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BEIJING, Sep 22, 2016 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- With emergence of Internet TV brands like Le.com and Xiaomi Tech, foreign TV brands like Sony have been continuing [...]

Byline: Matthew Shaer Two weeks after launch, 2.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles have been sold worldwide, Sony announced today. The PS4, which is competing directly against Microsoft's Xbox One, is [...]

Byline: Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY For the last 50 years, two Japanese companies have dominated the advanced camera market: Canon and Nikon. But the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan [...]

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Apple Inc.'s iPod recaptured top slot in Japan's portable music player market in September, beating Sony Corp.'s Walkman, market research firm BCN Inc. said Friday. The [...]

Aided by increased sales from its video game business, electronics company Sony Corp. reports a net profit increase to 29.04 billion yen for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31. Sony's net profit for its fiscal year almost tripled to 369.4 billion yen while sales rose 7% to 8.87 trillion. Article discusses sales of Sony's video game console PlayStation 3, and competition from other video game manufacturers.

Sony is back. Maybe. As succinctly as possible, that is the message from this year's E3, the video game industry's top annual conference, which wrapped up here today. Having attended […]

STOCKHOLM -- Ericsson, the world's largest telecommunications equipment company, yesterday reported sharply increased profits and improved market share in the first quarter, boosted in part by the increased use of [...]

Microsoft Corp. of the United States is leading the competition against Sony Corp. of Japan in the sale of video game counsoles. Both businesses are to announce their earnings at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, Nevada.

NEW YORK -- One of the oddities of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, which attracted 150,000 or more visitors to Las Vegas last week, is that Apple Computer - perhaps [...]

Japan's traditional dominance of the consumer electronics industry is giving way to a resurgence in the U.S. industry, which is given an edge with its ability at writing software for digital chips and its ability to keep manufacturing costs low.

The Eastman Kodak Company surpassed Sony last year to become the top seller of digital cameras in the United States, the market research company IDC said yesterday. Kodak sold 2.42 […]

SHENZHEN, Jan 29, 2014 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Huawei Technologies is still behind Apple, Samsung, LG and Sony in United Arab Emirates (UAE), being world third biggest [...]

Sony has formed a new company called Connect Co. in order to develop and market digital music players.

Recognizing Samsung's increasing market prominence, Sony instigated a 50-50 joint venture between the companies to produce and market flat-panel television sets.

Research shows victory could be short-lived as Sony Xperia Z popularity grows Half of all smartphones sold in Europe are made by Samsung, according to research by Kantar Worldpanel (http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/News/news-articles/Samsung-nears-50-share-across-Europe-as-Apple-powers-back-in-the-US). [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 9, 2013-: UMG leads new order of recorded-music companies, Sony dominates music publishing; London, UK Universal Music Group and Sony make big market share gains in 2012(C)1994-2013 M2 [...]

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has revealed the findings of a review it has undertaken of the nation s most popular mobile phone handsets. Investigating the current state of the [...]

Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. are both racing to get their console games to have links to the Internet and online gaming. Microsoft is considering a 'closed' network which would manage the game servers and control everything down to matching players for online competitions and signing up users. Sony Corp., on the other hand, is opting for an 'open' system where the game developers can manage their own networks online and decide how much to charge. Sony would only require that users buy the adapter for the PlayStation 2 console for $39.99.

Competition for market share in the $20 billion video game console market will heat up as Microsoft Corp. debuts its $299 Xbox on Nov. 15, 2001 and Nintendo Co. begins its US sales of GameCube on Nov. 18, 2001. Both companies are facing a slowing US economy and Sony Corp.'s current lead in the market with its PlayStation 2. Market-share success will come to the company able to produce enough machines to meet customer demand. Microsoft is somewhat hampered by its limited hardware experience.

Palm Inc.'s shares fell 14% to $2.15 on the news that it will report a narrow first-quarter loss. In the wake of the terrorist attacks and the grumpy economy, Palm rescinded its claim of profit this quarter into a net loss of $32.4 million. Revenue dropped 47%, from $401 million to $214.3 million. On an up note, analysts had predicted that loss of $207.9 million. In response to 3 quarters of losses, Palm has hired fresh blood and will part hardware and software groups into subsidiaries. Palm also launched its m125 model, though rivals Sony and Handspring also introduced new hand-held units.

Sony is the hardware leader in the video game console market. But as the chart below indicates, Nintendo is the leader in software titles -- with the top seller, Pokemon […]

Sega Corp. has decided to discontinue production of its Dreamcast video game player and to concentrate its efforts on designing video game software programs. The race for market share in the video game console arena is heating up between Sony Corp., Nintendo and Microsoft, which will introduce its Xbox console later in 2001. Sony has difficulties of its own as users are unhappy with the complexity and availability of its highly-touted PlayStation 2 console.