COVID-19 Was ‘Accelerant’ for ‘High-Quality Content’: Sony’s Manowitz

“It’s great to be back on a trade show floor, here with our community,” Sony Electronics President Neal Manowitz told an NAB Show news conference Sunday in his first Las Vegas appearance since taking the top Sony role in July when Mike Fasulo retired. “Since we last met here over three years ago, our industry has gone through a major, major change,” said Manowitz. “In many ways, the global pandemic has acted as an accelerant for great progress. We’ve seen an increased demand for high-quality content, a rapid expansion of streaming platforms and a shift to remote production workflows.”