Amazon is thinking of launching an online pay-TV service and has already approached various media companies about obtaining a license to distribute their TV channels, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing sources.
Sony Corp
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. has hired Ron Louks as head of its loss-making devices business. Louks had served as chief executive officer at OpenNMS Group and as head of technology at Sony Ericsson.
Sony Corp is thinking of selling its audio recognition software business Gracenote and has hired Qatalyst Partners of Frank Quattrone to explore the sale, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter.
Google Inc. on Friday announced that it had completed the purchase of engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics is the eight robotics firm that the Internet giant has acquired in the last half-year.
Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony Corp. may spend JPY10 billion on a chip plant it intends to buy from Renesas Electronics Corp. Sony is reportedly increasing its chip output to boost its profits.
A new survey by Nielsen said 33% of active gamers intend to buy Sony's PlayStation 4, while 22% of those surveyed said that they will buy Microsoft's Xbox One. PS4 was released two weeks ago, while Xbox hit the stores last week.
The Nikkei said the registration of Third Point LLC ownership in Sony was strategic as hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb intended to pursue management changes and shareholder resolutions in the electronics company.
Sony Corp cuts yearly forecast amid losses incurred.
A source told Bloomberg that Sony's Head of Marketing for its film unit, Marc Weinstock, was removed from his role.
Samsung and Sony would introduce their new devices in September 2013, ahead of Apple's iPhone launch.
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC purchased a USD113.7 million stake in Walt Disney Co.
A source said Sony Corp reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom Inc. for television streaming services.
Sony's Xperia A outsold Samsung's Galaxy S4, which led to DoCoMo's decision to exclude Samsung in its promotional line-up for the forthcoming winter.
Nintendo Co. won a 50% cutback of the USD30.2 million in damages awarded to Sony Corp's former worker Seijiro Tomita.
Shares of Sony Corp fell 3% after it said no to the proposal of Daniel Loeb to sell one-fifth of its entertainment business.
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