Omdia: 4K UHD TV Shipments Defied Q3-2020 Forecasts
Shipments of television sets continued to defy expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2020, with overall global unit volume up 15% from the same period a year ago to 62.9 million, according to recently released Global TV market data. A recently…
Shaky LCD Panel Supply Could Limit 2021 TV Sales
If you’re looking to purchase a new big-screen television set to help weather the Covid-19 crisis, you might want to consider pushing those plans up before new 2021 models arrive this spring. That’s because manufacturers of large-format LCD panels used in television sets are now…
LG Display’s China OLED Fab Ramps Up As Profits Drop
LG Display formally celebrated Thursday the start of full mass production of OLED TV panels from its 8.5 Gen OLED panel fab in Guangzhou, China, but the festivities came as its quarterly reports showed a continued net loss. The Guangzhou facility, which has been slowly…
Analysts Continue To Revise Down Outlook For 2020 Television Market
The alarming escalation in the infection rate of the COVID-19 virus pandemic caused television market research firm Omdia (a.k.a. IHS Markit) to recently revise downward its forecasts for global television unit shipments during full-year 2020, but things could still get worse before they get better….
COVID-19 Poses Conundrum For Shut-Ins In Need Of A New TV
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reverberate across the consumer electronics industry and into consumer homes as leading market research trackers continue to reduce their TV set sales predictions for 2020. Like the stock market, the uncertain nature of the television industry can…
OMDIA: NA TV Shipments Dropped 3% In 2019
Shipments to North American of flat-panel TV sets declined 3% in 2019 to 42.5 million units, according to year-end numbers compiled by Omdia (the new name of display tech research firm IHS Markit). The firm further forecasts a 0.9% decline for the category (combined LCD…
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