Sony Corp aims to sell at least 25 million televisions in the 12 months ending March 31 next year, with 3D sets accounting for about 10 percent of that.
The company plans to offer 3D TVs in Japan from June 10, Yoshihisa Ishida, a senior vice president for Sony and president of Sony’s home-entertainment business group, told reporters in Tokyo yesterday.
Tokyo-based Sony, which projects sales from 3D products excluding content will reach ¥1 trillion (US$11.1 billion) in the year to March 2013, is in talks with TV stations and game software makers to add a variety of 3D content, Joe Nakata, a deputy general manager for Sony’s 3D strategy unit, said on Feb. 3.
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The company plans to start selling nine models of 3D Bravia TVs and a Blu-Ray disc player this summer, when it will also enable PlayStation 3 machines to run games in 3D by updating programs.
Rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s biggest TV maker, LG Electronics Inc and Panasonic Corp also plan to begin selling 3D TVs this year.
Before the announcement, Sony rose 0.5 percent to ¥3,310 as of the 11am trading break in Tokyo, compared with a 0.3 percent decline by the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average.
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