Matthew Byrd Mar 14, 2017
This upcoming update to PlayStation Now is set to bring a selection of PS4 games to the service, Sony has announced...
In a post on the official Sony Us blog, Brian Dunn, senior marketing manager of PlayStation Now, says that Sony plans to add PlayStation 4 games to its PlayStation Now streaming service.
"We’re excited to announce that Ps Now’s catalog is set to grow even further, as we’ll be expanding to include a new platform: PlayStation 4 games," says Dunn. "All of the games in the service, including PS4 games, will be included with a single Ps Now subscription. We’ll share more information as we get closer to launch, so stay tuned."
Sony plans to start their expanded service by offering it to a limited amount of current PlayStation Now subscribers. Those who are selected to participate in the beta of this program should...
This upcoming update to PlayStation Now is set to bring a selection of PS4 games to the service, Sony has announced...
In a post on the official Sony Us blog, Brian Dunn, senior marketing manager of PlayStation Now, says that Sony plans to add PlayStation 4 games to its PlayStation Now streaming service.
"We’re excited to announce that Ps Now’s catalog is set to grow even further, as we’ll be expanding to include a new platform: PlayStation 4 games," says Dunn. "All of the games in the service, including PS4 games, will be included with a single Ps Now subscription. We’ll share more information as we get closer to launch, so stay tuned."
Sony plans to start their expanded service by offering it to a limited amount of current PlayStation Now subscribers. Those who are selected to participate in the beta of this program should...
- 3/13/2017
- Den of Geek
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When it comes to Halloween horror films, there are two that reign supreme over all other: the first is, of course, John Carpenter's original Halloween; the other is Michael Dougherty's anthology Trick ‘r Treat, which I personally consider to be as essential a part of the Halloween viewing season as Carpenter’s masterpiece... and I’ve yet to find another fan who doesn’t agree with me on that. A true embodiment of the best holiday of the year, Trick ‘r Treat is a movie that I simply cannot resist watching several times every October – one that succeeds each and every time in filling me with ample amounts of holiday spirit, and reminding me why I fell in love with Halloween in the first place. As we sit back and wait for FEARnet's upcoming Trick ‘r Treat 24-hour Halloween marathon, let’s take a look at ten pieces...
- 10/9/2013
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
The stock is up about 15% this morning after the Minneapolis-based company’s home town paper, the Star Tribune, reported that founder Richard Schulze will make “a fully financed offer” of as much as $6B for Best Buy ”by the end of the week, possibly on Friday.” The potential offer contrasts with the $8.8B proposal Schulze made in August. But Best Buy shares have declined more than 20% since then as it reported softer than expected earnings — which CEO Hubert Joly said were “clearly unsatisfactory” – and lowered its financial forecasts. Bankers and private equity said to be backing Schulze include Cerberus, Leonard Greene & Partner and the Texas Pacific Group,. He’s also working with the consumer electronics chain’s former CEO Brad Anderson and former president Al Lenzmeier. Schulze, who launched the company in 1966, resigned from the board in June. That upended a face-saving deal he made with the board after its...
- 12/13/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Best Buy's founder Richard Schulze offered on Monday to buy the ailing electronics retailer for up to $8.8 billion. The deal would be the biggest ever buyout of an American retailer, topping the $8.4 billion buyout of Toys "R" Us in 2005. Schulze, who resigned from the company's board in June following CEO Brian Dunn's sex scandal with a female employee, said in a public letter that he would offer shareholders $24 to $26 per share. The Minnesota-born billionaire offered to finance the transaction through a combination of investments from private equity firms,...
- 8/6/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
The company’s stock is up about 19% to around $21 in early trading following the disclosure of the offer from Richard Schulze. In a letter today to board Chairman Hatim Tyabji, Schulze said that his adviser, Credit Suisse, is “highly confident that it can arrange the necessary debt financing” to pay as much as $26 a share for Best Buy — 47% more than its closing price on Friday. “I believe there is an urgent need for Best Buy to reinvigorate growth by reconnecting with today’s customers and building pathways to the next generation of consumers,” the letter says. His proposed acquisition “would allow Best Buy to take the actions that it needs to take outside of the public sphere.” Schulze is by far the largest shareholder, with 20.1% of Best Buy’s shares. He resigned from the board in June, upending a face-saving arrangement reached in May after the Audit Committee said in...
