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HDR TVs Will Enter Mainstream Within Two Years

by Tom Allen

IHS predicts a massive rise in HDR TV set shipments over the coming years, forecasting 2.9 million shipments in 2016 – growing to 32.6 million in 2019. The forecasts only covers sets meeting the …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 42

UltraHD TV Sales to Rise 16,400% in Six Years

by Tom Allen

Parks Associates predicts that more than 330 million UltraHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019 – an increase from 2 million in 2013. A new report by the firm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 41| Worldwide

Weak Economy Sees TV Sets Plummet

by Tom Allen

Global TV set shipments experienced their steepest decline in five years in Q2’15, says IHS, declining 8% YoY to 48 million units. The result follows a year of annual growth in 2014, and was …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36| Worldwide

The Panel Market is Still Developing says Tamura

by Bob Raikes

Tamura-san is from IHS and looked at the development of the panel industry. China is the biggest market for TVs (23% of global) and phones (33% of global) and that means that success in …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Gray Summarises CE Market Developments

by Bob Raikes

Paul Gray of IHS then gave a summary of the market as he sees it. He said that the current situation looks like the “Triumph of the generalist” – the general purpose smartphone is …

Tags:Consumer Electronics Industry| IFA 2015| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Another TV Market Exit by Sharp

by Tom Allen

First, Sharp began licensing its low-end TVs in the USA; next, it licensed its entire European TV business to UMC (Sharp ‘Leaves’ TVs in Europe). This move was followed by a complete withdrawal from …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| North America| sharp| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Hisense’s Major Expansion: Acquiring Sharp America

by Bob Raikes

On July 31, Hisense Group and Sharp announced that Hisense will be purchasing all equity and assets of Sharp’s TV factory in Mexico for $23.7 million with rights to use the “Sharp” brand name …

Tags:Hisense| LATAM| North America| sharp| TV Set Market

Sources: Samsung Will Sell 15,000 SUHD TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

Asian sources have said that Samsung’s SUHD TV sales have passed 10,000 units in the last three months. Sales are expected to continue to climb, to 15,000 units in the first half of 2015. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Sony, Panasonic Not Ready to Give Up on TVs

by Helen Vince

Reuters reports that Sony and Panasonic have no plans to abandon their TV businesses, despite reporting mounting losses in recent years. According to Reuters, both companies believe that retreating from the TV market would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| sony| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Toshiba to Partner with Compal on TVs in Europe

by Helen Vince

Toshiba has announced a new partnership agreement with Compal Electronics, which will see the Taiwanese company take on responsibility for Toshiba’s TV brand licensing in Europe. The move follows Toshiba’s announcement in January that …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

by Bob Raikes

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 24