Tag: Sonos
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Sonos Is Reportedly Releasing a New Android TV Streaming Box This Year
Sonos is rumored to be cooking up a swath of new hardware and expanding into a brand-new market: TV and video. The company is planning to release a TV set-top box that would run streaming services by the end of the year or early 2025, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The device, code-named…
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Sinclair Is Launching a New Free OTA TV Network Filled With Reality Shows
The Sinclair Broadcast Group on Tuesday said that it’s launching a free, over-the-air national broadcast television network to its collection of channels at the end of this month. The Nest brings a 2023/2024 lineup spanning daytime and primetime slots full of “comfort food” content focusing on home improvement, true crime, factual reality series, and celebrity…
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Judge Throws Out Sonos’s $32.5 Verdict in Big Win For Google Over Audio Sharing Tech
A California federal judge threw out a $32.5 million verdict that had gone in favor of Sonos, a wireless audio company that had sued Google over what it argued was a violation of patents related to music sharing in the home. Although Sonos had won several court cases against Google, including a limited import ban…
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Sonos Lays Off Over 130 Employees As Tech Giants Cut Staff
A recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports Sonos Inc. has plans to cut staff by around 7 percent. The California-based audio products company is striving to reevaluate and conscience overall spending in addition to cutting back on its real estate footprint. The layoffs will include around 130 employees of Sonos’ 1,844…
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Sonos is Offering 6 Months of Disney+ for Free With Soundbar Purchase
Starting October 1-31, Sonos is giving six months of Disney+ for free to customers who purchase an Arc, Beam, or a qualifying Speaker Set. This offer is good through the whole month of October and available to new Disney+ subscribers. Sonos and Disney+ have announced a multi-part fall campaign centered around the Season 2 premiere…
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Sonos Announces New Arc Soundbar, Upgrades to Other Speakers
After a whirlwind of rumors leading up to today, Sonos has officially announced its latest soundbar: the $799 Arc. The new speaker comes in white or black and features a curved, almost tubular appearance. The Arc packs in 11 drivers, with two pointed upward to provide what the company calls “dramatic clarity, detail, and depth.”…
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Sonos & Roku Are in Talks to Team Up
Today it was reported by Cnet that Roku & Sonos are in talks to integrate Roku’s new entertainment software the Roku Connect and Roku Entertainment Assistant into Sonos’ audio devices. This all comes from what Cnet says are people familiar with the conversations. Now it is important to remember that these talks are in the…