New Delhi: Auto sales in India moderated in May with the country's largest car makers Maruti Suzuki, General Motors, Ford and TVS Motor posting declines in their numbers due to post-Budget price hikes, high interest rates and rising fuel prices. Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, however, witnessed sales going up. During the month, the country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp registered its highest ever monthly sales. Maruti...
09:38 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Beijing: What a difference nearly 50 years makes. Although the exact origins are lost to time, it was around 1965 that the phrases "boob tube" and "idiot box" were coined to describe the small cathode-ray tube television and the content broadcast on it that many thought foolish. Fast-forward to 2012 and it's the era of the "smart TV," a slim and stylish - and large - LED flatscreen model connected...
05:42 PM, May 08, 2012
Seoul: LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.2 TV maker, plans to launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google's platform in the United States in the week of May 21, as the South Korean firm seeks to gain a larger share of the emerging Internet TV market, a senior LG executive said on Monday. The move reflects an aggressive push by the duo to defend against a potential threat from Apple Inc,...
11:12 AM, May 07, 2012
San Francisco: Chipmaker Intel Corp is developing an Internet-based TV service for consumers and has been promoting it with media companies, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the effort. The world's top chipmaker plans to create a "virtual cable operator" that would offer media companies' TV channels in a bundle over the Internet, the WSJ said. An Intel spokeswoman declined to comment on the story. The product...
12:07 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top television manufacturer, has seen TV sales firming up so far this year and plans to introduce cheaper TVs, as demand for lower-end models increase, the head of its TV business said on Wednesday. Demand for lower-end TVs has been on the rise in recent months as major South Korean retailers such as E-Mart Co introduced flat-screen models that are as much as 40...
12:52 PM, Feb 08, 2012
TVS launched its 2012 edition of the Star City. The new Star City has dual tone body colours with six new colour combinations and a new headlamp design. TVS has also added clear lens indicators to the package. Available with a five-year warranty, TVS has priced the base version of Star City at Rs 38,650 ex-showroom Delhi. The Star City's 110cc engine has continuous variable timing ignition (CVTi) which enables...
06:38 PM, Jan 24, 2012
TVS Motor Company will be launching four new products in the fiscal year 2012-13, including two scooters and two motorcycles in the executive segment. The TVS Qube, shown at the Auto Expo 2012 will initially be test marketed before it is launched in 2013. The new motorcycle which will be launched in June 2012 will have a 4-speed gearbox mated to an 125cc engine. The second bike which will be...
01:07 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Las Vegas: Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showing off 55-inch TV sets that use organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, instead of plasma or liquid crystals. The TVs were unveiled this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase in Las Vegas for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other consumer-electronic devices. Why it's hot: It's the first time in years we're seeing a new screen...
10:00 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Las Vegas: Samsung Electronics Co, the world's biggest TV manufacturer, expects the global television market to grow around 7 to 8 per cent this year, and aims to grow at double that rate with a company sales target of around 50 million sets. Grappling with slowing demand and cut-throat competition, global TV manufacturers are hoping again that premium products with slimmer designs, powerful chipsets and crisp displays will revive growth...
01:07 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Las Vegas: Talking to the TV is usually a sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. TV manufacturers are set to make it a more rational behaviour this year, with a range of sets that respond to speech. LG Electronics on Monday said it will sell a remote with its high-end flat-panel TVs that contains a microphone. You'll be able to speak into the microphone to enter text on...
10:41 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Lenovo has announced the world's first Android Ice Cream Sandwich TV on the eve of the CES 2012. Named the K91, it is a 55-inch IPS 3D HDTV that runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich, a first for smart TVs. Please note that it is not using Google's TV software, which is based on an earlier version of Android, codenamed Honeycomb, reports The Telegraph. Its smart "Sandwich" UI unites...
03:13 PM, Jan 09, 2012
TVS Motor company have come up with a new technology which will employ an automatic transmission in their future line-up of two wheelers. TVS claims that this transmission will also give 20 per cent more fuel economy than the others in its class. This new technology termed as "TVS Automatic Transmission" has an automatic transmission in place of the conventional CVT which changes gears through the electronic control module, automatically...
04:35 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Team TVS Racing's Aravind K P became the first Indian rider to win a motocross championship overseas. He won the 2011 Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) Championship with a total of 73 points. Aravind had to fend off 22 riders including teammates HK Pradeep, Santosh CS and Tomoya Suzuki, the 2010 UAM Asian champion from Japan, before clinching the title. Post receiving the championship trophy, Aravind...
02:01 PM, Dec 02, 2011
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that TVS Motor Company had with Mahabharat Motors Manufacturing Company, West Bengal has been dissolved as per the directions of Partha Chaterjee, Commerce and Industry Minister, Government of West Bengal. According to this new demerger process, TVS Motor Company can invest in this venture provided the Government regulations give their go ahead. Earlier on, as per the MOU, TVS were to train the personnel of...
10:22 AM, Nov 08, 2011
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