GE in digital camera business

by | Feb 15, 2007 | Business

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NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2007) – Already one of the most trusted consumer brands in the world, GE will soon become one of the hottest names in high-quality digital still cameras.
GE and corporate newcomer General Imaging Co. announced today that the two companies have reached an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement by which General Imaging will design, manufacture and distribute an all-new line of GE-branded digital cameras.

“We were seeking to enter the digital camera arena and found a perfect partner,” said Brad Irvine, GE President of Trading and Licensing. “The cameras from General Imaging are truly worthy of the GE name, representative of GE’s leadership in technology and innovation.”
General Imaging Co. Chairman and CEO Hiroshi “Hugh” Komiya said the GE brand comes with instant credibility.
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“GE is a brand that consumers around the world know and trust,” he said. “This is a brand known for innovation and technical leadership. We fully intend to deliver on the GE brand promise and even further enhance the GE brand value.”
Headquartered in Torrance, California, General Imaging brings together an all-star cast of photo industry veterans.
Komiya is a former president of Olympus Imaging Corporation.
Leading sales efforts in North America will be Rene Buhay, a former Vice-President of Global Sales for ArcSoft who had also headed North American sales for both Samsung and Ricoh. Noted industrial designer Takeyoshi Kawano will be the company’s chief designer. Kawano’s design credits include the Sony Walkman, the Sony VAIO computer and the Olympus Stylus camera series.

“Style will play an important part in our product development,” Kawano noted. “Consumers are demanding not just advanced features but stylish designs. We’re responding to that demand with cameras that are a statement of style and at the same time have all the latest technology.”
According to Kawano, advanced features such as image stabilization, high ISO sensitivity, and
panoramic stitching will be standard on ALL models.
“With advanced features like this on all our cameras, it will be diffi cult to take a bad photo,” he said.
“GE cameras will literally change the quality of pictures for today’s consumers.”
Entry-level GE digital cameras will start with 7 megapixels of resolution and 2.5-inch LCD screens.
Higher-end GE cameras will offer up to 12 megapixels of resolution and 3-inch LCD screens. A photo printer will also be included in the line.
The GE digital cameras will make their debut at the annual Photo Marketing Association trade show, March 8-11, in Las Vegas. Cameras will be available in North America from mid-April. Shipments to Europe and Asia are scheduled for later this year.
Buhay believes that response to the new camera line from retailers and consumers alike will
be overwhelming.
“I’ve been in the electronics fi eld for many years, and the GE cameras are like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” he said. “Our aim is to be Number 1 in all aspects – quality, technology, performance and value – and these cameras will do that.”
For more information go to www.ge.com/digitalcameras

New Chief of Western Air Command

by | Feb 2, 2007 | India News

Thursday, February 01, 2007 Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia PVSM AVSM & Bar VM VSM has taken over as Air Officer Commanding -in- Chief, Western Air Command with effect from 01 February 2007. Prior to this appointment the officer was the Air Officer...

AXN Channel Banned

by | Jan 17, 2007 | Entertainment

It had come to the notice of the Central Government that some cable operators in the country through their Cable Television Networks are transmitting /re-transmitting a satellite channel namely “AXN” which is reportedly telecasting programmes such as ‘World’s Sexiest Advertisements’ that are against good taste or decency and are likely to adversely affect public morality. Therefore, the Central Government thinks it necessary to prohibit transmission or re-transmission of the said channel in the country. As such the Central Government in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 20 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, has taken decision to prohibit the transmission/re-transmission of this channel on all platforms.

IITTM to start a new Campus at Noida

by | Jan 16, 2007 | India News

It is a multi-campus Institute functioning from its centers at Gwalior, Bhubaneswar, Goa and a new center being set up at Noida. The Minister of Tourism & Culture Smt. Ambika Soni will lay the foundation stone of the new campus at Sector-62, Noida on 18th January, 2007. IITTM has been a pioneer in the field of education, training, research and consultancy in the highly dynamic travel and tourism sector. The Institute has been designated as the International focal point of the Asia Pacific Educational and Training Institutes in Tourism (APETIT) with an objective of strengthening the quantitative and qualitative need for training, education and research in Asia-Pacific countries. The institute offers both post-graduate and under-graduate programmes in tourism and travel. The Institute also conducts short term Management Development Programme (MDP) on various aspects of tourism and travel apart from sponsored programmes for different states and central government and autonomous bodies. IITTM through its programmes, has upheld its objective in achieving excellence in developing human resources in tourism & travel & allied sectors.

Owing to the phenomenal growth of the tourism industry and the necessity for grooming world class manpower. Government of India has decided to set up another center of IITTM at Delhi/NCR. Five acres of land have been allotted in Noida and 14.52 crores have been sanctioned by Ministry of Tourism for the construction of the campus. Proposed courses to commence are:

Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism & Leisure Management
Management Development Programmes (MDPs), Capacity Building for Service Provider (CBSP) and other short term programmes on tourism travel and allied sectors like other centers.