Samsung Electronics has announced that it has ranked as the world’s No.1 TV brand for the 20th consecutive year, based on revenue share. Samsung had held the top position in the global TV market since 2006, and, according to market research firm Omdia, the company recorded a 29.1 per cent share of the global TV […]

The market – and in particular buyers of very high-end television sets – has not taken to 8K devices. However, a report from analysts at SAC Insight suggests that the market is in a transition phase. The SAC study, Super Hi-Vision Market: 2026-2033, updates the current state of the market and suggests that there’s still […]

Global TV shipments remained flat year-on-year at 61.5 million units in Q2 2025, despite a sharp decline in China, according to data from Omdia’s TV Sets (Emerging Technologies) Market Tracker: History – 4Q25. Shipments in China fell by 25.3 per cent year-on-year, as government subsidies ended and many consumers brought forward upgrades over the past […]

Panasonic Entertainment & Communication has announced a business partnership with Shenzhen Skyworth Display Technology, and its group companies. Under the agreement, Skyworth will lead sales, marketing and logistics, while Panasonic will its provide expertise and quality assurance to uphold its renowned audiovisual standards with full joint development on Top End OLED models. Furthermore, Effective April […]

Consumer electronics brand, Hisense, is celebrating a milestone with sales of Hisense x Freely televisions surpassing 1 million units across the UK. As the first television manufacturer to partner with Freely in 2024, Hisense has continued to evolve the at-home viewing experience, recently becoming the first to bring RGB MiniLED technology to the market. This […]

LG has joined the likes of Sony and TCL in exiting the 8K TV market. Sony, to its credit, pushed 8K programming and television technology as hard as it could. From sponsoring and backing 4K and then 8K technologies at the MIP and MIPCOM programming markets, the Japanese technology giant echoed the NHK public broadcaster […]

Global TV shipments declined 1 per cent YoY in November 2025, according to Counterpoint Research’s Global Monthly TV Tracker, reversing the growth seen in the previous two months. In MoM terms, the shipments fell 15 per cent in November, as September and October shipments had been boosted by inventory accumulation ahead of year-end peak sales. […]

Retailers are forecast to control 47 per cent of the North American TV operating system (OS) market by 2029, up from 27 per cent in 2025, according to Omdia’s TV Design & Features Tracker. The rapid shift underscores how retailers are prioritising e-commerce-driven retail media advertising over traditional TV shipment leadership. This trend was a […]

NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL), in collaboration with Professor Hirohiko Fukagawa of Chiba University’s Advanced Science Center and Professor Takuji Hatakeyama of Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science, has successfully developed the world’s first organic LED display device capable of blue light emission while also generating power. The research was published in the […]

Visitors to the CES technology show earlier in January perhaps wondered why Sony didn’t have a presence. Now they know. Sony is to form a joint-venture with Chinese rival TCL to take over its TV business. TCL will own 51 per cent of the business, with Sony taking a back seat with 49 per cent. […]