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LG UltraHD Rises in September While Innolux Falls

674,000 UltraHD TV panels were shipped by LG Display in September, says the Yonhap News Agency. The figure is a 24.8% MoM increase, as LG aims to raise its presence in the UltraHD panel market through low-cost solutions. Innolux, meanwhile, experienced a 10% fall in its UltraHD panel shipments, to 785,000.

Panel Shipments to Rise in Coming Years

Reports from Asia, quoting ‘market observers’, claim that TV panel shipments will rise 2.7% YoY this year, to 217 million units, and 3.5% next year. The market will be bolstered by recovering growth in North America and Europe and rising demand in emerging economies. As well as improving economic conditions worldwide, new features such as … Read more

Pay-TV Approaches 1 Billion Subscribers

ABI Research says that the worldwide market for pay-TV will pass 920 million subscribers by the end of the year. Average ARPU is expected to fall slightly on increased competition (especially from IPTV, which increased one percentage point over Q2’13 in Q2’14), but at a lower rate compared to the 2013 drop; this is due … Read more

China’s Golden Week Sales Fall 5%

China celebrates its National Day holiday at the start of October, which marks the beginning of a longer holiday known as Golden Week. As we noted last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), the end of energy-saving subsidies helped to keep TV sales during the period lower than the 2013 holiday. NPD DisplaySearch has … Read more

Dell Monitor Listing Causes Panel Confusion

Information on Energy Star’s website indicates that Dell is developing a 25″ monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution. The U2515H appeared in a filing on the website and apparently uses a TN panel. However, TFT Central claims that the monitor is based on an IPS panel from LG Display called the LM250WQ, which entered mass-production … Read more

Innolux Predicts 30%+ UltraHD Share in Q4

Innolux president JC Wang has told Asian media that UltraHD TV shipments will reach 30 million this year. Panel pricing has fallen to between 10% and 20% higher than TVs with 1920 x 1080, helping to drive sales. UltraHD TV shipments passed 2.3 million in September, Wang said. Innolux reached almost 30% penetration in the … Read more

LCD TV sales expected to reach 5 million during holiday period in North America

LCD TV sales are expected to reach around 5 million in the USA during Q4’14, representing 6% QoQ growth. Sources at AUO noted that the US TV market grew 5% QoQ in Q3, with area shipments rising 14% and average TV size climbing to 41.4″. In Q4, demand for 40″ – 65″ and UltraHD TVs … Read more