Last update: Monday 21 January 2013 [37 news items]
Commentary: How much longer will LCD dominate the TV market?
Jan 21, 11:52
Panasonic is shutting down its only dedicated plasma TV manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, marking the total defeat of the technology by the LCD competition in the consumer ma...
Holiday TV prices in 4Q11 expected to reach new milestones, says DisplaySearch
Dec 28, 14:20
According to DisplaySearch, average US street prices for all LCD TV sizes up to 46-inch will be below US$1,000 for the first time, and all 32-inch, including high frame-rate LED models,...
Taiwan market: Panasonic aims to sell 120,000 flat-panel TVs in fiscal 2011
Oct 14, 16:50
Panasonic has a goal of selling 120,000 TVs, including both LCD and plasma models, in the Taiwan market in its fiscal year 2011 (April 2011-March 2012), aiming at an on-year growth...
TV shipments in developed markets to decline in 2011, says DisplaySearch
Oct 12, 15:55
The forecast published by DisplaySearch shows a further reduction in the demand outlook for TVs worldwide. Total TV shipments are not forecast to grow from 2010 to 2011, holding at...
US flat-panel TV pricing declines in August for first time in 4 months, says IHS
Sep 28, 15:28
After rising continuously during the previous four months, US flat-panel television prices declined slightly in August 2011, as economic uncertainty and high inventories took their...
Increasing TV demand coming from emerging markets
Aug 2, 01:35
The economies in developed countries have been weak, which has affected shipments of TVs in 2011. Market estimates for total global shipments of TVs will be around 252 million units...
Samsung flat-panel TV shipments fall by 31% in 1Q11
May 3, 16:50
Samsung Electronics' flat-panel TV shipments in first-quarter 2011 reached 8.8 million units, a 5% increase compared to the same period last year, but a 31% decline from fourth-quarter...
China market: 1Q11 LCD TV sales up in volume, down in value on year, says AVC
Apr 22, 01:05
In the China market, 9.08 million LCD TVs were sold with a total sales value of CNY35.1 billion (US$5.33 billion) during the first quarter of 2011, increasing 5.2% and decreasing...
Global TV shipment growth improves to 15% on year in 4Q10 as LCD share surges, says DisplaySearch
Feb 23, 11:33
Global TV shipment growth improved in the fourth quarter of 2010 after falling sharply in the third quarter of 2010, rising 15% on year to a record 77.6 million units, according to...
Plasma TV panel shipments hit record high in 4Q10, says DisplaySearch
Feb 8, 16:17
Plasma TV panel shipments increased 1% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010 and 9% on year to 5.2 million units, according to DisplaySearch. Major plasma makers operated at...
LG announces net profit of KRW256 billion for 4Q10
Jan 27, 11:51
LG Electronics has announced net profit of KRW256 billion (US$229.53 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up from KRW8 billion in the third quarter but down from KRW362 billion...
CES 2011: Samsung unveils ultra-slim, high performance plasma TVs
Jan 7, 15:55
At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Samsung Electronics, continued to raise the industry bar for plasma TVs with its extended plasma TV line-up of 16 new models...
Jan 5, 01:50
Overall flat-panel TV sales during the New Year to Lunar New Year period in China are expected to drop due to their being about ten days of holidays fewer compared to 2010.
Global LCD TV market grows 31% in 2010, slowing to 13% in 2011, says DisplaySearch
Jan 4, 15:12
Global TV shipments in 2010 will reach more than 247 million units, an increase of 17% from 2009 and the best growth seen since the start of the flat-panel TV transition, according...
Vizio and Samsung split leadership in US TV market in 3Q10, says iSuppli
Nov 23, 15:56
In the latest twist in the battle between Vizio and Samsung Electronics for leadership in the US TV market, Vizio managed to retake the top ranking in LCD TV shipments, while Samsung...
Russian LCD TV sales continue to soar, says iSuppli
Nov 12, 11:59
With their hold intensifying on the Russian TV market, LCD TVs will cause the sales of older CRTs to disappear in the country within 4-5 years, according to the market research firm...
Oct 7, 15:14
Global TV shipments in 2010 will reach more than 243 million units, a 16% increase from 2009, according to DisplaySearch. LCD TV shipments are expected to grow to 188 million units...
China consumer demand for LED TVs soars in 2010, says iSuppli
Sep 24, 14:04
Consumers in China are aggressively adopting LCD TVs that use LED backlighting, causing domestic shipments in 2010 to surge by a factor of nearly 14, according to iSuppli.
IFA 2010: Panasonic displays 152-inch 3D plasma TV
Sep 6, 15:13
Panasonic is showcasing a 152-inch plasma 3D-ready TV at IFA 2010, which will run from September 3-8, 2010, and the Japan-based vendor plans to launch the TV in October and start...
Taiwan market: Sampo launches 3D plasma TVs
Aug 25, 15:22
Local vendor Sampo has launched 58- and 63-inch 3D plasma TVs, and 32-, 40-, 46- and 55-inch LED-backlit LCD TVs in the Taiwan market, with a goal of shipping 100,000 flat-panel TVs...
