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How Wrexham's football fairy tale is fuelled by Disney and Hollywood glamour

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Monday, May 1, 2023
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For one of the oldest football clubs in the world, this has been a season to remember.

Key Points: 
  • For one of the oldest football clubs in the world, this has been a season to remember.
  • Wrexham’s men’s team have won the National League title and promotion to League Two, the fourth tier of English football.
  • The real life version playing out in north Wales has Reynolds in the starring role, and Wrexham as Radiator Springs.

Big players

    • And he has also proved himself to be no slouch when it comes to the business world.
    • Disneyfication is often seen as being synonymous with globalisation, commercialisation and commodification, and research suggests it has some key characteristics.
    • Players have gone from kicking a ball in a stadium to becoming performers in a drama that is streamed around the world.
    • To that end, TikTok’s logo has appeared on Wrexham’s shirts which are a cornerstone of Wrexham’s rapidly proliferating merchandise portfolio.
    • Like Disney attractions around the world, a small football club is proving capable of generating financial returns and a hint of fantasy.

Lasting Scarring Effects Expected as Mobile Device Markets Face a Challenging Path Back to Recovery and 5G Saturation

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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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In tandem, mobile device industry stakeholders have become more cautious triggering market uncertainties.

Key Points: 
  • In tandem, mobile device industry stakeholders have become more cautious triggering market uncertainties.
  • Operating under such a backdrop, the development of mobile device ecosystems and vendor landscapes have been impacted severely.
  • These findings are from ABI Research's 5G Mobile Devices, Features, and Technologies: Vendors, Trends, and Forecasts market data report.
  • This report is part of the company's 5G Devices, Smartphones & Wearables research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights.

Lasting Scarring Effects Expected as Mobile Device Markets Face a Challenging Path Back to Recovery and 5G Saturation

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Pressure, Smartphone, Consumer, Market data, Chromebook, Research, Tablet, Yoy, Growth, McQueen, Environment, Video game, Mobile phone

In tandem, mobile device industry stakeholders have become more cautious triggering market uncertainties.

Key Points: 
  • In tandem, mobile device industry stakeholders have become more cautious triggering market uncertainties.
  • Operating under such a backdrop, the development of mobile device ecosystems and vendor landscapes have been impacted severely.
  • These findings are from ABI Research's 5G Mobile Devices, Features, and Technologies: Vendors, Trends, and Forecasts market data report.
  • This report is part of the company's 5G Devices, Smartphones & Wearables research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights.

Grenfell: Steve McQueen's film is a silent, unflinching reminder of lives devastated by fire

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Saturday, April 15, 2023
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The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after the fire – rotates around the Grenfell Tower in silence.

Key Points: 
  • The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after the fire – rotates around the Grenfell Tower in silence.
  • The fire at west London’s Grenfell Tower broke out in the early hours of the morning, on 14 June 2017.
  • A government inquiry was launched, but the recommendations of the first phase of the report have yet to be implemented.
  • McQueen’s project aims to ensure that Grenfell “lives on in the mind of the nation and the world long after the covering went up”.

BMG, FREMANTLE DOCUMENTARIES, AND WARNER MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE NEWEST FEATURE FILM DEVO

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMG, Fremantle Documentaries, and Warner Music Entertainment (WME) are proud to announce their first collaborative feature film DEVO. The upcoming full-length documentary will also be the first-ever fully authorized film on the New Wave/Rock group. Bertelsmann companies BMG and Fremantle Documentaries, and WME are executive producers and financiers of the film, with all rights available worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMG, Fremantle Documentaries, and Warner Music Entertainment (WME) are proud to announce their first collaborative feature film DEVO.
  • The upcoming full-length documentary will also be the first-ever fully authorized film on the New Wave/Rock group.
  • Bertelsmann companies BMG and Fremantle Documentaries, and WME are executive producers and financiers of the film, with all rights available worldwide.
  • Fremantle Documentaries is behind premium feature documentaries Mrs. America (Fremantle, Anonymous Content, Spinning Nancy), Kim's Video (Fremantle, Carnivalesque Films) which had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January and fashion series Kingdom of Dreams from Misfits Entertainment, the team behind McQueen.

New exhibitions - The MNBAQ will celebrate Québec art in 2023

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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Theatres of the Intimate exhibition, which runs until April 23, 2023, invites the public to discover the monumental work of an iconic Canadian photographer, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) is proud to announce that it will celebrate Québec art in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Theatres of the Intimate exhibition, which runs until April 23, 2023, invites the public to discover the monumental work of an iconic Canadian photographer, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) is proud to announce that it will celebrate Québec art in 2023.
  • Québec artists will also be highlighted in the exhibition of the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award, which will feature the work of the five finalists of the 2023 competition.
  • Since 2015, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, in collaboration with the RBC Foundation, has presented the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award, a major event on the Québec contemporary art scene.
  • The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in the spring of 2023 will mark 30 years of valuable collaboration with the MNBAQ.

