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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 9 MIN

How a 50-Year-Old TV Maker Survived the Streaming Revolution

from The Turnaround Podcast with Fexingo: Distressed Businesses, Restructuring, and Recovery · host Fexingo

Lucas and Luna explore the turnaround of a classic television brand that was nearly wiped out by the shift to streaming. Facing collapsing sales of cable-based hardware, the company bet everything on a new operating system platform, licensing its tech to budget rivals. With the S&P 500 at 7,600 and inflation still squeezing consumers, the hosts break down how a single software bet transformed a legacy manufacturer into a recurring-revenue player. Specific focus on the 2025 pivot that drove a 40% revenue jump in the latest quarter, and the hard choices that kept it alive: firing a third of the workforce, writing off legacy inventory, and retraining an entire engineering department. A concrete look at how old hardware companies can survive the digital age without becoming invisible. #Turnaround #Restructuring #LegacyTech #TVIndustry #Streaming #SoftwarePivot #HardwareToPlatform #LicensingRevenue #OperatingSystem #SmartTV #RokuCompetitor #ConsumerElectronics #InflationPressure #WorkforceRestructuring #DigitalTransformation #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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