This is a list of television manufacturers, past and present.
Company | Started mfg | Ended mfg | Notes | |
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Acer Inc. | 2001 | 2009 | ASUS | |
Admiral | 1940 | 1979 | ||
Aiwa | - | - | ||
Akai | ca.1966 | present | ||
Alba | 1939 | present | Formerly part of Harvard International | |
Amstrad | - | - | ||
Andrea Electronics | 1947 | 1978 | ||
Apex Digital | 1997 | 2010 | ||
Apple Inc. | 1993 | present | Released the Macintosh TV in 1993 | |
Arcam | 2011 | present | ||
Arise India | 2012 | present | ||
AGA AB | 1952 | - | ||
Audiovox | - | - | Now Voxx International | |
AWA | 1956 | 1974 | ||
Baird | 1926 | 1980 | made the first TVs, brand name after 1956 | |
Bang & Olufsen | 1950 (prototype) | present | ||
Beko | - | - | ||
BenQ | - | - | ||
Binatone | - | - | ||
Blaupunkt | - | - | ||
BPL Group | 1980 | present | ||
Brionvega | 1947 | 1956 | ||
Bush | 1937 | present | ||
Canadian General Electric (CGE) | 2009 | present | ||
Changhong | 1958 | present | ||
ChiMei | - | - | ||
Compal Electronics | - | present | ||
Conar Instruments | 1962 | - | ||
Continental Edison | - | - | ||
Cossor | - | - | Later A.C. Cossor | |
Craig | - | - | ||
Curtis Mathes Corporation | 1960 | present | ||
Daewoo | - | - | ||
Dell | 2003 | 2008 | ||
Delmonico International Corporation | 1967 | - | ||
DuMont Laboratories | 1938 | 1970s (early) | ||
Durabrand | 2003 | present | ||
Dynatron | - | - | ||
English Electric | 1950 | 1957 | ||
English Electric Valve Company | - | - | ||
EKCO | - | - | ||
Electrohome | 1949 | 1987 | Post 1987 TVs were made by Mitsubishi and sold as Electrohome in name only | |
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 | 1980s | present | ||
Geloso | 1931 | 1972 | ||
General Electric | 1947 | 1986 | taken over by Thomson Gazer | |
General Electric Company | - | - | UK manufacturer unrelated to the US manufacturer | |
GoldStar | 1958 | 1995 | name changed to LG Electronics | |
Goodmans Industries | - | - | ||
2002 | present | |||
Gradiente | - | - | Now IGB Eletrônica | |
Grundig | 1966 | 2003 | ||
Haier | 1984 | present | ||
Hallicrafters | 1932 | 1966 | began selling TVs in 1947 | |
Hannspree | - | - | Now HannStar Display Corporation | |
Heath Company/Heathkit | 1964 | 1989 | ||
Hinari Domestic Appliances | - | - | ||
HMV | - | - | ||
Hisense | 1970 | present | ||
Hitachi | 1956 | present | ||
Hoffman Television (Cortron Ind) | 1948 | 1970 | ||
Itel | - | present | ||
ITT Corporation | - | - | ||
Jensen Loudspeakers | 2003 | present | ||
JVC | 1976 | present | ||
Kenmore | 2015 | 2017 | ||
Kent Television | 1951 | 1964 | ||
Kloss Video | 1981 | - | ||
Kogan | 2006 | present | ||
Kolster-Brandes | - | - | ||
Konka | 1984 | present | ||
Lanix | - | - | ||
Le.com | - | - | ||
LG Electronics (founded as GoldStar, name changed 1995) | 1958 | present | ||
Loewe | 1923 | present | ||
Luxor | - | - | ||
Magnavox | 1948 | present | Brand is a subsidiary of Philips since 1976 | |
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 | 1950s | - | ||
Nokia | - | - | ||
Nordmende | - | 1990s | ||
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 | 1930s | present | ||
Pioneer | 1985 | 2010 | ||
Planar Systems | 1983 | present | ||
Polaroid | - | - | ||
ProLine | - | - | Now part of Fnac Darty | |
ProScan | 1990s | present | div. of Technicolor SA | |
Pye | - | - | ||
Pyle USA | - | - | ||
Quasar | - | - | ||
RadioShack | - | - | ||
Rauland-Borg | 1942 | 1948 | ||
RCA | 1939 | 1986 | taken over by Thomson | |
Realistic | - | - | ||
Rediffusion | - | present | ||
SABA | - | present | ||
Salora | 1956 | present[1] | ||
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 | ||
Sharp | 1953 | present | ||
Siemens | - | - | ||
Skyworth | 1992 | present | ||
Sony | 1960 | present | ||
Soyo | - | 2009 | ||
Stromberg-Carlson | 1950 | 1957 | ||
Supersonic | - | - | ||
Sylvania | 1949 | 1983 | ||
Symphonic | 1984 | - | ||
Tandy | - | - | ||
Tatung Company | 1979 | present | ||
TCL Corporation | 1981 | present | ||
Technics | - | - | ||
TECO | - | - | ||
Teleavia | - | - | ||
Telefunken | 1903 | present | ||
Teletronics | 1970 | - | Now part of UREI | |
Thomson SA | 1940s? | present | some sold under RCA and GE brands after bankruptcy some assets were sold to Videocon and TCL, continued as Technicolor | |
Thorn Electrical Industries | - | - | ||
Thorn EMI | - | - | ||
Toshiba | 1952 | 2015[2] | ||
TPV Technology | - | present | ||
TP Vision | 2012 | present | joint venture between Philips and TPV | |
Ultra | - | - | ||
United States Television Manufacturing Corp. | 1945 | 1950 | ||
Vestel | 1980s | present | ||
Videocon | 1980s | 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 | - | - |