China market: China FPD TV shipments in 1H10 up 35% on year, says CECC
Jul 14, 10:30
Flat-panel TV (LCD and plasma) sales in China in the first half of 2010 rose 35% on year to 10.5 million units, with the growth 17 percentage points lower than the increase in the...
China FPD TV market to surpass 50 million units by 2012, says DisplaySearch
Jul 7, 15:12
The flat-panel TV (LCD and plasma) market in China is expected to reach 59 million units in 2014, up from 31 million units in 2009, a CAGR of 14%, according to DisplaySearch.
Global TV shipments to grow 15% on year to 242 million units in 2010, says DisplaySearch
Jul 2, 14:15
Global TV shipments are expected to exceed 242 million in 2010, a 15% growth on year, a much significant growth compared to the 2% growth in 2009, according to DisplaySearch. Not...
3D models to account for over 86% of total PDP TV shipments in 2013, says Displaybank
Jun 29, 14:42
Shipments of 3D plasma TVs are expected to account for over 86% of the total plasma TV shipments in 2013, according to Displaybank. Plasma TV makers are expanding their 3D product...
Taiwan market: Panasonic to launch 3D plasma TV in August-September
Jun 23, 15:07
Panasonic will launch a 50-inch 3D plasma TV in the Taiwan market in late August or early September, and the company aims to sell 180,000 flat panel TVs, including 2,000 3D TVs, in...
LCD TV ASPs fell 24% in 2009, 21% for PDP TVs, says DisplaySearch
May 26, 12:10
Overall blended ASPs for LCD TVs fell 24% on year and 21% for plasma TVs (PDP TVs) in 2009, twice as fast as they did in 2008, mainly due to a reduction in panel prices that resulted...
DisplaySearch increases TV shipment forecast to 228 million units in 2010
Mar 24, 16:59
The global TV market is expected to reach 228 million units in 2010, up from the previous forecast of 218 million units, due to strong result in 2009 and the positive influence of...
China TV shipments to rise 11% in 2010, says iSuppli
Mar 23, 15:31
TV shipments in China are expected to reach 41.3 million units in 2010, up 11% from 37.3 million units in 2009, according to iSuppli.
LG Electronics reports strong 4Q09
Jan 27, 14:49
LG Electronics (LG) today reported record revenues and operating profits for the fourth quarter of 2009. Full-year 2009 also showed strong revenue growth and record operating profi...
Global LCD TV shipments rise 27% on year in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Aug 20, 09:47
Global TV revenues fell 12% on year to US$23.7 billion while shipments fell 8% on year to 44.6 million units, according to DisplaySearch. Not all technologies fared equally though...
Flat panel TV shipments in US and Canada up over 17% on year in 1Q09, says iSuppli
May 27, 11:01
Shipments of flat panel TVs in the US and Canada amounted to 7.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009, up 17.3% from 6.6 million during the same period in 2008, according to...
Global TV shipments decline 6% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
May 20, 10:09
Global TV shipments declined 6% on year in the first quarter of 2009 to 43.3 million units with a lingering global recession continuing to place pressure on discretionary spending,...
PDP shipments down 22% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Apr 29, 11:08
As global demand remains weak due to poor economic conditions, plasma panel shipments from panel makers to brands fell on a yearly basis for the second straight quarter after posting...
Amtran sees better-than-expected performance in February
Mar 6, 15:36
LCD TV maker Amtran Technology saw better-than-expected results in February on revenues of NT$5.12 billion (US$146.51 million), up 12% from NT$4.58 billion in January, but down 15.09%...
Feb 27, 16:26
Samsung Electronics, the second largest plasma TV vendor, is looking for additional suppliers of PDP filters, as the company aims to increase its plasma TV shipments to 4.5-5 million...
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
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Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
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Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and Sony PS4
Before Going to Press | 18min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says TrendForce
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Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
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LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
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Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
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HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
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CES 2011: Samsung D6500 full HD 3D plasma TV
Samsung Electronics showcased its extended plasma TV line-up of 16 new models across six product series at the CES 2011 in Las Vegas. Samsung's ultra-slim plasma D6500 series is...
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CES 2010: Panasonic 3D full HD plasma TV
Panasonic introduced its latest 3D full HD plasma TV series at CES 2010, including a 152-inch model, and the 50-inch home theater size TC-P50V25. The 152-inch model features Panasonic's...
Photo: Company, Jan 14.
Samsung 50-inch large format plasma displays - P50H
Samsung's professional display - P50H, features 1,300 nits brightness, 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 1365x768 resolution and PC inputs (VGA / DVI) and video inputs (CVBS / HDMI). With...
Photo: Company, Oct 21.
Samsung has announced the Series 7 Plasma HDTV featuring the company's new Touch of Color styling, Ultra FilterBright anti-glare technology, Full HD picture and an up to a 1,000,000:1...
Photo: Company, Jul 30.
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.