Samsung Electronics grabs 50.4% of N. American UHD TV market in January

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. held 50.4 percent of the North American UHD TV market in January, market research firm NPD said Monday.

As a result, the company has retained its top spot in the North American UHD TV market since November 2013.

The figure is above the 48.3 percent in November last year and 49.8 percent in December.

Japan's Sony Corp. placed second with a market share of 37.5 percent. China's Seiki posted a 5.1 percent share, while LG Electronics, also of South Korea, took 2.9 percent.

Samsung held 14.9 percent of the global UHD TV market in the fourth quarter of 2013, below 18.2 percent for Sony, according to another research firm DisplaySearch.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com