This is a list of television manufacturers, past and present.
List
Company Manufacturing Notes Began Ceased Acer Inc. 2001 2009ASUS Admiral 1940 1979 AGA AB 1952 - Aiwa - - Akai present Alba 1939 present Formerly part of Harvard International. Amstrad - - Andrea smith Electronics 1947 1978 Apex Digital 1997 2010 Apple Inc. 1993 1994 The Macintosh TV was discontinued four months after its release; later produced the set-top device Apple TV. Arcam 2011 present Arise India 2012 present Audiovox - - Now Voxx International Avegon 1964 - AWA 1956 1974 Baird 1926 1980 Made the first TVs, brand name after 1956. Bang & Olufsen 1950 (prototype) present Beko - - BenQ - - Binatone - - Blaupunkt - present BPL Group 1980 present Brionvega 1947 1956 Bush 1937 present Canadian General Electric 2009 present Cello Electronics 1996 present Changhong 1958 present ChiMei - - Compal Electronics - present Conar Instruments 1962 - Conrac 1949 1987 Continental Edison - - Cossor - - Later A.C. Cossor Craig - -Crosley, division of AVCO19471956Not to be confused with current Crosley brands Curtis Mathes Corporation 1960 present Daewoo - - Dell 2003 2008 Delmonico International Corporation 1967 - DuMont Laboratories 1938 Durabrand 2003 present Durastar 1994 2009 Dynatron - - English Electric 1950 1957 English Electric Valve Company - - EKCO - - Electrohome 1949 1987 After 1987, televisions were manufactured by Mitsubishi under the Electrohome brand name. Element Electronics 2006 present Emerson Radio & Phonograph 1947 1973 EMI - - Farnsworth 1947 1965 Ferguson Electronics - - Ferranti - - Finlux (Vestel) 1971 present Fisher Electronics - - Fujitsu 1992 present Funai present Geloso 1931 1972 General Electric 1947 1986 Taken over by Thomson Gazer General Electric Company - - UK manufacturer, unrelated to US manufacturer of the same name Goodmans Industries - - Google 2002 present Gradiente - - Now IGB EletrônicaGraetz - - Grundig 1966 present Haier 1984 present Hallicrafters 1932 1966 Began selling TVs in 1947 Hannspree - - Now HannStar Display Corporation Heath Company/Heathkit 1964 1989 Hinari Domestic Appliances - - Hisense 1970 present Hitachi 1956 present Hoffman Television (Cortron Ind) 1948 1970 Itel - present ITT Corporation - - Jensen Loudspeakers 2003 present JVC 1976 present KEC 1973 - Sold in the US as KTV. Kenmore 2015 2017 Kent Television 1951 1964 Kolin 1964 present Kloss Video 1981 - Kogan 2006 present Kolster-Brandes - - Konka 1984 present Lanix - - Le.com - - LG Electronics 1958 present Founded as GoldStar in 1958, rebranded as LG following corporate merger. Lloyd's Electronics 1986 1988 Loewe 1923 present Luxor - - Magnavox 1948 present Since 1976, Magnavox has been a subsidiary of Philips. Marantz 1992 present Marconiphone - - Matsui - - Now part of Dixons Retail Memorex 1961 present Micromax 2009 present Metz - present Mitsubishi - 2012 Mivar 1945 - Motorola 1947 1974 Muntz (Howard Radio) 1948 1973 Murphy Radio - - NEC - Nokia - - Nordmende - Onida 1990 present Orion (Hungary) - - Orion (Japan) - - Packard Bell, Teledyne Packard Bell 1948 1974 Panasonic (National) 1959 present Pensonic - present Philco (Philco-Ford) 1947 1976 Philips present Pioneer 1985 2010 Planar Systems 1983 present Polaroid - - Polytron 1975 present ProLine - - Now part of Fnac Darty ProScan present Division of Technicolor SA Pye - - Pyle USA - - Quasar - - RadioShack - - Radiowealth 1955 - Rauland-Borg 1942 1948 RCA 1939 1986 Taken over by Thomson. Realistic - - Rediffusion - present SABA - present Salora 1956 present Salora International 1977 present Samsung 1970 present Sansui 1987 present Sanyo 1953 present Schneider Electric - - Seiki Digital 2009 present Sèleco 1984 - Setchell Carlson 1950 1970 Setron 1966 1979 Sharp 1953 present Siemens - - Singer - - Skyworth 1992 present Sony 1960 present Soyo - 2009 Stromberg-Carlson 1950 1957 Supersonic - - Sylvania 1949 1983 Symphonic 1984 - Tandy - - Tanin - - Tatung Company 1979 present TCL Corporation 1981 present Technics - - TECO - - Teleavia - - Telefunken 1903 present Teletronics 1970 - Now part of UREI Thomson SA present some sold under RCA and GE brandsafter bankruptcy some assets were sold to Videocon and TCL, continued as Technicolor Thorn Electrical Industries - - Thorn EMI - - Toshiba 1952 2015 TPV Technology - present TP Vision 2012 present Joint venture between Philips and TPV Ultra - - Union 1960 2007 Former joint venture between Union Industries Inc. and Hitachi in the Philippines. Branded as Hitachi-Union and Union-Hitachi until 1990. United States Television Manufacturing Corp. 1945 1950 Vestel present Videocon present Videoton 1959 - Vizio 2002 present Vu Televisions 2006 present Founded in California Walton 2001 present Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1947 1969 Westinghouse Electronics 2003 present White-Westinghouse - - Xiaomi 2017 present Zanussi - - Zenith Radio 1948 present Owned by LG Zonda - -
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