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Corona crisis drives TV set sales in Germany

July 21, 2020 11.21 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Corona crisis has led to Germans buying more TV sets in the first half of 2020.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Corona, Germany, Gfu, TV sets Edited: 21 July 2020 11:24

German TV set market grows, 90% with HbbTV

June 22, 2020 07.46 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Despite the Corona crisis, 2.7 million TV sets were sold in Germany between January and May 2020, slightly more than in the first five months of the previous year (2.65 […]

Filed Under: Connected TV, HbbTV, Newsline, Standards, Tech Tagged With: Andre Prahl, Deutsche TV-Plattform, GfK, Smart TV, TV sets Edited: 22 June 2020 07:51

Global consumer electronics market continues to grow

January 7, 2019 11.13 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The global market for consumer electronics ended the year 2018 with a 6% increase in sales while total sales of around €138 billion were recorded.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research, Tech Tagged With: consumer electronics, GfK, TV sets Edited: 7 January 2019 11:13

10 million UHD TV sets sold in Germany by early 2019

November 19, 2018 09.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The number of Ultra HD TV sets sold in Germany will break the 10 million barrier at the beginning of 2019, according to a forecast by industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline, Research, Standards, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, GfK Retail & Technology, HDR, HDR10+, HLG, TV sets, Ultra HD Edited: 19 November 2018 18:05

High-end TV sets drive global market

August 29, 2018 15.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The sales of TV sets amounted to €45 billion in the first half of 2018 in the global market, around 1% more than in the same period last year, spurred […]

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: 4K, 8K, FIFA World Cup, GfK, HDR, Markus Kick, OLED, sales, TV sets, Ultra HD Edited: 10 September 2018 09:17

Smart TV on the rise in Germany

April 25, 2018 13.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A total of 1.6 million TV sets were sold in Germany in Q1 2018. Of these, 1.2 million (75%) are equipped with smart functions, reports German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform […]

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Andre Prahl, Deutsche TV-Plattform, GfK, TV sets Edited: 26 April 2018 18:37

Smart TV devices achieve record sales in Germany

February 28, 2018 20.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

More smart devices for media use at home were sold in Germany last year than ever before.

Filed Under: Connected TV, HbbTV, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Tech Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, GfK, Smart TV, TV sets Edited: 2 March 2018 08:35

German consumer electronics market grows in 2017

August 29, 2017 21.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The market for traditional consumer electronics is growing in Germany this year.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: BITKOM, consumer electronics, GfK, turnover, TV sets Edited: 29 August 2017 21:37

HD+ users embrace Ultra HD

May 30, 2017 09.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The users of German HDTV satellite platform HD+ are particularly open towards Ultra HD (UHD).

Filed Under: ANGA COM, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Satellite, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Astra, HD+, TV sets, Ultra HD Edited: 29 May 2017 15:03

Ultra HD on the rise in Germany

May 29, 2017 09.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

More than a quarter of German TV viewers (28%) who don’t yet own an Ultra HD TV set want to buy such a device.

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, TV sets, Ultra HD, Virtual Reality Edited: 30 May 2017 22:46

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