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Local Content Driving Sales of Smart TVs, Says IHS

More than half of TVs shipped worldwide in Q1 were smart models, said an IHS report Wednesday. In North America, 56 percent of TVs shipped were smart, it said. Analyst Paul Gray called the trend “remarkable,” as the smart TV…

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feature quickly pushed into entry-level products. “Good streaming content in local languages remains the key to value in smart TV,” he said. The Android operating system was in nearly half of smart TVs shipped in Q1, said Gray.