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70+ TVs now 8K certified

The 8K Association says it has now certified more than seventy 8K sets. This includes nearly 50 newly launched models through the first half of 2021 from 3 of the world’s top TV brands – Hisense, Samsung, and TCL. These TVs are being offered to consumers today, with availability varying by region. The sets are […]

July 28, 2021By Chris Forrester

Forecast: Global Smart TV ownership to top 50% by 2026

Strategy Analytics reports that more than 665 million homes worldwide owned a Smart TV at the end of 2020. This equates to 34 per cent of global households, a figure that is set to rise to 51 per cent by 2026 when Smart TV ownership will reach 1.1 billion homes. Sales of Smart TVs grew […]

July 26, 2021By Chris Forrester

TCL passes ETSI EN 303 645 global standard

TCL Electronics has received the TÜV Rheinland /Privacy By Design logo, which confirms its fulfilment to cybersecurity standard ETSI EN 303 645, the first globally applicable standard designed to encourage a security baseline for consumer IoT devices. Headquartered in Germany, TÜV Rheinland is an international third-party testing and certification organisation. TCL is the first batch […]

July 21, 2021

Research: Amazon tops connected TV device sales

Global sales of connected TV devices soared to a new record in Q4 2020, reaching 109.1 million units, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. According to the report, Amazon became market leader for the first time with sales of 13.2 million devices and a market share of 12.1 per cent. Samsung […]

March 10, 2021

Cinedigm channels joining TCL linear service

Cinedigm has partnered with TCL to include all of its streaming channels in TCL’s launch of a linear service on select TVs in North America. The service is scheduled to launch on February 10th 2021. Since being introduced in North America in 2014, TCL is now the second largest TV brand in the US. TCL […]

January 26, 2021

TCL CSOT launches flexible displays at CES 2021

TCL CSOT announces the launch of two ground-breaking products, the 17-inch Printed OLED Scrolling Display and 6.7-inch AMOLED Rollable Display, at CES 2021. TCL CSOT is a subsidiary of TCL Technology, which is dedicated to driving greater innovations in semiconductor display. The flexible 17-inch Printed OLED Scrolling Display, at just 0.18mm thick, is a unique […]

January 12, 2021

Roku TV claims smart TV OS top spot

Streaming specialist Roku has announced that Roku OS was the No. 1 smart TV OS sold in the US and Canada, according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service. Roku TV held 38 per cent of market share in the US and 31 per cent in Canada, based on available data from January 5th through December […]

January 11, 2021

TCL launches next-gen OD Zero Mini-LED technology at CES 2021

TCL Electronics (1070.HK), one of the leading players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, has debuted its OD Zero Mini-LED technology at CES 2021. The rollout of high-performance and ultra-slim TCL TVs that will feature OD Zero Technology will be announced closer to its sales launch later this year. OD […]

January 11, 2021

DocuBay on TCL Smart TVs

IN10 Media Network’s DocuBay, a premium global membership streaming service exclusively for documentary features, has announced multi-territory distribution deal with TCL Smart TVs, one of India’s fastest-growing TV brands and the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer. This collaboration enables DocuBay to be present on all TCL Smart TVs across regions – India, UK, Australia, and New […]

September 21, 2020

Research: TV streaming devices reach 1.1bn

The global population of TV and video streaming devices has now exceeded 1.1 billion, according to the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. The research, which tracks quarterly deployments of TV and video streaming devices across 27 major countries, finds that Samsung is the leading brand, with 14 per cent of devices […]

September 3, 2020