Report: Samsung Display’s LCD Patent Transfers To CSOT Mark End Of An Era
Samsung Display has transferred its U.S. patents on liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies to China-based display panel manufacturer China Star Opto-electronics Technologies (CSOT), a company owned by TCL, according to reports from South Korea. The U.S. patent transfer, which occurred in June, preceded Samsung’s transfer…
TCL Announces 2022 5 and 6 Series Roku TVs
TCL said it is now shipping its 2022 6-Series 4K mini-LED QLED TVs based on the Roku TV operating system and 2022 5-Series 4K QLED LED-LCD TV models. The company also introduced its first 98-inch QLED TV offered at an “accessible price point starting below…
TCL Reports 10.15M Global Smart TV Shipments Over The First Half Of 2022
TCL Electronics recently issued its 2022 first half business update showing global smart TV unit shipments reached 10.15 million sets, spurred by an 8.9% Q2-2022 uptick over the first quarter of the year. For perspective, in January the company reported sales of 23.58 million smart…
TCL Names New NA Executive Team In A Bid To Take Global TV Brand To No. 2 Or Higher
In an interesting game of executive musical chairs, TCL North America revealed Monday that it has hired Chris Hamdorf, former LG U.S. senior sales and marketing VP, as its new senior VP. Hamdorf replaces Chris Larson, who as we previously reported, joined Roku back in…
Omdia: TCL Could Be Poised To Reach No. 2 Global TV Market Share Position In 2022
TCL could be preparing to leap frog LG Electronics this year into second place in world market share of television unit shipments, according to research attributed to Omdia. South Korean electronics business trade news service The Elec, cited Omdia research data Monday indicating TCL is…
HD Guru Announces Its `Best Of CES 2022′ Award Winners
Last week’s 2022 Virtual CES marked a return of sorts as a physical trade show, but the lingering impact of COVID-19 variants kept many from attending in person, and thus, another challenge in determining HD Guru’s Best of CES 2022 Awards. The HD Guru team…
TCL Uses CES To Showcase 8K `OD Zero’ Ultra-Thin MiniLED TV
TCL is using the start of CES 2022 to give a glimpse into plans for 2022 TVs, supporting audio components and mobile devices for the North American market. This year TCL is broadening its assortment of full-array Mini-LED backlit quantum dot 4K and 8K televisions,…
New 8K Content Comes To Roku TVs Via The Explorer Channel
Roku has begun supporting 8K UHD streaming content through The Roku Channel, via a premium subscription to The Explorers Channel, available to owners of 8K Roku TVs. The announcement was made Tuesday by Roku and Roku TV manufacturing partner TCL, which was the first TV…
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