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44-619: It was one of the first in-seat airline entertainment services, provided by Matsushita Avionics , Rockwell Collins , and Thales Avionics . The controller, or remote, for the airline version of the Gateway System had a button setup similar to the Super NES controller, and it also doubled as a remote for the movie and music aspects of the system. It was part of a much larger computer system that allowed air passengers to not only play video games, but also watch movies and shows, listen to music, talk on

88-676: A bond sale for $ US3.86 billion, most of it to be invested in Gigafactory. In November 2014, Panasonic announced its partnership with Photon Interactive to create customized and personalized digital signs in stores. In January 2015, Panasonic announced it had stopped making TVs in China and plans to liquidate its joint venture in Shandong. In March 2015, Panasonic announced plans to buy US satellite communication service provider ITC Global. Kadoma, Osaka Kadoma ( 門真市 , Kadoma-shi )

132-544: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Kadoma contributes one member to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 6th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Kadoma was traditionally known as the "breadbasket" of Osaka and was especially noted for its lotus roots . Due to its proximity to

176-598: A "music city" on Toronto's waterfront. In 2005, Matsushita Toshiba Picture Display Co. Ltd. (a joint venture between Matsushita and Toshiba created in 2002 ) stopped production of CRTs at its factory in Horseheads , New York. A year later, in 2006, it stopped production at its Malaysian factory, following heavy losses. In 2007, it bought the venture from Toshiba, eventually ending all production. On January 19, 2006, Matsushita announced that it would stop producing analog televisions (then 30% of its total TV business) from

220-501: A 76.2% stake in FirePro Systems, an India-based company in infrastructure protection and security solutions such as fire alarm, fire suppression, video surveillance and building management. In April 2012, Panasonic spun off Sanyo DI Solutions, a digital camera OEM . In line with company prediction of a net loss of 765 billion yen, on November 5, 2012, the shares fell to the lowest level since February 1975 to 388 yen. In 2012,

264-1105: A high-fidelity audio speaker in Japan in 1965 with the brand Technics . This line of high quality stereo components became a worldwide favorite, the most famous products being its turntables , such as the SL-1200 record player, known for its high-performance, precision and durability. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Matsushita continued to produce high-quality specialized electronics for niche markets, such as shortwave radios, and developed its successful line of stereo receivers, CD players and other components. In 1968, Matsushita began to make rotary compressors for air conditioners, and, in 1971, it began to make absorption chillers, also for air-conditioning applications. In 1972, Matsushita established its first overseas factory, in Malaysia. In 1973, Matsushita established "Anam National", joint venture with Anam Group in South Korea. In 1983, Matsushita launched

308-919: A leader in the film industry as well. However, Matsushita subsequently sold 80% of MCA to Seagram Company for US$ 7 billion in April 1995, demoralized by the high volatility of the film industry. In 1992, Matsushita made the Panasonic FS-A1GT, the last model of the MSX turbo R computer. In 1993, Matsushita released the CF-V21P , the first notebook computer to have an integrated CD-ROM drive as an option (although only up to 80mm/3.5 inch diameter mini CDs instead of standard 120mm/4.7 inch diameter discs). In 1998, Matsushita sold Anam National to Anam Electronics. On May 2, 2002, Panasonic Canada marked its 35th anniversary in that country by giving $ 5 million to help build

352-525: A line of bicycle lamps that were the first to be marketed with the National brand name. During World War II , the company operated factories in Japan and other parts of Asia which produced electrical components and appliances such as light fixtures , motors , electric irons , wireless equipment and its first vacuum tubes . After the war, the Matsushita group, largely having been split into MEI and MEW by

396-436: A press release following its announcement at IFA 2013, Panasonic announced that it had acquired the "Cameramanager video surveillance service" with the intention of expanding its reach to cloud-based solutions. In 2014, Panasonic Healthcare was bought by KKR . Panasonic Healthcare was renamed PHC in April 2018. In July 2014, it was announced that Panasonic has reached a basic agreement with Tesla Motors to participate in

440-616: A product brand for MEI and subsequently the Panasonic Corporation. In September 2014, Panasonic announced the revival of the Technics brand, first in European markets in December of that year. Panasonic, then Matsushita Electric, was founded in 1918 by Kōnosuke Matsushita as a vendor of duplex lamp sockets. In the 1920s, Matsushita began regularly launching products. In 1927, he produced

