Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics dominated the global TV market share with their premium lines during the first half this year.
A report released by business information provider I-H-S Markit on Wednesday... shows Samsung Electronics took up 29-percent of the global market share in H1... followed by LG with 17-and-a-half percent.
Total TV shipments surpassed 99-million units in H1, an increase of nearly eight-percent from the same period last year.
The report cited this year's mega sporting events such as the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the World Cup in Russia and the Asian Games in Indonesia... as playing a big role in igniting competition among the major global TV makers.