Global TV shipments declined 1 per cent YoY in November 2025, according to Counterpoint Research’s Global Monthly TV Tracker, reversing the growth seen in the previous two months. In MoM terms, the shipments fell 15 per cent in November, as September and October shipments had been boosted by inventory accumulation ahead of year-end peak sales. […]
Visitors to the CES technology show earlier in January perhaps wondered why Sony didn’t have a presence. Now they know. Sony is to form a joint-venture with Chinese rival TCL to take over its TV business. TCL will own 51 per cent of the business, with Sony taking a back seat with 49 per cent. […]
The FIA Extreme H World Cup, the hydrogen-powered motorsport, has announced the extension of its broadcast partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) through to the end of the 2028 season. This multi-year renewal ensures that fans across India can continue to watch live coverage, highlights, and exclusive digital content. The extended agreement builds on […]
Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) have agreed a global Pay-1 licensing deal. Under the agreement, Netflix will become the exclusive streaming destination of SPE’s films following their theatrical runs and VoD releases for the first 18 months, after which they will go to Disney. The new arrangement will roll out gradually starting later this […]
Sky has announced The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an eight-part Sky Original series from Left Bank Pictures (The Crown, Dept Q), based on the globally bestselling novels written by Stieg Larsson. This bold and contemporary reimagining brings The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels, with […]
Ideal Systems has announced the addition of seasoned Pro-AV veterans Mark Goh and Derrick Koh to its Singapore management team. Goh, CTS, joins Ideal as Director of Business Development and will assist with Ideal’s continued growth in South East Asia. Goh has over thirty years of Pro-AV industry experience and has previously worked with Sony, […]
WildBrain, a specialist in family entertainment, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts Holdings, the holding entity for the Peanuts IP, to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Sony Pictures Entertainment for $630 million (€537.8m) cash. The family of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, retain their 20 per cent […]
Titan OS, the Barcelona-based technology, entertainment and advertising company, has raised €50 million in Series A funding, led by Highland Europe, with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners and other investors. Founded in 2023 by Jacinto Roca – previously founder of Wuaki.tv, acquired by Rakuten – and his co-founders Timothy Edwards, Miquel Barba and Tobias Pfalzgraff, […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has appointed Andy Livingston, Director, Technology EMEA at Sony Pictures Entertainment, as co-chair of its Next-Generation Media Working Group. Livingston will work alongside existing co-chair Andy Lucas, SVP, Global Distribution Technology at NBCUniversal, to lead the group’s work on future media formats and viewing experiences. As the technology landscape continues […]
Sony provided a 5G connected camera solution to selected photographers covering the 2025 NFL Berlin Game. When the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons met on November 9th in front of over 70,000 fans in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, these official photographers were equipped with Sony’s PDT-FP1 portable data transmitter. This allowed them to capture reactions and emotions […]