Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Business, Flat panel display, Market share, Marketing and Advertising, Reuters, Samsung Group, Sony, Vizio
Thanks in large part to a successful brand-recognition marketing initiative, Vizio in the fourth quarter became the second-best-selling flat-panel TV set maker in the country, according to iSuppli. Vizio, with 14.3% market share, overtook Sony, but remains behind market leader Samsung, which enjoys a 20.2% piece of the business. Reuters (2/19) , Dealerscope (2/20) , TWICE (2/19)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Blu-ray Disc, Consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Show, Flat panel display, Hollywood Reporter, Home Video, Liquid crystal display television, Samsung Group
When it comes to electronics slim is always in. Samsung is set to unveil its latest flat panel TV at CES that is between just 6.5 and 7 mm thick. It utilizes LED technology for its backlight. The set will be marketed as the thinnest LCD TV yet to hit the marketplace. (Cynopsis 1/6)
While sales of Blu-ray discs cheered the market to some extent, total 2008 sales of home videos are expected to fall 3% to 4% from the $15.38 billion spent during the previous year, according to this report. Total spending on home videos, which includes rentals, also is expected to be below 2007′s total of $22.9 billion. Variety (1/5) , The Hollywood Reporter (1/5)
