IHS: Smart TVs Advance As Roku TV Builds Momentum
Televisions with built-in smart TV platforms are taking over the global TV market with increased momentum, particularly those models in North America that are based on the Roku TV operating system. That’s according to a smart TV market analysis from IHS Markit. The tech market…
IHS: TCL Holds No. 1 TV Market Share For North American Unit Shipments
UPDATED! Chinese brand TCL surged to the top of the North American TV market to over take now second-ranked Samsung in unit shipment volume for the first time ever during the first quarter of 2019, according to research from IHS Markit. The research firm said…
TV Sales Could Suffer Under President’s Mexican Tariffs
President Trump’s threatened 5% tariff on all imported goods from Mexico beginning June 10th could have a significant impact on the U.S. television business if carried out. The president announced the tariffs in a Twitter statement Thursday, saying the measure will be left in place…
Trump’s Tariffs To Tax TVs
U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up his pressure on Chinese trade negotiators Monday by announcing a proposed escalation of tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese imports, which this time encompasses a greater list of consumer electronics products including China-made televisions sets. The…
Escalation Of Tariff Hikes Threatens Consumer Tech
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has grown impatient with China’s delaying tactics in tariff negotiations and will hike the List 3 Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% Friday. Further Trump, in a spate of tweets…
Trump Tariff Exemptions Save Jobs Of Element TV Workers
The Trump administration this week gave a reprieve to the jobs of some 126 South Carolina TV factory workers by making an exemption for certain LCD TV component parts from a list of tariffs issued last July. According to a report Tuesday by The Greenville News,…
Element Plans To Halt U.S. TV Production As Tariffs On Parts Hit Home
Element, which has the distinction as one of the last remaining U.S. television manufacturers, is planning to end production at its factory in Winnsboro, South Carolina in October, due to tariffs on component TV parts sent from China. Element issued a statement on its Facebook…
Chinese TVs Dodge Trump’s Tariffs – For Now
The president’s decision to begin imposing tariffs on the first wave of products imported from China, apparently won’t have a big impact on most China-made televisions and displays sold here, but could still be coming if a trade war ensues, experts warn. President Trump said…
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