Almost half of all worldwide TV shipments in the fourth quarter of
2015 were smart TVs, reaveled an analysis by research firm, IHS. With the highest
demand coming from China and
North America, shipment broke the 100 million mark for the first time in 2015.
Most of the
demand was in China, where more 75 percent of televisions shipped last year
were Web connected. Popularity in North America also increased from 36 to 48
percent. Demand throughout the rest of the world was mixed, plateauing in Japan
and Europe, but increasing in Latin America, the company said.
According to the research
firm, “Web-connected smart TVs that give you direct access to streaming
services such as Netflix and other features made up 48.5 percent of all TV
shipments during the period. In total, 34.2 million smart TV were shipped in
the final three months of 2015”.
Smart
functions are increasingly considered essential, which has created a shift to a
self-sustaining demand for built-in Internet streaming capabilities, says IHS Analyst
, Paul Gray in a statement.
IHS anticipates smart TV
shipments to hit 109 million this year, growing to 134 million in 2020.
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