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Amazon Readies Entry into Step-Up Smart Home Control Market

February 10, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

Amazon Looks to Compete with Control4 & Others

Amazon.com Inc.’s secretive tech innovation development center, called Lab126, is said to be working on a more robust, step-up smart home control solution designed to be mounted into the wall, in a bid to take share in the custom integration channel. The move, first reported by Bloomberg News, is designed to take on major players such as SnapAV’s Control4 and other “professionally installed smart home control” providers.

But will it cannibalize their own Echo Show line?

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Research, Technology Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Echo, Control4, Echo Show, smart home, smart homes market

Savant Integrator Summit Celebrates 2020 & Kicks Off 2021 with Big Ideas

February 4, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of J.C. Murphy, president of Savant
J. C. Murphy, President of Savant

At the end of January, Savant held their popular annual Integrator Summit – its 15th summit ever…but its first such summit held online as a virtual one. In a Zoom meeting with industry media following the summit, President J.C. Murphy recapped the event which is held privately with only Savant integrators in the room.

Savant had a lot to talk about.

See more on the Savant 2021 Integrator Summit…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Bob Madonna, integrator summit, J. C. Murphy, J.C. Murphy, Robert Madonna, Savant, Savant Systems

Sony’s Strategic Shift From Hardware to Services Pays Off; It Now Projects Record Profits

February 4, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Like the hero in their anime movie Demon Slayer, Sony has blown away investors with their latest (and probably last) revision to their fiscal year net profit estimate. Announced on Wednesday, the company now says that it forecasts that it will set a new all-time record net profit for the fiscal year that ends in March. The major reason? A shift in focus away from hardware to services and content revenues and profits.

See more on this latest report from Sony…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Sony, Sony Corp

Long Time Bryston VP Partners with Colquhoun Audio to Acquire Company

February 3, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

Bryston BR-20 preamplifier
New Bryston BR-20 preamplifier

This week, high-end specialty brand Bryston announced that long time company Vice President James Tanner had partnered with Colquhoun Audio Laboratories, Ltd. to acquire the company. The news was a bit of a surprise and appears to be connected to Bryston CEO Chris Russell’s decision to retire from the company.

See more on this big change at Bryston…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, People, Strategy Tagged With: Brian Russell, Bryston, Chris Russell, Ian Colquhoun, James Tanner

How is SnapAV Doing? Moody’s Gives Us a Glimpse

January 28, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

SnapAV logo

Moody’s Investors Service is one of the world’s largest credit rating services that offers ratings used by many investors who target debt investing, such as buying corporate bonds or equity investors. Moody’s rating can literally impact – positively or negatively – the interest or coupon rate companies offer their debt at – and therefore can be critical. Recently, Moody’s published a credit rating decision on Wirepath LLC – the company behind SnapAV.

How did Moody’s rate SnapAV? Read on…

See Moody’s opinion on how SnapAV is doing…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Research, Strategy Tagged With: debt, Moody's Investor Service, SnapAV

The Dizzying Drop of Traditional TV in 2020 Cord Cutting

January 28, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of man cutting cord

New data shows that consumer content consumption trends are changing dramatically…and at a quickening pace. Fresh reports from eMarketer and separately from Axios show that people are unplugging from traditional cable and satellite TV in huge numbers. If traditional pay TV is losing, who is winning? And what does this mean for the Tech industry?

See the latest data on consumers cord cutting…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, Media, News, Statistics, Tech Trends Tagged With: cord cutters, pay TV, streaming, streaming video

LG Wins an Emmy for OLED TV

January 27, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

LG OLED TVs win an Emmy

LG Electronics announced this week that the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has awarded it an Emmy for its OLED TV at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards event. The award is said to recognize LG’s “continuing innovations to enhance and evolve the televisions to meet reference studio specifications.”

See more on LG’s OLED Emmy win…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, News, Products, Shows & Events, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Emmy, OLED, OLED TV

Global Chip Shortage Auto-Brakes Automakers Hard

January 27, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

GM designer shows new all-electric Cadillac vehicle
GM designer shows new all-electric Cadillac [Click to enlarge]

A global supply chain shortage of key semiconductors has hit automakers around the world hard, like the automatic braking solution on self-driving cars. The shortage is so severe that auto makers are literally being forced to close factories for weeks as they wait for their supply of chips. As the industry is trying to rebound from a tough 2020, this situation has become so painful, some manufacturers are turning to politicians – asking them to pressure chip manufacturers to prioritize shipments to the auto industry.

Can car makers force more supply to address the chip shortage?

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Filed Under: Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, News, Tech Trends Tagged With: chips, GM, Mary Barra, semiconductors, supply chain

Forecasting What to Expect in 2021 When There are So Many Unknowables

January 21, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

2021 forecast - Famous New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra

Famous New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once said, “Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it’s about the future.” Yet another wise saying from one of history’s most quoted sages. Even so, lately many regular Strata-gee readers (some of my favorite Strata-gists), have been asking me to do just exactly that – predict the future.

That is such a risky business…only a fool would take such a challenge.

See this fool’s forecast for 2021…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Management, Quotations, Strategy Tagged With: COVID-19, forecast, supply chain, trends

CES 2021: On Day 1, CTA Releases Optimistic Forecast for Tech in 2021

January 21, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of past CES show floor
A past CES Show, produced by the CTA

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On the first day of the virtual CES 2021 earlier this month, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) released their latest forecast for the total retail sales of technology in the United States. After a record year in 2020, the tech industry association says, collective retail sales are forecast to increase a robust 4.3% for a total of $461 billion in 2021.

See more on the CTA 2021 tech sales forecast…

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