sony

BNET Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Latest Cutbacks Hit Big Media, From MTVN To Sony To BusinessWeek

A number of larger media companies became part of the economic carnage this week—announcing show cancellations, store closings, and more layoffs both in the U.S. and abroad. This round touches a variety of content platforms, including radio, TV and magazines. —Plug gets pulled on "BusinessWeekTV" : BusinessWeek is pulling...

Tags: Sony Corp., Layoff, BusinessWeek, Cutback, Media, Health Care, Staff, Finke, Workforce Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Tameka Kee, Broadband, Companies, Sony, Viacom, MTVN, Entertainment, Magazines, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom

News items 2008-11-03

MySpace launches TV widget

News Corp's MySpace is set to offer access to prime-time TV programmes and other original content with its new ad-supported video player application, MySpace Primetime. The free downloadable player provides MySpace users with access to content from Hulu, Sony and Warner Bros. ...

Tags: Advertisement, Video, TV, MySpace, MySpace Primetime, Corporate Communications, Marketing, editorial, Hulu, News Corporation, Sony, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group

News items 2008-11-13

DVD Sales Down; Blu-Ray's Missing Its Mark: What's Hollywood To Do?

Now it's Hollywood's turn to feel the financial crunch, and it comes in the form of an even deeper slump in DVD sales. Stats compiled from studios themselves and independent media tracking services reflect a downward trend, NYT (FRB: 066570) reports. And it has insiders like Amir Malin, a...

Tags: Hollywood, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Blu-ray, Sales Strategy, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, Sony, Entertainment, Movies, Technologies/Formats, Tameka Kee

News items 2008-11-21

THQ and Massive sign in-game ad deal

THQ is hoping to increase poor game revenues after securing the services of Microsoft's Massive division to provide in-game ads for THQ's Xbox 360 and PC titles. The companies did not list all the games where the ads will be...

Tags: Advertisement, THQ Inc., VentureBeat, Games, Personal Technology, Activision, Electronic Arts, Google, IGA Worldwide, Konami, Massive Incorporated, NeoEdge Networks, Sony, THQ, Charlotte Eyre

News items 2008-11-24

Broadband Content Bits: Universal/Meebo; Crackle's New Shows; YouTube Live Stats; XFire's JV with H3

-- Universal seeds Meebo with content: Social communications company Meebo will feature videos from Universal Music Group artists like The Killers and Kanye West on its site and in its MediaBar ad platform. As part of the promotion, UMG will embed Meebo's IM and chat rooms into a number...

Tags: Xfire, Broadband, YouTube Inc., Cable Network, Series, Cable, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Companies, Google, YouTube, Sony, Viacom, MTVN, Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Social Media, Community, Video Sharing, Tameka Kee, Akamai Technologies Inc., VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

News items 2008-11-25

Additional Resources

Game of the week

Lips (Xbox 360) 49.99 Guys, what the hell took you so long? Four years after the launch of the first SingStar title, Sony's take on console karaoke, Microsoft has finally pulled its finger out and released its music- and-microphones rival 'Lips'. With its wireless...

Articles 2008-11-26

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment Expand the Star Wars Galaxies™ Online Trading Card Game

The Second Release to the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game, "Squadrons Over Corellia" Arrives This Year SAN FRANCISCO -- LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced today the development of the second release to the successful Star Wars Galaxies([TM]) Trading Card Game, Squadrons Over Corellia, scheduled for release...

Articles 2008-11-25

Sony's Robert Blanchard and Microsoft's David McLauchlan Honored at CEA's First Annual Technology Achievement Awards

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Consumer Electronics Association CEA[R] announced that its inaugural Technology Achievement Awards go to Robert Blanchard, regulatory and standards analyst, Sony Electronics and David McLauchlan, senior business development manager, Microsoft Corporation. The awards were handed out at the first annual Technology Achievement Awards, held in conjunction with...

