Long-time leading loudspeaker brand M&K Sound has selected Audio Collective Group as its exclusive U.S. distributor. The appointment is said to be effective immediately.
M&K Sound Names Audio Collective Group as Its Exclusive U.S. Distributor
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Restructuring
On Tuesday, we learned that Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is laying off hundreds of employees from its film studio, TV studios, and division HQ, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter (HR). The reason behind the company’s move is said to be an effort by CEO Ravi Ahuja to refocus the company on “certain core growth areas, while pulling back in other places.”
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[Read more…] about Sony Pictures Entertainment Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in RestructuringTCL & Sony Execute a Definitive Agreement; TCL To Be Majority Owner of Sony Video & Audio Biz
‘Sony’s Home Entertainment Products Will Be Transferred to TCL’
In a huge deal between two power tech players – Japan’s Sony Corporation and China’s TCL Electronics Holding Limited – TCL is set to become the majority owner of Bravia, Inc., a new holding company that will consist of Sony’s TV and audio business units. It is a deal that may ripple through the industry, as other brands may seek to mimic Sony’s move to jettison its hardware properties in order to transform themselves into a more profitable software, content, and services company.
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[Read more…] about TCL & Sony Execute a Definitive Agreement; TCL To Be Majority Owner of Sony Video & Audio BizCongrats to Kaleidescape! Company Celebrates 25 Years of Delivering High-Fidelity Movies
Kaleidescape, the industry’s leading provider of high-fidelity movies and high-performance movie streaming devices, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 2001, the company has excelled in providing movie lovers with the best-looking and sounding movies. It’s a remarkable milestone when you consider that over that time, the company flirted with its survivability as the industry initially strongly resisted the idea of allowing homes across America to copy digital copies of movies to home servers.
But the company eventually found a legally safe path forward, overcoming the controversies and becoming the leading provider of high-fidelity movies at home.
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[Read more…] about Congrats to Kaleidescape! Company Celebrates 25 Years of Delivering High-Fidelity MoviesLiaison: Doctor Diagnoses Custom Integration as Needing a New Kind of Operation
Dr. Steve Weber was building a home in Colorado, and he needed an integrator to design and install the home’s automation system. Although he didn’t know it at the time, the result of that experience would alter the course of his career.
Learn all about Dr. Weber’s journey into a new career
[Read more…] about Liaison: Doctor Diagnoses Custom Integration as Needing a New Kind of OperationNY Times Lead Tech Reporter Says, Even with an ‘A.I. Reboot’, the Smart Home ‘Still Doesn’t Work’
This week, I ran across yet another in a long line of critical articles about the unreliability of Smart Home technology. This one, from the New York Times, stings a little more, as it updates the well-worn path of complaints about home automation technologies, with a still-uncomplimentary perspective on new A.I.-enabled versions. The blunt conclusion: the Smart Home “Still Doesn’t Work.”
See why the Times says that Smart Home is still a ‘Dud, But With A.I.’
[Read more…] about NY Times Lead Tech Reporter Says, Even with an ‘A.I. Reboot’, the Smart Home ‘Still Doesn’t Work’Josh.ai Keynote 2026 Event Highlights New OS & App Advancements
On Thursday, Josh.ai, a prominent control solution provider specializing in voice and AI technologies, held its annual Keynote presentation, this year called Josh.ai Keynote 2026, “Home in Harmony.” This year’s event highlighted largely software-based advances, such as an operating system update and a newly redesigned app.
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[Read more…] about Josh.ai Keynote 2026 Event Highlights New OS & App AdvancementsAudioControl Launches Exciting New Hyperion Series High-Performance Home Theater Lineup
AudioControl announced today the launch of the all-new Hyperion Series line of high-performance home theater products. This Hyperion Series is a completely updated line that builds upon AudioControl’s decades of experience in innovative high-performance audio system design, combined with sister company AVPro Edge’s cutting-edge video capabilities and system networking expertise.
The resulting redesigned Hyperion Series – a dramatic departure from past AudioControl designs – looks, feels, and I’m sure sounds like what might be one of the most contemporary high-performance home theater lines on the market today.
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[Read more…] about AudioControl Launches Exciting New Hyperion Series High-Performance Home Theater LineupThe Goal of New Sonos Play & Era 100 SL: Simply to be Entry Points into a Sonos System
Sonos, a company that has recently scaled back its research and development team as part of a companywide austerity program to improve earnings, is resorting to some old “tried and true” methods of launching “new” and “innovative” products…by updating previous models. CEO Tom Conrad called it “…building on what already works.”
As such, it has introduced the “new” Play and Era 100 SL models. Will this strategy attract new users???
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[Read more…] about The Goal of New Sonos Play & Era 100 SL: Simply to be Entry Points into a Sonos SystemVideo Projector Maker Barco Acquires Audio Company VerVent, Owner of Focal and Naim
In a move that has some of Strata-gee’s sources perplexed and scratching their heads, high-end commercial and pro video projector and display manufacturer Barco (Euronext: BAR) announced this week that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire VerVent Audio Holding (“VerVent” and “Vervent”). VerVent itself was created by the merger of French loudspeaker maker Focal and British high-performance audio electronics manufacturer NAIM some years ago.