Geotab, Verizon Connect, and Solera Fleet Solutions Take Top Spots in ABI Research's Commercial Telematics Competitive Ranking

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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Technological advancements continue to create new use cases and capabilities of telematics to enhance fleet performance, improve efficiency, and save costs.

Key Points: 
  • Technological advancements continue to create new use cases and capabilities of telematics to enhance fleet performance, improve efficiency, and save costs.
  • In its recent Commercial Telematics Competitive Ranking, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research found that Geotab remains the leader in overall rankings for the top global commercial telematics provider.
  • "Using ABI Research's proven, unbiased innovation/implantation criteria framework, the Commercial Telematics competitive ranking analyzed and ranked 11 suppliers: Geotab, Gurtam, MiX Telematics, Motive, Samsara, Solera Fleet Solutions, Teletrac Navman, Trimble, Webfleet Solutions (formerly TomTom Telematics), Verizon Connect, and Zonar," states Alex McQueen, Research Analyst, Supply Chain Management and Logistics at ABI Research.
  • Geotab was followed by Verizon Connect in overall second place and Solera Fleet Solutions (formerly Omnitracs) in overall third place.

Geotab, Verizon Connect, and Solera Fleet Solutions Take Top Spots in ABI Research's Commercial Telematics Competitive Ranking

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Solution, Trimble, Satellite navigation, Research, Intelligence, Supply, Verizon Communications, Geotab, Adoption, Original equipment manufacturer, McQueen, Partnership, Solera, Logistics, Efficiency, ABI, Saṃsāra, Competition, Retail, Gurtam, Motive

Technological advancements continue to create new use cases and capabilities of telematics to enhance fleet performance, improve efficiency, and save costs.

Key Points: 
  • Technological advancements continue to create new use cases and capabilities of telematics to enhance fleet performance, improve efficiency, and save costs.
  • In its recent Commercial Telematics Competitive Ranking, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research found that Geotab remains the leader in overall rankings for the top global commercial telematics provider.
  • "Using ABI Research's proven, unbiased innovation/implantation criteria framework, the Commercial Telematics competitive ranking analyzed and ranked 11 suppliers: Geotab, Gurtam, MiX Telematics, Motive, Samsara, Solera Fleet Solutions, Teletrac Navman, Trimble, Webfleet Solutions (formerly TomTom Telematics), Verizon Connect, and Zonar," states Alex McQueen, Research Analyst, Supply Chain Management and Logistics at ABI Research.
  • Geotab was followed by Verizon Connect in overall second place and Solera Fleet Solutions (formerly Omnitracs) in overall third place.

Current Macroeconomic Headwinds Responsible for 7% YoY Total Smartphone Market Decline to 1.24 Billion Units in 2022

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Friday, September 23, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Several massively disruptive political, economic, and social headwinds—soaring interest rates, looming food and energy shortages, a devastating and needless war, and the changing nature of work–are creating an especially challenging climate. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, these headwinds will lead to a 7% year-over-year decline in the smartphone market.

Key Points: 
  • According to global technology intelligence firmABI Research, these headwinds will lead to a 7% year-over-year decline in the smartphone market.
  • "The challenging headwinds and notable inventory corrections conspired to outweigh any growth potential in 1H 2022, which has tempered smartphone demand amid a period of weak seasonality," said David McQueen, Consumer Technologies Research Director at ABI Research.
  • The current expectation is that the total market will decline 7% Year-over-Year (YoY) in 2022 to reach 1.24 billion units, while 5G smartphones will grow 15% in 2022 to around 683 million versus a previously expected increase of 28%.
  • McQueen shared his findings in ABI Research's new whitepaper, 2022 State of Technology Report: The Future of Technology in a Tumultuous World .

Current Macroeconomic Headwinds Responsible for 7% YoY Total Smartphone Market Decline to 1.24 Billion Units in 2022

Retrieved on: 
Friday, September 23, 2022
Digital, Weather, McQueen, Area studies, Research, Smartphone, ABI, NEW, Consumer Technology Association, Growth, Digital security, Intelligence, Yoy, Technology, Future Fibre Technologies, Uncertainty, Climate, Food, Home automation, Renewable energy

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Several massively disruptive political, economic, and social headwinds—soaring interest rates, looming food and energy shortages, a devastating and needless war, and the changing nature of work–are creating an especially challenging climate. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, these headwinds will lead to a 7% year-over-year decline in the smartphone market.

Key Points: 
  • According to global technology intelligence firmABI Research, these headwinds will lead to a 7% year-over-year decline in the smartphone market.
  • "The challenging headwinds and notable inventory corrections conspired to outweigh any growth potential in 1H 2022, which has tempered smartphone demand amid a period of weak seasonality," said David McQueen, Consumer Technologies Research Director at ABI Research.
  • The current expectation is that the total market will decline 7% Year-over-Year (YoY) in 2022 to reach 1.24 billion units, while 5G smartphones will grow 15% in 2022 to around 683 million versus a previously expected increase of 28%.
  • McQueen shared his findings in ABI Research's new whitepaper, 2022 State of Technology Report: The Future of Technology in a Tumultuous World .