Kodak Makes New Plans to 'Redevelop' Consumer Photo Market
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This morning, Kodak confirmed the readiness of a technology with multiple patents apparently attached, that will add a panchromatic element to the single image sensors mass-produced for digital cameras.  Such an element could conceivably increase cameras' sensitivity to light by two to four times.  But BetaNews also discovered evidence of Kodak's plans to cash in on this and other technologies.
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By BEN DOBBIN  ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A year from now, capturing a crisp, clear image of a candlelit birthday party could be a piece of cake - even with a camera phone. Eastman Kodak Co.
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Eastman Kodak Co.  said on  Thursday it expected to complete a three-year restructuring  program by the end of 2007, including additional job cuts, that  will help it sustain profitability.
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Struggling camera company Kodak is to cut an extra 3,000 jobs as it continues efforts to adapt to the digital age.
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As part of a four-year turnaround plan, Eastman KodakÂ expects to cut 5,000 to 7,000 jobs by the end of 2007 in an effort to reduce its administrative overhead and boost profits from digital photography instead of standard film, the company told investors Thursday.
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Eastman  Kodak Co. announced on  Tuesday that it would restructure several plants based in  Britain and France, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs  by 2005.
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(Rochester, NY) 09/22/04 -- Bold statements came from the Eastman Kodak company today. Investors learned digital sales are soaring beyond the company&#39;s expectations.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Eastman Kodak said Tuesday it will cut 870 jobs at its manufacturing sites in the UK and France due to the &quot;increasing popularity of digital photography&quot; and the corresponding decline in traditional film photography.
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Eastman  Kodak Co. announced on Tuesday that it would restructure several plants based in Britain and France, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs by 2005.
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(InfoWorld) - Don't be surprised to see the Kodak brand name appear on more mobile phones than cameras in the not-too-distant future. The U.S. imaging icon aims to put as much of its technology as possible inside what it expects to become the dominant consumer picture-taking device -- the camera phone, according to a senior executive from Eastman Kodak. "The compact digital camera is a short-term phenomena; it's going to be eclipsed by the camera phone," Fred Seibl, general manager at Kodak GmbH in Stuttgart, said Wednesday in an interview on the sidelines of the Photokina imaging show in Cologne, Germany. "We would like to see a lot of our technology in those phones, and we are already taking steps to achieve that goal." Seibl pointed to the deal Kodak struck in January with mobile-phone maker MotorolaÂ toÂ collaborate in the area of mobile imaging. Under the deal, Kodak is supplying its CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensors and other components as well as its image science and system integration expertise, he said. That deal, which is nonexclusive, is to be followed by others, according to Seibl. "We're speaking with other handset manufacturers," he said, but declined to mention any names. Nokia is a likely candidate, considering that the Finnish mobile phone maker already has been collaborating with Kodak in the area of storing and printing digital images. In addition to handset manufacturers, Kodak is targeting mobile-phone operators for its online service, EasyShare Gallery, which allows customers to upload, organize and store multimedia content from their mobile phones or the Internet, as well as share and print images taken with their camera phones. The company is already partnering with T-Mobile International to provide the service. Kodak has no intentions to enter the market with its own camera phones, according to Seibl. But the company will continue to look at ways of using wireless technology to transport photos, he said. Last year, Kodak announced the world's first camera with Wi-Fi technology, the EasyShare-One. At Photokina, the Rochester, New York, imaging company introduced the EasyShare Photo Printer 350, a 4 inch x 6 inch thermal printer specifically designed to make prints from Bluetooth-enabled camera phones.
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Once celebrated for cameras that made their own prints, Polaroid plans to update the concept by selling a portable printer for images on cellphones and digital cameras.
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Eastman Kodak, the world&#39;s largest photographic company, announced it was cutting 600 jobs in the UK and 270 in France yesterday, as it pressed on with its strategic refocus, brought on by the
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Eastman Kodak Co. EK.N on Wednesday  posted a preliminary fourth-quarter loss on restructuring  costs, but strong sales of digital photography products, such  as cameras and commercial printing, showed its strategy shift  is taking root.
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Eastman Kodak Co.  said on  Thursday it has developed digital camera technology that nearly  eliminates the need for flash photography, part of the  company's effort to make money from its deep patent portfolio.
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Eastman Kodak Co.  said on Thursday it expected to cut up to 3,000 additional jobs and complete a three-year restructuring program by the end of 2007 that it says will help sustain profitability.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. posted its first quarterly profit in more than two years on Wednesday as it enters the final stretch of a tough transformation into a digital photography and commercial printing company.
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The Yahoo photo-sharing service will soon be retooled to make more use of geotagged photos.