Tag: sony
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Weekend Wrap-Up: CES 2021 and AT&T TV Now’s Demise
It may have looked a little different this year, but CES 2021 still offered up a number of fancy new TVs and other gadgets for consumers to look forward to in the coming months. Elsewhere, we learned that AT&T is merging its AT&T TV Now service with AT&T TV and Hulu’s offering up a solid…
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Sony Says Its Bravia Core Streaming Service Rivals 4K Blu-ray Quality
Alongside its new line of Bravia XR TVs, Sony is also using CES 2021 to discuss its high-bitrate streaming service, a movie-focused effort known as Bravia Core. The subscription service will be available for new Bravia XR TVs, though the exact terms depend on which model you pick up. The service itself will include a…
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Sony’s 2021 Bravia XR TV Line Will Feature Fancy ‘Cognitive’ Processing and Google TV
At an online event today, Sony announced a line of new LCD and OLED displays powered by Google TV, the Android TV variant we first saw in the Chromecast with Google TV. Sony’s touting its Bravia XR line as the world’s first “cognitive intelligence” TV, which it says is a step above the advanced AI…
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AT&T Will Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation
Sony and AT&T announced today that AT&T will sell its anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony-owned Funimation. We reported that the deal was nearing a close in October, with AT&T asking $1.5 billion for the service. Today, Funimation purchased the service for a price of $1.175 billion. Crunchyroll has over 3 million paid subscribers as…
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The Best Cyber Monday TV Deals from Best Buy, Target & Amazon
We saw prices on TVs from top brands go down in price on Prime Day, followed by deals for Black Friday weekend. Now, we’re seeing even lower prices for many models on Cyber Monday. Here are some of the best deals from Best Buy, Target, and Amazon. (Note: Availability and prices below are accurate at…
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The Best Black Friday TV Deals from Best Buy, Target & Amazon
If you’ve been waiting for Black Friday sales to get a new TV, now is the time. Black Friday deals have gone live at Best Buy, Target, and Amazon and some of the top brands and newest models are included. Here’s our roundup of some of the best deals on TVs this week. (Note: Availability…
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Sony Nearing a Deal to Buy Crunchyroll from AT&T
Sony is in the final stages of buying the anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for over $957 million. We first shared a report from The Information that Sony and AT&T were in talks about the sale of Crunchyroll in August when AT&T was asking for $1.5 billion for the service. Sony purchased Funimation Products…
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Sony Outlines More Streaming Services Heading to PlayStation 5 in November
A new blog post from Sony sheds more light on the types of streaming services we can expect when the next-generation PlayStation 5 launches in November. We learned about a few of these a month ago thanks to updated images of the PS5’s remote control, but this latest post adds some big names expected to…
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Sony’s ‘Happiest Season’ Skips Theaters to Go Straight to Hulu
Another movie is skipping theaters to go straight to streaming this holiday season. Hulu has distribution rights to Sony’s “Happiest Season” in the US, with Sony Pictures keeping rights in all other countries. The film, starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, will premiere on November 25 as a Hulu Original. Clea DuVall directed the…
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Sony is Rolling out the Apple TV App on Select Smart TVs
The Apple TV app is now coming to Sony TVs. The software is rolling out on Sony’s lineup of Android Smart TVs starting with the X900H, with plans to add it to more models before the end of this year, including select 2018 through 2020 TVs. Now users will be able to access Apple TV+…