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This month, PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities features a look at the new concept store platform from national book chain, Borders Inc. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-concept store added photo printing and photo book services to its revamped digital media offerings in the nearly 30,000-square-foot store. (Additional Borders concept stores are also open elsewhere in the United States.)
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Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., launched the first of two new television commercials to support the Canon EOS Rebel and Canon PowerShot digital camera lines. The first televisionspot, “Journey,” focuses on the EOS Rebel XSi and was shot primarily with Canon EOS-1D Mark III professional DSLR cameras. The Rebel XSi commercial blends individual digital […]

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Nine senior photojournalism students at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have created an innovative multimedia website, Frostbitesports.com. The student photojournalists chronicled different sports linked by one common thread — an extreme element. Through a blend of photography, audio, and video, FrostbiteSports.com looks into the world of extreme winter sports, exploring into the motivations and passions […]

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Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., resolved its patent dispute with St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc., Grosse Point, Mich. Effective May 14, the parties entered into a Settlement Agreement that resolves all of the litigation between them.
  Under the terms of the settlement, Kodak assigned its rights in the patents in dispute to St. Clair, and […]

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PixFusion LLC, New York, N.Y., creators of customized video products and services and owner of a patent portfolio relating to personalized video and entertainment products, settled its patent infringement claim against FunnyBit Studios LLC, Flower Mound, Texas. The U.S. Patents involved in the settlement include: Nos. 5,623,587 and 6,351,265, and patents issuing from U.S. Patent Application […]

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Yearbook photos for 583 McKinney High School students were altered by Lifetouch National School Studios Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., reports an article in The Dallas Morning News. Some girls’ heads ended up on boys’ bodies, and vice versa. Some necks were stretched, and some outfits were altered.
  McKinney school officials in McKinney, Texas, say they […]

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PMA, Jackson, Mich., hosted meetings at its headquarters May 19-20, for the Retail Portrait and Event Photography Committee, Sports Photographers Association of America (SPAA) Committee, Society of Photo Finishing Engineers (SPFE) Committee, and the People Lab Committee. May 21-22 PMA will host the PMAS Committee, Mass Merchandisers Committee, Online Imaging Committee, and Photo Retailers & On-Site Lab/National […]

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PMA, Jackson, Mich., released the Monthly Printing and Camera Trends Report covering highlights and overviews through February by PMA Marketing Research. The report covers digital print volume, digital printing share — detail, and digital printing share — channel trends. The report also includes data provided by NPD Group Inc. detailing overall camera sales, analog, one-time-use, […]

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PMA, Jackson, Mich., announces the availability of the  2008 DIMA Photo Kiosk Virtual Showroom Report, designed to help retailers get the most of their photo kiosk strategies. Tested both by consumers and by experts, the 25 photo kiosks included in the report were placed in a side-by-side comparison at the DIMA Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out Competition, […]

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Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan, reported earnings for the first quarter ended March 31. Net sales for the first quarter were ¥1.01 trillion (US$10.08 billion) a 3 percent decrease from the ¥1.04 trillion reported last year. Net income for the first quarter dropped 18.7 percent to ¥106.64 billion (US$1.07 billion) from the ¥131.2 trillion ¥131.25 billion, reported […]

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