Archive For

July 2020

Netflix Q2 2020 – Peter and Paul.

Netflix robbed Peter to pay Paul. Netflix reported good results, but it turns out that the very strong subscriber numbers in H1 2020 were mostly...

Jio Platforms – The Bollysystem 2.0.

Google investment clarifies intentions. Jio Platforms now has both Facebook and Google as investors indicating that Jio’s strategy is not to create a digital ecosystem...

Huawei –Nowhere to run pt. XIX.

The UK extracts its pound of flesh. The protestations of the UK operators against the Huawei ban is likely to fall on deaf ears as...

Epic Games & Sony – Epic unreality.

If you can’t beat them, join them. Sony’s investment in Epic Games finalises the end to any ecosystem that it intended to build and from...

Bose – Visual impairment.

The AR field continues to narrow. Bose’s journey outside of its core audio business has come to an end with the closure of its Augmented...

Arm – Back to basics.

A return to the public market is now more likely. Arm’s restructuring is either signalling a rapid return to the stock market or no return...

Samsung Q2 2020 – Loving lockdown.

Semiconductors pull a blinder. Samsung has indicated that it has had a good Q2 2020 almost certainly because the stay at home trend has continued...

ByteDance – Chinese whispers.

Little suffering from the current ban. The notion that the current ban in India is going to cost ByteDance $6bn in revenues sounds to me...

BMW – Risk on.

Subscription features is a risk worth taking. BMW’s potential move to feature subscription has some problems but if this pushes BMW towards having a relationship...

Byton – End of the road?

Byton’s trouble is an opportunity for others. One of my favourite electric car makers is in the kind of trouble from which it may not...