484-505: A rate of 11,000 rooms per month. In September 2000, Nintendo and LodgeNet began delivering newly released Nintendo 64 games to hotel rooms at more than 1,000 hotel sites, concurrently with the games' retail releases, demonstrating "the capacity to update LodgeNet's interactive digital systems with fresh content virtually overnight". Games are offered for six Nintendo platforms, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ,

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528-506: Is a city located in Osaka Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 September 2024 , the city had an estimated population of 116,511 in 64301 households and a population density of 9680 persons per km . The total area of the city is 12.30 square kilometres (4.75 sq mi). Kadoma is located in the east-central part of Osaka Prefecture, adjacent to the Osaka metropolis, of which it

572-504: Is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma , Osaka , Japan. It was founded in 1918 as Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works in Fukushima , Osaka by Kōnosuke Matsushita . In 1935, it was incorporated and renamed Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. In 2008, it changed its name to Panasonic Corporation . In 2022, it became a holding company and

616-532: Is a satellite city. The city is approximately 4.9 kilometers east–west by 4.3 kilometers north–south, with the Furukawa River running through the center. Osaka Prefecture Kadoma has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kadoma is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as

660-1444: The Game Boy , the Game Boy Color , the Game Boy Advance , the Nintendo 64 , and the GameCube , with support for the Nintendo Entertainment System planned. While GB, GBC, and GBA games are exclusive to the airlines, the N64 and GC games are exclusive to the hotels, and the SNES is available for both. There were 49 Super Nintendo Entertainment System titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions and on airlines equipped with Nintendo Gateway System, which LodgeNet used for their hotel service. Some titles were not playable on airlines. There were 38 Nintendo 64 titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions. There were 43 Nintendo GameCube titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions. There were 33 Game Boy/Game Boy Color titles available to play on airlines featuring Nintendo Gateway System. There were 13 Game Boy Advance titles available to play on airlines featuring Nintendo Gateway System. Matsushita Electric Panasonic Holdings Corporation

704-660: The Gigafactory , the battery plant that the American electric vehicle manufacturer plans to build in the U.S. In August 2014, Tesla said the plant would be built in the Southwest or Western United States by 2020. The $ US5 billion plant would employ 6,500 people, and reduce Tesla's battery costs by 30 per cent. Due to increased competition from China, Panasonic's Li-ion automotive market share decreased from 47% in 2014 to 34% in 2015. In June 2016, Tesla announced that Panasonic would be

748-659: The Heian period , large shōen landed estates were established, and in the Kamakura and Muromachi period , the entire area of the city was under cultivation. During the Edo Period , due to its proximity to Kyoto and Osaka, most of the area was held as tenryō territory under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate . The village of Kadoma, was established within Matta District with

792-524: The Nikkei 225 and TOPIX 100 indices. It has a secondary listing on the Nagoya Stock Exchange . From 1925 to October 1, 2008, the company's corporate name was "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co." (MEI). On January 10, 2008, the company announced that it would change its name to "Panasonic Corporation", in effect on October 1, 2008, to conform with its global brand name "Panasonic". The name change

836-569: The Panasonic brand, having phased out the Sanyo brand in the first quarter of 2012. It uses the marketing slogan "A Better Life, A Better World". The company has sold products under a number of other brand names during its history. In 1927, Matsushita adopted the " National " brand name for a new lamp product. In 1955, the company began branding audio speakers and lamps as " PanaSonic " for markets outside of Japan. Further refined to Panasonic, taken from

880-764: The Panasonic Senior Partner , the first fully IBM PC compatible Japanese-made computer. A year later, Panasonic released the Executive Partner , the first affordable portable computer with a plasma display . Around this time the company also introduced inverter air conditioners. In 1984, Matsushita established the Panasoft software label, which published software for MSX computers from 1984 to 1989. The company also manufactured MSX computers of their own, such as Panasonic FS-A1. In November 1990, Matsushita agreed to acquire an American media company, MCA Inc. ,

924-516: The LodgeNet server, with the special LodgeNet controller plugging directly into the TV or LodgeNet set-top box, transmitting the game over phone lines connected to a central game server. Pricing was usually $ 6.95 plus tax for 1 hour of video games. After 1 hour, the game would immediately stop and prompt the user to purchase more play time. Many games were modified for single-player play only. Its official website

