North America and China TV Shipments Fall Sharply

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 23 November 2017, 4:05 pm

IHS Markit announced it reckons TV shipments in China and North America fell sharply in the third quarter of 2017.

Gaming Monitors Going Great Guns

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 23 October 2017, 1:54 pm

IHS Markit announced it reckons global shipments of gaming monitors increased 350% to 1.1 million units in the first half of 2017 from the same period a year ago.

Worldwide TV Shipments Decline in First Quarter

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 19 June 2017, 3:56 pm

IHS Markit announced it reckons worldwide TV shipments fell in the first quarter of 2017, declining 4.7% to 46.7 million units.

Samsung Rolls Out Smart TV Services at CES 2017

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 27 December 2016, 3:57 pm

Samsung Electronics announced that it will introduce three new Smart TV services at CES 2017.

LCD TV Panel Makers Lower Shipment Target

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 23 December 2016, 1:39 pm

IHS Markit announced it reckons that LCD TV panel manufacturers have set a conservative shipment goal of 258.4 million units in 2017, a 1.2% decline from 2016.

DEG Releases Q3 2016 Home Entertainment Report

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 10 November 2016, 4:48 pm

DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group announced that it has released its third quarter 2016 home entertainment report for the United States.

DEG Releases Q2 2016 Home Entertainment Report

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 4 August 2016, 5:41 pm

DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group announced that it has released its second quarter 2016 home entertainment report for the United States.

LeEco Acquires Vizio for $2 Billion

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 July 2016, 2:48 pm

LeEco and Vizo, Inc. announced that LeEco will acquire Vizo for $2 billion (USD), with the transaction expected to close during the fourth quarter.

Smart TV Shipments Advance

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 4 July 2016, 9:59 pm

IHS Inc. announced it reckons more than half of the television sets that shipped globally in the first quarter of this year were Smart TVs.

Hitachi To Develop Roku Smart TVs

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 29 June 2016, 11:22 am

Roku, Inc. announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Hitachi America to develop Smart HD and 4K Ultra HD TVs.

Sears Unveils Kenmore 4K Ultra HDTVs

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 21 June 2016, 4:32 pm

Sears Holdings announced that it is launching Kenmore-branded High-Definition (HD) and 4K Ultra High-Definition (Ultra HD) televisions.