Paul Gluckman, Executive Senior Editor, is a 30-year Warren Communications News veteran having joined the company in May 1989 to launch its Audio Week publication. In his long career, Paul has chronicled the rise and fall of physical entertainment media like the CD, DVD and Blu-ray and the advent of ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology from its rudimentary standardization roots to its anticipated 2020 commercial launch.

U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council negotiators, meeting over the weekend in Paris, agreed to set up an early warning “alert system” to share information about possible disruptions in the semiconductor supply chain, and “incentivize increased production” of chips, said the…Subscribe to Read >>

The war in Ukraine, plus rising inflation and rolling COVID-19 lockdowns throughout China, “have significantly impacted the supply chain and consumer electronics demand, leading to a particularly abnormal business environment,” said Himax Technologies CEO Jordan Wu on a Q1 earnings…Subscribe to Read >>

Disney’s linear networks are “huge cash generators for us,” said CEO Bob Chapek, responding to a question on a fiscal Q2 earnings call Wednesday about what’s holding him back from converting ESPN to a streaming-only service. The U.S. launch of…Subscribe to Read >>

GlobalFoundries thinks some segments of the consumer tech market are “normalizing” after historically high spikes in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially low-end smartphones and PCs, said CEO Tom Caulfield on a Q1 earnings call Tuesday. “Neither of these markets…Subscribe to Read >>

Sony shipped 1.6 million TVs in its fiscal Q4 ended March 31, finishing the year with 8.5 million sets sold, reported the company Tuesday. Year-over-year unit shipments were down 20% for the quarter and 9% for the year, yet revenue…Subscribe to Read >>