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968-884: The National brand in Japan by March 2010. In September 2013, the company adopted a new tagline to better illustrate their vision: "A Better Life, A Better World." The Chinese company Shun Hing Electric Works and Engineering Co. Ltd (信興電工工程有限公司) has sold imported Panasonic and National branded product under the brand name Rasonic since the Matsushita Electric Industrial era. They have also sold MEI and Panasonic products under their original brand names. In June 1994, Panasonic Shun Hing Industrial Devices Sales (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (松下信興機電(香港)有限公司) and Panasonic SH Industrial Sales (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (松下電器機電(深圳)有限公司) were established by joint venture between Matsushita Electric Industrial and Shun Hing Group respectively, making Rasonic

1012-608: The National brand outside North America from the 1950s to the 1970s (the trademark could not be used in the United States because it was already in use). The inability to use the National brand name led to the creation of the Panasonic brand in the United States. Over the next several decades, Matsushita released additional products, including black and white TVs (1952), electrical blenders, fridges (1953), rice cookers (1959), color TVs, and microwave ovens (1966). The company debuted

1056-447: The Osaka metropolis and multiple transportation connections, Kadoma is now largely a commuter town . However, a number of large corporations have the headquarters and head factories in the city, including Panasonic Corporation , Tiger Corporation and Kaiyodo have their headquarters in Kadoma. Kadoma has 14 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by

1100-400: The United States and met American dealers. The company began producing television sets for the U.S. market under the Panasonic brand name, and expanded the use of the brand to Europe in 1979. Its plant in 1963 produced eight TV sets per minute, accounting for 21.8% of Japan's production of cathode ray tube television sets at the time, the largest share out of any company. The company used

1144-413: The acquisition of Sanyo by Panasonic. The merger was completed in December 2009, and resulted in a corporation with revenues of over ¥11.2 trillion (around $ 110 billion). With the announcement that Pioneer would exit the production of its Kuro plasma HDTV displays, Panasonic purchased many of the patents and incorporated these technologies into its own plasma displays . In April 2011, it

1188-469: The creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896 the area became part of Kitakawachi District, Osaka . On April 1, 1939 Kadoma raised to town status. The neighboring villages of Owada and Shinomiya were absorbed on September 30, 1956. On August 1, 1963 Kadoma was raised to city status. Plans to merge Kadoma with the neighboring city of Moriguchi were rejected overwhelming by local residents of both cities in 2005. Kadoma has

1232-435: The dissolution imposed by the occupation force, imperfectly regrouped as a Keiretsu and began to supply the post-war boom in Japan with radios and appliances, as well as bicycles. Matsushita's brother-in-law, Toshio Iue , founded Sanyo as a subcontractor for components after World War II. Sanyo grew to become a competitor to Matsushita, but was later acquired by Panasonic in December 2009. In 1961, Matsushita traveled to

1276-474: The exclusive supplier of batteries for its mass market vehicle Model 3. Batteries for the higher-end Model S sedan and Model X SUV will also be supplied by Panasonic. In early 2016, Panasonic president Kazuhiro Tsuga confirmed a planned total investment of about $ 1.6 billion by the company to construct Gigafactory to full capacity. However, after the number of Model 3 reservations became known in April, Panasonic moved production plans forward and announced

1320-577: The next month, to concentrate on digital televisions. In 2008, all models of electric shavers from the Panasonic factory were called Panasonic shavers, and they dropped Matsushita and National from their name. In late 2006, Matsushita began talks with Kenwood Corporation to sell and spin off JVC. As of October 1, 2008, JVC and Kenwood merged to create the JVCKenwood Corporation. On November 3, 2008, Panasonic and Sanyo announced that they were holding merger talks, which eventually resulted in

1364-472: The phone, and even shop while in-flight, before the rise of the internet. Upon its release, there were 10 games installed in the system, which included The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past , F-Zero and Super Mario World . Future plans for the system were to have it installed on cruise ships as well. LodgeNet partnered with Nintendo to bring video games directly into guest hotel rooms through streaming over

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1408-536: The predecessor of both Universal Music Group and Universal Pictures , for US$ 6.59 billion. The acquisition was preceded by the takeover of Columbia Pictures by Sony , the arch rival of Matsushita. At the time, Matsushita had dominated the home video market with the company's leading position in the electronics market. It had been strengthened by VHS , the de facto standard of consumer videotape that Matsushita and JVC co-introduced. Inspired by Sony's bold quest for Hollywood, Matsushita believed it could become

1452-472: The process. Also, it sold some of Sanyo's home appliances business to Haier . In January 2012, Panasonic announced that it had struck a deal with Myspace on its new venture, Myspace TV . Myspace TV would allow users to watch live television while chatting with other users on a laptop, tablet or the television itself. With the partnership, Myspace TV would be integrated into Panasonic Viera televisions. On May 11, 2012, Panasonic announced plans to acquire

