SAMSUNG RETAINS TOP SPOT IN GLOBAL TV MARKET
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Samsung Electronics Co. (KSE:005930) was the global top seller
of TVs in the January-March period, retaining the status for 13
straight quarters, a market researcher said Wednesday.
Samsung Electronics' market share stood at 21.5 per cent in
the first quarter in terms of dollar-based revenue, according
to DisplaySearch.
The company has been the leader in the global TV market since
the first quarter of 2006.
The dollar amount of its sales, however, was not immediately
available.
LG Electronics Co. trailed with 13.3 per cent, regaining the
second position for the first time since the second quarter in
2007. Japan's Sony fell to the third spot with 13.1 per cent,
the researcher said.
By number of units sold, Samsung had a 17.2 per cent market
share with sales of about 7.45 million TVs.
In the first quarter, global TV sales shrank six per cent
on-year to 43.3 million units, but sales of liquid crystal
display TVs jumped 27 per cent to 2.67 million units, according
to the researcher.
(Yonhap)
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