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Sony Punts On New Cheap LG OLED Display In Last Fling Effort

David Richards July 7, 2026 No Comments

Sony has quietly reversed course on its 2026 TV strategy, moving to fill a major gap in its line-up with a new entry-level OLED TV built around a low-cost LG…

Microsoft Guts Xbox: 3,200 Jobs Axed, Five Studios Dumped As A$108 Billion Activision Gamble Crumbles

David Richards July 7, 2026 No Comments

As tipped by ChannelNews, Microsoft has moved to sack more than 3,200 staff in its struggling Xbox division and offload five game studios, as the Company’s A$108 billion (US$75.4 billion)…

Sony Kills Off Physical PlayStation Games As Cash-Stripped EB Games Faces New Crisis

David Richards July 6, 2026 No Comments

Sony Group has declared game over for physical PlayStation discs, a move that threatens to blow a fresh hole in the revenues of the already struggling EB Games while stripping…

Calls Grow For Amazon Monopoly Probe As US Giant Moves To Carve Up Australian Retail

David Richards July 6, 2026 No Comments

Serious questions are being asked as to whether Amazon should be investigated as a potential monopoly in the making in Australia, as the US giant quietly builds out massive robot-driven…

Honor’s Copycat Crisis: Chinese Brand’s Apple Rip-Off Exposes Deeper Quality And Trust Problems

David Richards July 3, 2026 No Comments

Honor, the former budget arm of banned telco giant Huawei, appears so desperate for market recognition that its research and development teams have resorted to copying Apple’s designs and colours…

Apple’s Fold Gamble Set to Hand Samsung and Motorola a Free Kick

David Richards July 3, 2026 No Comments

Samsung is about to launch its next generation foldable and Motorola has just landed its new Razr on Australian shelves, and both companies are about to be handed a gift…

RGB LED Set To Shake Up TV Market As OLED Faces Growing Pressure, Chinese Brands Target Premium Segment

David Richards July 3, 2026 No Comments

A new battle for control of the premium TV market is gathering pace, with RGB LED technology emerging as the biggest threat yet to OLED as Samsung, TCL, Hisense and…

Foxtel 1, Nine 0: How Foxtel Outmanoeuvred Stan on NRL rights While Nine’s Management Gutted its Own morning show

David Richards July 2, 2026 No Comments

The scoreboard from the NRL’s $5.3 billion, seven year broadcast carve up tells its own story. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany, running both DAZN and Foxtel, has read the market correctly.…

Pressure Mounts to Extend New Price Gouging Laws After Supermarkets Singled Out Despite No Evidence

David Richards July 2, 2026 No Comments

Retail and consumer groups are calling for new excessive pricing laws targeting Coles and Woolworths to be extended to major electronics, appliance and hardware retailers, as well as airlines, hotels…

BREAKING NEWS: John Winning Steps Down as Premium Appliance Retailers Tipped To Appoint Ex Super Retail Boss Ahead of $1 Billion IPO Push

David Richards July 1, 2026 No Comments

John Winning is out as chief executive of Winning Appliances, with ChannelNews confirming the Ellerston backed board is tipped to appoint former Super Retail Group chief Anthony Heraghty to lead…