1496-717: The shares plunged 41 per cent. On November 14, 2012, Panasonic said it would cut 10,000 jobs and make further divestments. On May 18, 2013, Panasonic announced that it would invest $ US40 million in building a factory in Binh Duong , Vietnam , which was completed in 2014. In July 2013, Panasonic agreed to acquire a 13% stake in the Slovenian household appliance manufacturer Gorenje for around €10 million. That same month, Panasonic signed an agreement with Sony Corporation to develop Archival Disc , described as an optical disc format for long-term data archival purposes. In

1540-492: The system being installed in 200,000 hotel guest rooms by April 1996, and 530,000 guest rooms by mid-1999. By April 1996, LodgeNet reported that its partnership with Nintendo to deliver Super NES games had yielded 200,000 worldwide hotel guest room installations. In June 1998, Nintendo and LodgeNet entered a 10-year licensing agreement for an "aggressive" upgrade to add Nintendo 64 support to their existing 500,000 Super NES equipped guest room installations. LodgeNet says that within

1584-670: The system's previous five years to date, the system had "caused Nintendo to become the most successful new product rollout in the history of the hotel pay-per-view industry". LodgeNet reported that within the middle of 1998 alone, 35 million hotel guests encountered the Nintendo name as an integral amenity, and it reported sales of more than 54 million minutes of Nintendo-based gameplay. In June 1999, LodgeNet and Nintendo began expanding and upgrading their existing Super NES buildout to include Nintendo 64 support. In mid-1999, LodgeNet reported that its 530,000 hotel room installations were increasing at

1628-546: The wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kadoma rose very rapidly in the 1960s peaked around 1990 and has since started a mild decline. The area of the modern city of Kadoma was within ancient Kawachi Province . During the Jōmon period , this area

1672-575: The words "pan" – meaning "all" – and "sonic" – meaning "sound", the brand was created for the Americas because the National brand was already registered by others. Panasonic also sold the first bread machine . The company began to use the brand name " Technics " in 1965 for audio equipment. The use of multiple brands lasted for some decades. While National had been the premier brand on most Matsushita products, including audio and video, National and Panasonic were combined as National Panasonic in 1997 after

1716-416: The worldwide success of the Panasonic name. In 1974, Motorola sold its Quasar brand and facilities to Matsushita. In May 2003, the company announced that Panasonic would become its global brand, and launched the global tagline "Panasonic ideas for life." By March 2004, Matsushita replaced the National name for products and outdoor signboards, except for those in Japan. They would eventually phase out

1760-464: Was announced that Panasonic would cut its work force by 40,000 by the end of fiscal 2012 in a bid to streamline overlapping operations. The curtailment is about 10 percent of its group work force. In October 2011, Panasonic announced that it was going to trim its money-losing TV business by ceasing production of plasma TVs at its plant in Amagasaki , Hyogo Prefecture by March 2012, cutting 1,000 jobs in

1804-612: Was approved at the shareholders' meeting on June 26, 2008. In 2022, Panasonic announced a reorganization plan which split the company into Panasonic Holdings Corporation (the former Panasonic Corporation) and conversion of its divisions into subsidiaries; the Lifestyle Updates Business Division being the division that took the Panasonic Corporation name after the reorganization. The reorganization took effect on April 1, 2022. Panasonic Corporation currently sells virtually all of its products and services worldwide under

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1848-460: Was discontinued in mid-2008, but units have been seen as late as 2013 for Nintendo 64 in hotels, and as late as 2012 for Game Boy and Game Boy Color on Singapore Airlines. LodgeNet was the most widespread pay-per-view system for hotels that used it. In late 1993, LodgeNet launched its on-demand hospitality service, including worldwide delivery of Super NES games to hotel guests via its proprietary building-wide networks. LodgeNet eventually reported

1892-463: Was renamed. In addition to consumer electronics , of which it was the world's largest maker in the late 20th century, Panasonic offers a wide range of products and services, including rechargeable batteries , automotive and avionic systems, industrial systems, as well as home renovation and construction. Panasonic has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of

1936-567: Was under Kawachi Bay ,and inlet of Osaka Bay . During the Yayoi period the bay became a lake and various settlements arose on its shores. Dotaku ritual objects and kofun burial mounds were built, and the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki record that Emperor Nintoku ordered the construction of an embankment to control repeated flooding of the Yodo River , the early known of such projects in Japan. During

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