its US business has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the TPV Group, as the company enters a new, accelerated hypergrowth phase in North America. This highly strategic development fully aligns the business with […]

June 7, 2022