India Smart TV shipments up 33% YoY in Q1 2022: Report

According to Counterpoint’s television market analysis for Q1 2022, India’s overall TV market grew 33 percent year-on-year to reach its highest ever at 89 percent, with Xiaomi leading the market, followed by Samsung, LG, and others. Interestingly, the premium TV segment (> INR 30,000) increased by 68.6 percent year-on-year, rising from 23.5 percent in Q1 2021 to 33.6 percent in Q1 2022, accounting for a 10.8 percent year-on-year increase in average selling price (ASP).

The primary reason for Smart TV market dominance is sales growth in online channels such as Flipkart, Amazon, and others, which contributed to 31% of total TV shipments with 30% YoY growth, along with major growth drivers such as newer launches from leading brands at affordable prices, as well as discounts and promotions. Additionally, the report also suggests that televisions falling under the INR 10,000-INR 20,000 price band captured over 40% share in the overall TV market.

When it comes to market leaders and other television brands’ presence in the market in Q1 of 2022, Xiaomi led with a 14% market share. Thanks to the company’s Mi 4A series and Redmi series for driving more volumes, Samsung caught the second position with a 13% share, and it is said that Samsung’s Big TV Festival sales have contributed to the brand’s reaching this position. LG had an 8% share. Following LG was OnePlus, which had reached its highest ever share of 7% due to the good performance of its Y1 series, and Sony had a 5% market share.

Other television brands such as realme, TCL, BPL, Vu, Haier, etc., are slowly rising in the market. Among these, TCL had a shipment increase of around 58% YoY and realme became the most preferred smart TV brand in the INR 20,000 price range.

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