Tag: sony
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Say Goodbye to Recordable Blu-ray Discs As Sony Stops Manufacturing Them for Consumers
The slow death of DVDs and Blu-rays is continuing as Best Buy has recently stopped selling them and Target is making them only seasonally. Now Sony has announced that it will stop manufacturing recordable Blu-ray discs that allow you to back up your content, according to an interview with AV Watch via Tom’s Hardware. Much…
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Local Fox Television Stations Will Start Airing The NFL Network’s ‘Good Morning Football’
Today Sony and Fox Television announced a partnership to air a syndicated extension series of the NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football”. The program will start airing on local Fox-owned stations on Monday, September 2, 2024,. Flory Bramnick, Executive Vice President, Distribution, Sony Pictures Television said: “Football is a subject that fans around the country want…
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Paramount Starts Official Talks With Sony For a $26 Billion Offer to Buy The Company
Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sony Picture Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have made a $26 billion all-cash offer to buy Paramount. This comes as Skydance has reportedly offered about $5 billion for a merger offer with Paramount. Now, the New York Times has reported that Paramount has decided to start official negotiations…
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Sony Makes a $26 Billion All Cash Offer to Buy Paramount in Partnership With Apollo
Over the last few weeks, news has been flying that Paramount is getting closer to a deal to be sold to or merge with Skydance. This comes as, for months now, Paramount has been in talks with multiple companies for a potential sale or merger. This includes talks with Warner Bros. Discovery, Appollo Global Management,…
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Sony Playstation Will Delete Discovery Reality Shows That Were Already Purchased By Users
Sony warned users that it plans to delete Discovery reality shows like Mythbusters and Naked and Afraid from their digital libraries despite being purchased. Sony began alerting users in recent emails, according to Kotaku. Sony’s Playstation site has put up a page with a full list of shows that will be deleted from user libraries.…
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Deal Alert! Sony’s Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds Are on Sale For $34.50 Off
Looking for a great pair of wireless noise canceling earbuds? Right now Sony has their WF-C700N Truly Wireless Noise Canceling in-Ear Bluetooth Earbuds Headphones with Mic and IPX4 Water Resistance on sale for just $85.49. That’s $34.50 off the list price of $119.99. These earbuds give you up to 15 hours of battery life. Making…
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Crunchyroll May Owe You Money From a Class Action Settlement
If you subscribed to Crunchyroll between September 8, 2020 and September 20, 2023, check your email. You might qualify for a portion of the $16 billion class action settlement against the Sony-owned anime streaming service. In addition to the timeframe, you must have been a registered user for, and watched videos on, a website, app or…
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Sony Might Buy Disney+ Hotstar and Other India Assets
Sony Pictures Entertainment, the global entertainment unit of Japan’s Sony Group, is in preliminary talks with Disney to acquire the media titan’s India assets, according to Business Today via The Mint (a paywalled publication.) People familiar with the matter said the discussions are a contingency plan for Sony in case its merger with Zee Entertainment…
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Sony Launches New Movie Streaming Service on PS4 and PS5
Sony and PlayStation have teamed up to give PlayStation console owners a new way to watch movies. Today the companies launched the Sony Pictures Core, a rebranded version of the Bravia Core app, in 23 markets around the world. When you sign up for the Sony Pictures Core app on your PS4 or PS5, you’ll…
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Ransomware Group Claims It Hacked ‘All of Sony’
A ransomware group named Ransomed.vc claimed it had succeeded in hacking into Sony’s systems and plans to sell the media company’s data. “We have successfully compromissed [sic] all of sony systems. We wont ransom them! we will sell the data. due to sony not wanting to pay. DATA IS FOR SALE. WE ARE SELLING IT,”…