• Conceived, designed and developed by Manifest, The Digital Newsroom provides a comprehensive and fully customisable web-based news archive
• Electronics giant SANYO was one of the first brands to utilise the benefits of the Digital Newsroom; since appointing Manifest to run the UK PR and social media campaign for its range of Xacti Dual Cameras, the newsroom has had nearly half a million unique users

The key benefits for clients include:

• A personalised unique domain (e.g. digitalnewsroom.co.uk/SANYO)
• Enhanced user experience for journalists, bloggers and other media contacts
• Search engine optimisation (SEO) engineering to attract relevant audiences through web searches
• Hosting of large attachments, including high resolution images and video
• Display of real-time Twitter, YouTube and Flickr reactions to stories to offer additional context
• Links to brands social media profiles to drive community growth
• One-click social sharing via Twitter, Facebook, email and more
• Comprehensive analytics detailing the volume and location of users, their on-site behaviour and more
• Trackable short URL to monitor the reach of social sharing
• Email distribution analytics to show which media contacts opened the news release email

Quotations

Alex Myers, Director at Manifest London commented:
“The Digital Newsroom was already the most effective web-enabled news platform in the PR industry – but version 2.0 has advanced things even further to combine unrivalled functionality with a great user experience for journalists and bloggers.”

Dominic Jones, UK Marketing Manager at SANYO commented:
“Manifest is unique in its combination of digital understanding and traditional PR expertise. The Digital Newsroom is an exceptional tool for brands to unlock the potential of the web in a way that supports PR activity both online and offline. The result has been heightened coverage and awareness online for SANYO Xacti, helping to inspire record sales for our latest range.”

• The HIT-N240SE10 has the world highest solar cell efficiency of 21.6%
• The new HIT^® N Series 240W module is currently undergoing commercialisation and will be on sale in Europe from early 2011
• With this new module, SANYO offers even more PV power per square metre
• The module provides users with additional benefits under the European Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) scheme
• The current N series (HIP-***NKHE5) has connected cells with two tabs whereas the new N series (HIT-N240SE10) uses three tabs, reducing the electrical losses in the cell fingers

For the full press release, please click here.

• The Kasai Green Energy Park is is equipped with a variety of SANYO green technology, including a ‘1MW PV system’ that uses HITⓇ solar cells with the top conversion efficiency in the industry, the largest-scale 1.5MWh lithium-ion battery system for power storage, an ‘Energy Management System (EMS)’ that controls the energy efficient equipment in the park, as well as a ‘Smart Energy System’ that optimally controls all the systems
• The park will reduce CO2 emissions by 2,480 tons per year with the efficient energy utilization
• As a testing site as well as a showroom for energy solutions
  The Kasai Green Energy Park includes a PV system, power storage system and cutting-edge energy efficient equipment
• In addition, the Administration Building, one of facilities of the Park, features a “DC Power Distribution System”, as well as computers and LED lighting powered by DC (produced by Panasonic Electric Works)
• SANYO has developed the “Battery Management System” which controls the charge and discharge of electricity generated by the solar cells etc and stored into storage batteries

For the full press release, please click here.

• The T3 Awards are organised by T3 magazine, a leading British technology and lifestyle publication
• The awards were judged by panel of renowned tech experts from The Daily Telegraph, TechRadar, Sky News and T3
• A public vote on T3.com also contributed to the judging process
• The Dual Camera is 2.7cm thick and shoots full 1080i HD footage and 8 megapixel stills
• The CS1 won the title ahead of competition from the Flip Mino HD, the Panasonic TM-700, the Sony HDR-CX520VE and the Canon Legria HFM31
• The CS1 is available nationwide, priced around £249

Quotations

The T3 Awards website states:
“SANYO’s scaled-down full HD camcorder was the best of a very strong bunch from the last 12 months, offering great features, design and value-for-money. The Xacti is exceptionally stylish, yet offers advanced features like full 1080 shooting and a 10x zoom.”

Dominic Jones, UK marketing manager at SANYO commented:
“The Xacti CS1 has made a massive impact since we launched it earlier this year, and it is great to see both technology experts and the general public vote it to be the best camcorder of the year. The camera is a watershed product for Xacti, evolving our signature pistol-grip chassis to provide a smaller and more convenient Dual Camera than ever before.”

throughout the UK to record their own music and compare it to tracks from all over the country. Calling on amateur musicians to record a demo showcasing their talent on the SANYO Xacti ICR-XPS01M Linear PCM sound recorder, the competition puts € 5,000 (approx. £4,200) of music equipment up for grabs for the winning school.