- 8/6/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
There has to be a fascinating back story to the Best Buy soap opera. In the latest twist, Best Buy says that company founder Richard Schulze told directors this morning that he would “resign from the board, including the chairmanship, effective immediately.” The head of the board’s Audit Committee, Hatim Tyabji, was named the new chairman. Schultze said in a separate statement that he made his decision “in order to explore all available options for my ownership stake.” He’s by far the largest shareholder, with 20.1% of Best Buy’s shares. The announcement upends a face-saving arrangement reached last month after the Audit Committee said in a report that Schulze helped to cover up former CEO Brian Dunn’s “inappropriate relationship” with a female employee. The multi-billionaire agreed to remain on the board as chairman until the June 21 annual meeting when Tyabji would take the gavel. Schulze then would...
- 6/7/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Richard Schulze will remain on the board to the end of his term next year but will just have an honorary title at the consumer electronics retail chain after the board’s Audit Committee said in a report that he helped to cover up former CEO Brian Dunn’s “inappropriate relationship” with a female employee. That’s a big come-down for Schulze, who became a multi-billionaire by turning his Sound Of Music Store founded in St. Paul in 1966 into one of the country’s largest sellers of consumer electronics and entertainment. The report says Schulze found out about Dunn’s relationship in late 2011 but kept it to himself after the CEO “adamantly denied” any impropriety. The board first learned of the relationship in March. Dunn resigned last month. He was paid $6.6M as part of his separation agreement. In addition to the changes at the top, Best Buy says it...
- 5/14/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
PirateEye is watching you. With $5 million in funding from the major studios, the surveillance company with the Orwellian undertones hopes to help theaters crack down on piracy. It installs five-inch cameras weighing as little 14.5 pounds in movie theaters that send out beams of light to capture three to six seats at a time on film. The company is primarily installing its cameras at premieres and press screenings, Brian Dunn, chief executive officer of PirateEye, said at a presentation at the exhibition trade show CinemaCon on Wednesday, The goal is to make bag...
- 4/25/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Shares are down in pre-market trading as investors sort through the consumer electronics giant’s latest earnings, and an ambitious plan to focus on mobile phone sales as it cuts total retail space. Best Buy says it will close 50 of its big box stores in the U.S. in the fiscal year that ends in February and remodel others to emphasise phone, video, and broadband services. Meanwhile, the chain will open 100 smaller Best Buy Mobile stores; it expects to have as many as 800 in 2016, up from 305 today. The chain also vows to “significantly improve the customer experience”: By the holiday season it will increase employee training and change compensation to offer “financial incentives for delivering on customer service and business goals.” All told, Best Buy expects to reduce its costs by $250M this year, and $800M by 2015. ”We intend to invest some of these cost savings into offering new...
- 3/29/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Will 3-D succeed? The technology has always been hindered by the viewing experience's central component, 3-D glasses, which have been awkward and annoying to wear ever since the flimsy red-and-blue framed spectacles of yore. But with 3-D tech creating a blockbuster boom in Hollywood, everyone involved in the industry--from Sony to 50 Cent--is now focused on making 3-D glasses cool and fashionable.
Other companies though such as Apple and Toshiba are focused on making them disappear. Both companies have pushed for glasses-free 3-D technology, and this week at CES, Toshiba is showing off its latest entry to the field: glasses-free 3-D laptops.
We caught an early tech demo of the technology and must admit it's very cool to see 3-D integrated so well with 2-D. When sitting in front of the computer, the webcam finds and follows your eyes, creating a viewing experience optimized for your gaze. If you have Avatar playing in one window,...
Other companies though such as Apple and Toshiba are focused on making them disappear. Both companies have pushed for glasses-free 3-D technology, and this week at CES, Toshiba is showing off its latest entry to the field: glasses-free 3-D laptops.
We caught an early tech demo of the technology and must admit it's very cool to see 3-D integrated so well with 2-D. When sitting in front of the computer, the webcam finds and follows your eyes, creating a viewing experience optimized for your gaze. If you have Avatar playing in one window,...
- 1/3/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Brian Dunn knows what gifts are going to be hot this holiday season. As CEO of Best Buy, one of the world's largest consumer electronics retailers, Dunn has an eagle-eye view of the industry come Black Friday. In a recent chat with Fast Company, Dunn said the big ticket items this year will be smartphones, tablets, and motion gaming. Here are some of his picks.
Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo
Dunn's certain all three motion-based gaming systems --the Wii, Xbox Kinect, and PlayStation Move--will be hot sellers this holiday season. However, he didn't think any system would be enough to steal customers from its competitors.
"We think your bias is where you'll go," says Dunn. "If you're a PS3 house, you'll go with Sony Move; if you're an Xbox house, you'll go with Kinect."
