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IFA 2025: JBL Debuts Latest Party Speakers

IFA 2025: JBL Debuts Latest Party Speakers

Nigel Bowen September 4, 2025 No Comments

Channel News has been tracking the speaker wars at IFA Berlin all week, reporting yesterday on Samsung’s bold move into the ‘party speaker’ market with the launch of its new…

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Sony Bets Big On Local Productions As Hollywood Stumbles

Sony Bets Big On Local Productions As Hollywood Stumbles

Nigel Bowen September 4, 2025 No Comments

Sony is doubling down on Japanese cinema as Hollywood struggles with a post-pandemic slowdown and what analysts are calling “sequel fatigue”. A Japanese company wanting to produce more Japanese films…

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Salesforce Cuts 4,000 Jobs As AI Agents Take Centre Stage

Salesforce Cuts 4,000 Jobs As AI Agents Take Centre Stage

Nigel Bowen September 4, 2025 No Comments

Salesforce has cut nearly half its customer support workforce, with AI agents taking over thousands of tasks once handled by humans. CEO Marc Benioff has confirmed the company cut about…

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Motorola Powers Global Foldable Smartphone Rebound

Motorola Powers Global Foldable Smartphone Rebound

Nigel Bowen September 4, 2025 No Comments

The global foldable smartphone market bounced back in Q2 2025. Shipments surged 45% year-on-year, according to new Counterpoint Research figures. Growth was fuelled by strong demand in China, still the…

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Retail Theft Hits Two-Decade High

Retail Theft Hits Two-Decade High

Nigel Bowen September 3, 2025 No Comments

Australia’s shoplifting problem just hit a grim milestone. Fresh ABS ‘Recorded Crime – Victims’ figures for 2024 show “other theft” rose 6% to 595,660 victims. That’s the highest level since…

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Kaleidescape Adds AI Search Tool to Movie Store

Kaleidescape Adds AI Search Tool to Movie Store

Nigel Bowen September 3, 2025 No Comments

Kaleidescape has introduced a new AI-powered discovery tool, called kAI, to its Movie Store platform, offering a more intuitive way for its customers to discover films. Kaleidescape is a Californian…

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Google Dodges Being Broken Up

Google Dodges Being Broken Up

Nigel Bowen September 3, 2025 No Comments

Google has avoided the nuclear option in the biggest antitrust fight since Microsoft in the 1990s. As Channel News reported last week, the nuclear option – a break-up of the…

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Optus Awaits Verdict On Unconscionable Sales

Optus Awaits Verdict On Unconscionable Sales

Nigel Bowen September 3, 2025 No Comments

Optus is back in the Federal Court over unconscionable sales to vulnerable customers. A proposed A$100 million penalty is under review as fresh detail emerges about missed internal warnings. The…

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Call of Duty Film In The Works

Call of Duty Film In The Works

Nigel Bowen September 3, 2025 No Comments

Paramount has struck a deal with Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard to develop a live-action Call of Duty feature. Under the partnership, Paramount will develop, produce and distribute the film. Neither studio…

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FTA TV Still Dominates Live Sport, But For How Long?

FTA TV Still Dominates Live Sport, But For How Long?

Nigel Bowen September 2, 2025 No Comments

A new report from media company Nexxen details how Australians are consuming live sport in 2025. The key takeaway is that linear television still rules the roost but is nowhere…

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