Industry insider
How Panasonic's three-year plan will continue the struggle to make money from TVs
'The first thing we have to do under this business plan is get rid of the loss-making businesses'.That's the stark message from Panasonic president Kazuhiro Tsuga.He was speaking earlier this evening in Japan, at a press conference to unveil his ...
Can anyone catch Korea in the global TV market? Maybe only the Chinese…
The latest worldwide TV sales figures make pretty gripping reading when it comes to charting the power-play between the top consumer electronics companies. For while the headline news is that sales of LCD TVs fell for the first time last year, ...
Sharp's Samsung deal: sell-out or salvation?
Seems there's been some hostility in Japan to the recent deal struck between ailing electronics manufacturer Sharp and its huge South Korean rival (and now partner), Samsung.The Twittering classes and Japanese Facebookworms took to their ...
Why Vietnam is the new China for the global electronics giants
There's a problem with China. It's not the oft-rehearsed arguments about British jobs being exported there, products bearing 'once-great' British names being made in Chinese factories or even whole British companies ...
Just how much does it cost to get yourself connected on the road?
Bluetooth? DAB? USB? In your car? Could be standard, should be standard – but it could add a few hundred pounds to the invoice, or could cost you £2000+...If you have a phone and you want to stay within the law while driving, want to know where ...
Philips: flogging off the family silver? No, just going back to where the Philips brothers started
The recent kerfuffle about the announcement that Philips is to sell off its audio, video and multimedia businesses, effectively quitting the consumer electronics business, couldn't help but raise a wry smile.For every person commenting that it ...
The state of the smartphone art
Just out are the figures for last year's smartphone sales, and some 'finger in the wind' predictions of how the market will shape up this year – and with less than a month to go before the industry's annual bunfight in Barcelona, where most ...
As CES 2013 showed, the Chinese aren't coming – they're already here
The TV landscape is changing. From being the leaders – both in technology and sales – , big Japanese names such as Panasonic and Sony are in the unenviable position of playing catch-up to the new masters of the market, the South Korean ...
Victor's plan to turn CDs into high resolution threatens the entire HD music industry
Interesting – or rather worrying – news out of Japan that Victor Entertainment, the music division of JVC has developed a way to convert CD-quality recordings so they can be sold as HD music.The report, from Japan's Nikkei business news service ...
90 years after its first transmission, BBC radio – from Arthur Burrows to Danny Baker
I have to whisper this around the office, but considering I spend my life surrounded by all things audio and visual, I’m not a great watcher. Yes, we have a big TV at home, and occasionally will load up a movie on a Friday or Saturday night, but ...
