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 […]
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 […]
Humax has unveiled the Humax Aura EZ 4K TV Recorder with Freely – available to pre-order from authorised Humax retailers. Users can simply plug in Aura EZ and access thousands of hours of live and on-demand TV. When connected to an aerial, this new Humax device enables viewers to record up to four channels while […]
Super Bowl LX isn’t just a historic rematch. It also highlights how live sports viewing has evolved. Today, the experience integrates broadcast TV, streaming platforms, companion apps, and real-time data to deliver a more layered experience. When the Patriots and Seahawks take the field on February 8th, NBC’s ‘4K All Day; strategy and Peacock’s central […]
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 […]
US satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV has announced price rises for some users across its bundled channels in the US. It last raised prices for all users just two months ago in November 2025. The increases will apply to ‘legacy’ clients which were not covered by last November’s price rises. In other words, these ‘legacy’ customers […]
Samsung Electronics has unveiled what it says is “the world’s first 130-inch Micro RGB TV” at CES 2026, marking the debut of its largest Micro RGB display and a new design direction for ultra-premium displays. “Micro RGB represents the peak of our picture quality innovation, and the new 130-inch model takes that vision even further,” […]
A report from analyst Paul Gray, delivered at the Seville, Spain, 4K HDR Summit in mid-November, showed China’s rapid shift toward larger TV sizes — with 65-inch now becoming the average size of new sets sold this year in Europe. China’s unique manufacturing and logistics advantages are accelerating this growth, says Gray, while aggressive innovation […]
Technology prices are among the most predictable variables in commerce. New stuff is expensive. Old stuff gets discounted, and the difference between high and low-end prices means that there’s a way in for most budgets. TVs are a bit of an oddity. As the archetypal tech piece, the centre of any living room, they’re arguably […]
A report from SAC Insight looks in detail as the prospects for ‘Super Hi-Vision’ and its potential for adoption by consumers. This report estimates the market size of Super Hi-Vision over the period of 2020 to 2035. They suggest that these well-specified TV sets will enjoy a CAGR of between $11.7 billion – $13.74 billion […]