Panel makers impacting screen market by managing supply, pricing
March 25, 2008
Broadcast Newsroom: LCD and plasma panel suppliers helped set the tone for the flat-panel TV markets in 2007 and early 2008 by carefully controlling panel supplies and increasing prices, Ross Young, DisplaySearch founder, said during his firm's U.S. Flat Panel Display Conference. The result was increased pressure on profitability for finished flat-panel sets and suppliers that paid more for parts while being pressured by competitors to lower prices to end users.