Samsung is the world's best selling TV manufacturer
Samsung was the the top television manufacturer in the second quarter of this year with a 12.4% of the global market – figures that have a lot do with strong sales of LCD TVs in the last year.
According to research firm, iSuppli, flat screens will continue to gain popularity over the next year when CRT sales will account for only 38% of sales compared to 56% this year.
Samsung was trailed closely by its Korean counterpart, LG, with only a 1% market share separating the two – Philips (7.1%) was in third place followed by Sanyo (6.3%) and TCL (5.6%) respectively.
"The most significant television market development during the coming years will be the loss of dominance by cathode ray tube televisions globally," iSuppli's main TV analyst, Riddhi Patel, said in an unsurprising statement.
The company also predicted that the overall television market would grow at a compound annual rate of 4 percent between 2007 and 2011 for unit shipments, and 5 percent in terms of revenue.
In 2011, 245.5 million TVs will be sold, according to iSuppli, up from 207.5 million this year.
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