SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Televisions produced by small and medium-sized companies are becoming popular for their unique value proposition of a high-quality image at a reasonable price. According to online shopping site Tmon (www.tmon.co.kr), the Q1 sales of TVs manufactured by small-size domestic companies increased by 63 percent year over year. As a [...]
SEOUL, Jan.19 (Korea Bizwire) – ZMI, an affiliate of the Chinese electronics brand Xiaomi, will officially enter the Korean market through the 11st online shopping site. 11st announced that it signed an agreement with ZMI to cooperate in online sales on January 13, and set foot as the official online retail channel for the brand. [...]
SEOUL, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s Haier Group, which just inked a deal to take over General Electric’s appliance business, is entering the Korean market with a bang, offering what it calls a ‘half-price TV’. According to industry reports, Haier Korea launched a 32-inch HD LED model through its MOOKA TV brand, an online exclusive, [...]
Research indicates that smartphones are thought of as a necessity from teens to those in their 40s. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that smartphones are thought of as a necessity from teens to those in their 40s. Those over 50 picked the TV to be the most necessary media in [...]
SEOUL, Dec.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Ahn Jae-wook will be returning to the screen after a four-year absence. He will be starring in the new KBS 2TV weekend drama ‘Five Children’. ‘Five Children’, which will air in February 2016, is a comical family drama, illustrating the happenings that occur when a single dad and single [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘original’ Black Friday is just 10 days away, drawing the attention of Korean ‘direct overseas shoppers’ as well as local consumers. After Black Friday, which falls on November 27, and Cyber Monday on November 30, huge sales will continue until the end of the year. During this period, consumers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – China expanded its share in the global TV market in the third quarter, narrowing the gap with No. 1 South Korea, industry data showed Thursday. Beijing took up 27.2 percent of the global TV market in the July-September period, up 2.3 percentage points from a quarter earlier, the data [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Research has shown that elderly citizens over the age of 60 in Korea spend almost half of their free time watching TV. The ‘Retirement Report No.22′, issued by the Mirae Asset Retirement Research Institute, revealed that the elderly over 60 spent 47.9 percent of their free time ‘watching real [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Samsung Serif TV, a product resulting from collaboration between Samsung Electronics and furniture designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, has been revealed at the London Design Festival. Samsung prepared a special exhibition at the always popular Somerset House, and will stage the Serif TV until September 27. The TV [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that Korean teenagers spend an average of an hour and half with their parents, while they wish they could spend more time with each other. Even the hour and half was often spent watching TV together. IKEA, a multinational furniture company from Sweden, conducted an online survey [...]