What will his family be asking for? "The Kinect is of keen interest to my kids,...
Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo
Dunn's certain all three motion-based gaming systems --the Wii, Xbox Kinect, and PlayStation Move--will be hot sellers this holiday season. However, he didn't think any system would be enough to steal customers from its competitors.
"We think your bias is where you'll go," says Dunn. "If you're a PS3 house, you'll go with Sony Move; if you're an Xbox house, you'll go with Kinect."
What will his family be asking for? "The Kinect is of keen interest to my kids,...
- 11/17/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Consumer electronics companies are betting big on 3-D television. The 3-D landmark movie Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time, so it's no wonder Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, and Toshiba are aiming to bring that kind of box-office dough to the living room. Yet 3-D TVs haven't caught fire among consumers. Here's why it's the fault of marketers--not manufacturers.
At Best Buy's holiday preview event Tuesday, company heads discussed how 3-D TVs were a surprise disappointment for retailers. "The industry overall had higher expectations for 3-D than what we're seeing now," said Mike Vitelli, Best Buy president, Americas.
Indeed, adoption rates have been low. One recent survey revealed that 83% of respondents didn't consider 3-D TVs important enough to purchase. Having to wear 3-D glasses was a central complaint for consumers.
Best Buy, which has made 3-D TVs a centerpiece of its holiday offerings, doesn't think they're to blame. "It's a marketing problem,...
At Best Buy's holiday preview event Tuesday, company heads discussed how 3-D TVs were a surprise disappointment for retailers. "The industry overall had higher expectations for 3-D than what we're seeing now," said Mike Vitelli, Best Buy president, Americas.
Indeed, adoption rates have been low. One recent survey revealed that 83% of respondents didn't consider 3-D TVs important enough to purchase. Having to wear 3-D glasses was a central complaint for consumers.
Best Buy, which has made 3-D TVs a centerpiece of its holiday offerings, doesn't think they're to blame. "It's a marketing problem,...
- 9/29/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Several weeks ago, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn said the iPad had sliced notebook sales by "as much as 50%." He soon walked back on that statement, and today, explained how the mistake occurred.
"I was brutally misquoted," Dunn told reporters at Best Buy's holiday preview event Tuesday. "Let's try this again. What we saw was approximately 40% to 50% cannibalization on netbook sales during a very narrow window--not over a sustained period of time."
Mike Vitelli, Best Buy president, chimed in with a clarification. "If 100 people came and bought an iPad, what we saw was that 50 of them--and this is just compared with previous netbook trends in that store in that week--50 of those people were incremental, and there were 50 less netbooks sold versus if there were 1000. You follow me?"
No, not really.
"The math is on the number of iPads that got sold, which is still very, very small," he added,...
"I was brutally misquoted," Dunn told reporters at Best Buy's holiday preview event Tuesday. "Let's try this again. What we saw was approximately 40% to 50% cannibalization on netbook sales during a very narrow window--not over a sustained period of time."
Mike Vitelli, Best Buy president, chimed in with a clarification. "If 100 people came and bought an iPad, what we saw was that 50 of them--and this is just compared with previous netbook trends in that store in that week--50 of those people were incremental, and there were 50 less netbooks sold versus if there were 1000. You follow me?"
No, not really.
"The math is on the number of iPads that got sold, which is still very, very small," he added,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
I stumbled across an article yesterday at Crave Online about how author Erik Norris’s quest for a new blu-ray at a Best Buy store turned into a moment of new-media frustration: Apparently, Best Buy has begun preparation for the digital revolution, downsizing their physical media--that means CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray--due to the increasing consumer interest in digitally distributed content. The space left over from compacting these mediums will be allotted to video games, namely motion control devices, and other electronics. Upon some internet searching, and because I didn’t believe the lowly Best Buy floor employee, I did manage to find an official press release issued by Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn confirming the “store reset” restructuring, although there is conflicting terminology.
- 9/23/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Filed under: DVDs, Cinematical
Even as the popularity of digital media continues to rise and the Blockbusters of the world struggle to hang on, the demise of the DVD always seemed to be in the distant future. Well, it looks like the format may pass away sooner rather than later because a major DVD retailer is opting to axe the amount of space allocated to DVDs this holiday season. According to Daily Finance, Best Buy is shifting things around to make more room for video games and consumer electronics, namely netbooks and tablet PCs.
Best Buy Chief Executive Brian Dunn explained, "We'll have another store reset before the holidays, which will include an increase in the space for higher-growth and, in the aggregate, higher-margin categories, like Best Buy Mobile, e-readers and gaming, with a heavy emphasis on new gaming platforms and pre-owned game titles." He added, "This will be enabled...