• Running through www.xacti-fm, a dedicated website to upload, share and rate tracks, secondary schools will each be given a SANYO sound recorder to loan out to students who can then upload their tracks ready to be rated online by their peers
• Encouraging students to enter, and their friends to rate their tunes, the pioneering electronics retailer is working to bring avid music fans and foes together to increase the odds of their school winning the top prize
• An ideal recording instrument for budding musicians, the pocket sized Xacti ICR-XPS01M sound recorder produces studio quality recordings and is already popular with professional musicians across the globe
• Worth £300, the sound recorder will be awarded to the winning composer, alongside a SANYO goodie bag, and € 5,000 (approx. £4,200) of music equipment will be provided for the school’s music department

• The new HIT-N235SE10 now has 21.1% cell efficiency with a module output of 235W
• This New N Series HIT^® module offers more PV power per square metre, offering added benefits under the European Feed-in-Tariff scheme
• 18.6% module efficiency is achieved through adopting 21.1% efficiency HIT^® cells, new tab design and anti-reflection coated glass
• This provides an 8.7% increase in efficiency over and above the 17.1% HIP-215NKHE5 and a 7.5% increase in efficiency over and above 17.3% HIT-240HDE4



• Shoots  full 1080i HD footage and 14 mega-pixel still images
• SD card compatiblity allows unlimited expandable memory
• A wide-angle 35mm lens captures everything in crystal clear quality
• The CA100 is watertight to a depth of 3 metres
• 12x Double Range Advanced Zoom is a new high for waterproof pocket Dual Cameras
• A built-in light/flash helps to brighten dark underwater scenes
• Underwater setting auto adjusts colour and contrast ratios to ensure true-to-life colours
• Eye-Fi compatibility allows users to upload video and images wirelessly to the web
• A HDMI output ensures full HD playback is quick and easy on any HD screen
• The CA100 is available in yellow, pink and black models
• The Xacti CA100 is available today priced around £349

Download the full press release and high resolution images from the attachments list below.

The HIT® N series, with up to 230W output and a world top level efficiency in 72-cell modules, boasting 20.7% cell efficiency and 18.2% module efficiency, will be available in Europe from Autumn 2010.

The HIT® HD* series, with up to 250W output, 20.8% cell efficiency and 18.0% module efficiency, will be available from early 2011.

• The Xacti ICR-XPS01M is specifically designed for musicians
• Less than a centimetre (9.4mm) thick, it fits easily in any pocket
• Records CD quality stereo sound in Linear PCM and MP3 formats
• Detects and records multiple tracks across 360º automatically within live recording
• Plug-and-play with all major editing/mixing software packages
• Saves files onto microSD card, enabling limitless expandable memory
• Touchscreen operating interface eliminates operational noise when recording
• FM tuner allows playback and stereo recording of radio
• The Xacti ICR-XPS01MF comes equipped with a slender playback cradle
• Playback cradle provides 2V output through 4 speakers
• The first Xacti branded product that isn’t a Dual Camera
• Usual retail price is £199.99 for the Xacti ICR-XPS01M and £249.99 for the Xacti ICR-XPS01MF

]]> 1 http://www.digitalnewsroom.co.uk/sanyo/win10k/ http://www.digitalnewsroom.co.uk/sanyo/win10k/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:18:33 +0000 Alex http://www.digitalnewsroom.co.uk/?p=2176 In association with the Metro newspaper, SANYO has launched an online video competition that gives voters the chance to win $10,000 or a Xacti VPC-CS1. The competition can be viewed here – where you can enter the competition by voting for your favourite video.

• British YouTube sensation and Japanese popstar Beckii Cruel has posted dedicated videos to the site
• BMX icon Sean Pointing has shared his exclusive Xacti video on his website and via social media
• Examples of the videos can be seen on the right hand side of this page
• The competition launch was supported with a Xacti roadshow in Central London this month
• The competition is part of the launch campaign for the world’s smallest full HD camera – the Xacti CS1
• Entrants to the competition simply need to vote for their favourite video here
• The competition closes on June 30th

Click the links below to download an overview press release and high res imagery