JAPAN NEWS: Sony revises its forecasts - again - and announces more cuts for TV division

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Now planning for £1.2bn loss for this financial year, closing down one of two LCD TV facilities in Japan and looking at greater outsourcing of research and manufacture

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It's now anticipating operating revenue to be even lower than it announced just three months ago, when it thought it was on track to make around £1.2bn profit.

Sony has also announced a further range of cost-cutting measures, and it looks like its LCD TV division will be hit hard. As part of a plan to reduce staffing in its TV design operations by 30% over the next year, it's planning to:

In December last year, the company announced a package expected to deliver annual cost savings over over 100bn yen (over £800m) by the end of next March. These new measures increase the savings to 250bn yen, or about £2bn.

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