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...According to Kwon, “the Japanese had the right idea when Sony bought into Hollywood. Their misfortune is that they peaked too early....
...Openreach, BT’s networking division, pledged to create 5,300 new roles next year as it speeds up broadband upgrades. 5....
...Thursday: Business software company VMware reports first-quarter results after the close, along with earnings from Dell, Salesforce.com and HP Inc....
...They included rolling out 5G and gigabit broadband, maintaining leadership in AI and quantum computing, and promoting climate tech to “drive forward a Green Industrial Revolution”....
...Sony sells Olympus stake as Disney disposes of YES holding Sony’s decision to sell its stake in Olympus back to the company boosted its shares more than 2 per cent on Friday, on hopes it would offload other...
...Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio behind shows such as Breaking Bad, would be one option. Lionsgate, the producer of Mad Men, Walking Dead and other hits might be another....
...Much of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is seemingly in play, after it held talks to sell some assets to Walt Disney and Comcast, and drew interest from Verizon and Sony....
...Pandora also said Michael Lynton, chairman of Snap and former head of Sony Pictures, will join its board. Shares rose about 5 per cent in after-market trading on the news....
...They like the combination of on-demand access to content [and] they like the convenience of having the jukebox in the sky that has been realised because of widespread broadband availability,” said Christopher...
...Sony famously acquired Columbia Pictures in 1989, aiming to use film and television programming to drive sales of video recorders and, later, DVD players....
...Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Television have invested $100m alongside SingTel, the Singaporean mobile network operator, in a venture called Hooq that has launched in the Philippines, Thailand and India...
...Vice Media’s Shane Smith, Sony’s Michael Lynton and Michael Roth, the chief executive of Interpublic also met Mr Modi....
...Amazon has also added new compression technology which it hopes will make streaming high-definition video in the home more efficient over domestic broadband connections....
...Subscribers to Sony's PlayStation Plus premium service will also be offered the discounted $8.99 rate through Vue....
...Sony recently launched PlayStation Vue, an internet TV service that costs $50-$70 a month — much less than a typical cable package — and includes channels such as CBS, Nickelodeon, Fox and Discovery....
...“What is very clear is that all the TV in the world is going to go on demand and it’s going to happen with both the broadband [streaming] companies and the traditional TV companies,” said Jeff Bewkes, Time...
...You must still pay upwards of $50 for a fast broadband connection....
...Late on Monday it was reported that Apple would join Dish Network and Sony as purveyors of a “skinny” TV bundle....
...Sony Pictures co-chairman stands down in shake-up Sony Pictures announced its first big shake-up in the wake of November’s damaging cyber attack yesterday....
...This is not like partnering with Sony [on its new web TV offering] or an upstart online service.”...
...Apple, HBO, Sony and Starz are among the companies leading a wave of internet services that are challenging the traditional ecosystem of pricey cable or satellite bundles....
...But after years of stalling on cyber legislation, there is hope that the Sony attack will give more urgency to the effort....
...from media companies including HBO, Dish Network and Sony....
...Moreover, Sony is testing a competing internet TV service: PlayStation Vue will have some of the content Sling lacks, such as Fox’s drama and sports channels, CNBC and Nickelodeon....
...Using 4G chips to deliver higher speed mobile broadband will also become the norm. Cheaper chipsets in particular from Taiwan’s MediaTek will keep a lid on prices....
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