Cisco has decided to be a player in the consumer electronics business.
Cisco is a company that tends to be associated with enterprise networking–at its heart it remains a manufacturer of big honking routers. But over the last few years, the company has made a concerted effort to get into the consumer business.
In a stunning ruling that has huge implications for the cable industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York has cleared the way for Cablevision (CVC) to offer so-called “network DVRs,” in which consumers would be able to record video programming for future viewing “in the cloud,” rather than relying on the hard-drives in their set-top boxes.
Motorola (MOT) has reorganized its home and networks mobility unit into three units, in a move that could be a prelude to the sale of one or more of the pieces, The Wall Street Journal reports.
How do you make money on television sets when your competitors keep cutting prices? Throw in a little Will Smith, of course.
Howard Stringer, Sony’s chief executive, tossed out that idea at a lunch meeting Wednesday with people from the editorial and business sides of the New York Times. He noted his company’s recent agreement with cable companies to essentially build cable set-top boxes into its televisions.
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