Omdia: the proportion of global smart TV shipments exceeded 90% in the first quarter.

CTOnews.com, May 29 (Xinhua) according to a recent report released by market research company Omdia, global smart TV shipments accounted for 92% of total TV shipments in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 2.9% over the same period last year.

Omdia had previously predicted that smart TVs would account for 91.4 per cent this year, compared with 90.1 per cent for the whole of last year.

▲ source: LG Electronics from the smart TV system, the market share of the No. 1 Android fell from 42.4% last year to 40.9% in the first quarter of this year, while Samsung's own platform Tizen's share rose slightly from 21% last year to 21.8% in the first quarter. LG's webOS also increased slightly to 12.4% from 12.2% in the same period last year.

As previously reported by CTOnews.com, Qunzhi Consulting analysts expect the overseas TV camp, led by Sony, LG and Samsung, to be overtaken by Chinese TV brands for the first time in history as soon as the second quarter of this year, and the TV market will reach a watershed. The global market share of China's top seven TV brands increased from 31% to 36% in the first quarter, and is expected to go further in the second quarter, breaking the 40% market share mark.