For 2011, it will likely be characterized as a sluggish year to global TV brand vendors, as the global economic downturn severely curbed consumer demand. Furthermore, this sluggishness is not expected to recover at least until early 2012. In response, brand vendors have been particularly keen in maintaining relatively low inventory levels.

Taipei, August 29, 2008---By observing the operating margins of panel makers in the past 5 years, 2 major downslides can be spotted. One occurred between 4Q04~2Q05, while the other happened between 2Q06~1Q07.
　

Taipei, July 24, 2008---Global aggregated large-sized panel shipments in 2Q08 reached 110.8 million units, a QoQ increase of 6.7% and a YoY growth of 22.4%, according to WitsView's latest shipment report The growth mainly stemmed from increases in IT panel shipments, especially the NB segment, where it jumped by 12.9% to 35.4 million units.