Even as the popularity of digital media continues to rise and the Blockbusters of the world struggle to hang on, the demise of the DVD always seemed to be in the distant future. Well, it looks like the format may pass away sooner rather than later because a major DVD retailer is opting to axe the amount of space allocated to DVDs this holiday season. According to Daily Finance, Best Buy is shifting things around to make more room for video games and consumer electronics, namely netbooks and tablet PCs.
Best Buy Chief Executive Brian Dunn explained, "We'll have another store reset before the holidays, which will include an increase in the space for higher-growth and, in the aggregate, higher-margin categories, like Best Buy Mobile, e-readers and gaming, with a heavy emphasis on new gaming platforms and pre-owned game titles." He added, "This will be enabled...
- 9/20/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- Moviefone
Filed under: DVDs, Cinematical
Even as the popularity of digital media continues to rise and the Blockbusters of the world struggle to hang on, the demise of the DVD always seemed to be in the distant future. Well, it looks like the format may pass away sooner rather than later because a major DVD retailer is opting to axe the amount of space allocated to DVDs this holiday season. According to Daily Finance, Best Buy is shifting things around to make more room for video games and consumer electronics, namely netbooks and tablet PCs.
Best Buy Chief Executive Brian Dunn explained, "We'll have another store reset before the holidays, which will include an increase in the space for higher-growth and, in the aggregate, higher-margin categories, like Best Buy Mobile, e-readers and gaming, with a heavy emphasis on new gaming platforms and pre-owned game titles." He added, "This will be enabled...
Even as the popularity of digital media continues to rise and the Blockbusters of the world struggle to hang on, the demise of the DVD always seemed to be in the distant future. Well, it looks like the format may pass away sooner rather than later because a major DVD retailer is opting to axe the amount of space allocated to DVDs this holiday season. According to Daily Finance, Best Buy is shifting things around to make more room for video games and consumer electronics, namely netbooks and tablet PCs.
Best Buy Chief Executive Brian Dunn explained, "We'll have another store reset before the holidays, which will include an increase in the space for higher-growth and, in the aggregate, higher-margin categories, like Best Buy Mobile, e-readers and gaming, with a heavy emphasis on new gaming platforms and pre-owned game titles." He added, "This will be enabled...
- 9/20/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- Cinematical
As you check in to your kitchen to munch on breakfast, then head to the office, checking in to the coffee shop en route, ponder this news from Footprint Feed about geofencing your checkins: Will you ever need to manually log in to claim your mayoralty again? And will the privacy issues even worry you a jot?
1. LG's not doing well in the mobile phone business, and its head guy has just taken the fall. Nam Yong has resigned, noting that it's a response to the poor sales LG has seen in the market sector. He's the most recent senior guy in the cell phone industry to lose his position, after Nokia's management disasters: Both firms' positions in the important smartphone game are suffering at the hands of the iPhone and other maker's successful Android units. The head of LG's International trading firm is replacing Yong, and the markets seemed...
1. LG's not doing well in the mobile phone business, and its head guy has just taken the fall. Nam Yong has resigned, noting that it's a response to the poor sales LG has seen in the market sector. He's the most recent senior guy in the cell phone industry to lose his position, after Nokia's management disasters: Both firms' positions in the important smartphone game are suffering at the hands of the iPhone and other maker's successful Android units. The head of LG's International trading firm is replacing Yong, and the markets seemed...
- 9/17/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
James Murdoch, Howard Stringer, Les Moonves, David Zaslav, and, interestingly, Comcast's Brian Roberts and Ge's Jeff Immelt back to back, will be speaking at the annual hush-hush Quadrangle confab being held Wednesday and Thursday in NYC. No media are allowed unless they're moderating panels, and then they're prevented from reporting what's said inside: Speakers -- Emilio AZCÁRRAGA, Grupo Televisa; Dennis Crowley, Foursquare; Barry Diller, Iac; Brian Dunn, Best Buy; Charles Forman & Dan Porter, Omgpop; Reed Hastings, Netflix; Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn; Chad Hurley, YouTube; Jeff Immelt, Ge; Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm; Olli-pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia; Jason Kilar, Hulu; Les Moonves, CBS; Anne Mulcahy, Xerox; James Murdoch, News Corp; Brian Phillips, Thread; Brian Roberts, Comcast; Paul Sagan, Akamai; Eric Schmidt, Google; Ivan [...]...
- 11/3/2009
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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