Articles 2008-11-25

"Hollywood Goes Green" Summit Dec. 8-9 Announces Stellar Speaker Lineup Including Actress Laura Dern for The Organic Center Dinner

Two-day Event to Focus on Helping Hollywood Increase Profits and Lower Costs in Today's Volatile Economy through Sustainable Innovation and Corporate Responsibility LOS ANGELES -- iHollywood Forum, announced its final speaker lineup for the second annual "Hollywood Goes Green" conference held this December 8-9, 2008 at the Hilton...

Articles 2008-11-25

My 'look but don't buy' habit will be a tough one to crack ...

Notebook It's not that I don't want to buy stuff. I do. This weekend I spent five hours almost shopping. In the Apple shop I looked at headphones; I prodded buttons on the new Sony Reader electronic book in the Sony flagship store; I groped cashmere...

Articles 2008-11-25

TBS' 10 Items or Less Celebrity Bagging Competition Declares Winner

Actors from Television Series 'My Boys,' 'Mad Men,' '10 Items or Less,' 'The Young and the Restless' Participate in Offbeat Charity Competition '10 Items or Less' Premieres January 6 at 11 PM on TBS LAS VEGAS, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spirit of the...

Articles 2008-11-24

New Generation of GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry, According to ABI Research

LONDON -- The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services LBS despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives...

Articles 2008-11-24

Open-Plug Powers the New J132 Mobile Phone From Sony Ericsson

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France and LUND, Sweden, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Open-Plug Software Suite for Mobile Phones Will be Rolled out in Large Numbers Across Europe and Asia Open-Plug, the specialist in software development environments for mass-market mobile phones, announces today that its ELIPS application suite...

Articles 2008-11-24

Open-Plug powers the new Ericsson phone

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-24 November 2008-Open-Plug powers the new Ericsson phoneC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Open-Plug, a specialist in software development environments for mass-market mobile phones, announced on 24 November that its ELIPS application suite is embedded in Sony Ericsson's J132 mobile phone. The company said that the phone...

Articles 2008-11-24

Open-Plug powers the new Ericsson phone

Worldwide Computer Products News-24 November 2008-Open-Plug powers the new Ericsson phoneC1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Open-Plug, a specialist in software development environments for mass-market mobile phones, announced on 24 November that its ELIPS application suite is embedded in Sony Ericsson's J132 mobile phone. The company said...

Articles 2008-11-24

Crackle.com Unveils New Slate of Original Web Programming

'The Jace Hall Show,' 'The Groundlings' and 'Anytime with Bob Kushell,' Featuring Guests Such as John Stamos, Christina Applegate, Neil Patrick Harris, Among Series Premiering 'Star-ving,' New Comedy Series From David Faustino, Launches January 16, 2009 CULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Crackle.com, Sony...

Articles 2008-11-24

CLASSICAL

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Opus 26, 14 & 28 - Perahia SONY Few pianists have been as slow to tackle Beethoven as Murray Perahia. Subtle, elegant and unconventional, this performance of Nos 9, 10, 12 and 15 is only the third disc of Beethoven Sonatas in Perahia's...

Articles 2008-11-23

Sony hikes prices as yen value soars

Retailers likely to try to absorb price rise as difficult Christmas period looms Sony is planning big price rises in the UK because of the strength of the yen against sterling, in a move that threatens to put extra pressure on Britain's embattled retail sector. ...

Articles 2008-11-22

'Hancock' barrels onto DVD Tuesday

The following DVDs will be released Tuesday, unless otherwise noted: "Beautiful Ohio" (Genius, $19.95) -- Chad Lowe directed this '70s- period drama about about the rivalry between two brothers David Call and Brett Davern. Michelle Trachtenberg co-stars. Not rated, probable PG-13 (profanity, sex, brief...

Articles 2008-11-21

Former Industry Executive Dennis Garces Joins Symposium Productions as Chairman

Symposium Productions Corp. (OTCBB: SYPJ) announced today that Dennis Garces has been named Chairman effectively immediately. Dennis Garces has been an entertainment strategic marketing professional since 1992. As a marketer and music executive at A&M, PolyGram, Universal, Sony Music and BMG Music, Dennis created marketing campaigns which involved a multitude...

Articles 2008-11-21