Consumer Electronics Spending To Slip In 2014; Set-Top ‘Sticks’ Deliver Portability, Personalization

Top Stories - January 6, 2014 International CES: Consumer Electronics Spending to Slip In 2014 With the consumer electronics industry seeing slower growth in spending on smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Association predicts that global spending will fall slightly by about 1% to $1,055 billion from the record levels of 2013. more Set-Top 'Sticks' Deliver Portability, Personalization The set-top is increasingly becoming a virtualized app that lives inside tablets, smartphones and other IP-connected devices, but stand-alone set-tops and video clients aren't expected to disappear completely from view anytime soon. But they are getting smaller. more Liberty Moves to Take Sirius All-In Liberty Media made moves Friday to acquire the remaining stake in Sirius XM Radio, proposing a tax-free exchange that would swap one share of the satellite radio giant for 0.076 shares of Liberty, valuing the company at about $3.68 per share, a 3% premium to its Jan. 3 closing price of $3.56 each. more CSN Philadelphia Connects on Long-Term Phillies Renewal The Philadelphia Phillies have inked a long-term rights renewal with Comcast SportsNet. Financial terms of the agreement with CSN Philadelphia were not disclosed, but published reports put the value of the deal at some $2.5 billion over 25 years and also gives the Phillies an expanded ownership stake in the regional sports network. That locks in CSN's access to Phillies games and ancillary programming until almost 2040. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars The Bauminator, Jeff Bauminator YouTube Casts An Early 4K Vote Mixed Signals, Jimmy Schaeffler Telecom Lawyers, Part 1: Dish's General Counsel, Stanton Dodge, Esq. As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Cords And Economics News Smit Takes Reins As NCTA Chair Cable One, KTEN, Reach Retrans Agreement WFSB Goes Dark To Cablevision Customers Dish Unveils 'Virtual Joey' App For LG TVs Comcast 'X2' Rollout Is Underway Disney/ABC To Launch Watch ABC Family FTC Launching Crackdown On Deceptive 'Fad' Ads Vice President of Law, Product Management and Compliance - Cablevision - Bethpage, NY Local Sales Manager - WADL TV - Southfield, MI Director Product Marketing Management - AT&T - Los Angeles, CA Vice President - Controller - Mediatti Broadband Communications - Kadena, Okinawa Residential Bulk Account Manager - Metrocast - Oxford, MS See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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