It's official: TCL will make Sony's future TVs in a new joint venture say hello to 'Bravia, Inc'

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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:36:01 +0000

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End of one era, the start of a new one here's what to expect

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Sony and TCL will officially form a new TV joint venture called 'Bravia, Inc' It's expected to begin operations in April 2027 It'll be based in Sony's HQ, and led by members of both companies Sony and TCL have announced that they're officially going ahead with building a new joint venture to take over Sony's TV business something they announced plans for earlier in the year . At that time, it was still in the proposal stage, but now the agreement has been signed .

The new joint venture is owned 49% by Sony and 51% by TCL, and will be called Bravia, Inc. A Sony representative told TechRadar that the TVs will still be badged as Sony Bravia models, and despite TCL being the larger owner of Bravia, Inc, the new company will be headquarted in Sonys Osaki office in Tokyo. The Sony representative said: "BRAVIA Inc. brings together Sonys high-quality picture and sound technology, premium brand value, and operational expertise, alongside TCLs advanced display technology, global scale, manufacturing footprint, end-to-end cost efficiency, and vertically integrated supply-chain capabilities." Article continues below You may like Sonys future TVs could be made by TCL, as the companies announce a tie-up TCL's new micro-LED TV massively cuts the price of the 'OLED-killer' tech TCL now can't call some of its TVs 'QLED' after losing in court to Samsung

Sony veteran Kazuo Kii will be the CEO of the new venture, and there will be
a board of four members overseeing it, with two from Sony and two from TCL.

The new venture won't just cover Sony's much-loved TV business, but also its legendary home theater projectors, which are generally considered to be about as good as these things go and it will incude Sony's business displays. A Sony representative said: "BRAVIA Inc. will succeed Sonys home entertainment business, and includes product development and design, manufacturing, sales and logistics, and customer service for products such as consumer TVs (BRAVIA), B2B Flat Panel Displays (B2B BRAVIA), B2B LED Displays, projectors, and home audio equipment such as home theater systems and audio components."

The new joint venture is supposed to start operations in April 2027, which is interesting we're expecting Sony to announce more TVs in the coming months, including its first 'True RGB' TV ( after a couple of years of showing off prototypes to us ). Uncertainty over future tech Sony's OLED TVs are much beloved by the AV community, because of the company's commitment to accuracy Sony makes reference monitors used in video productions for 'perfect'
imaging, and it tried to make its TVs match as closely as possible. This has led to the company winning TV 'shootouts' where accuracy is the most
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But TCL has no love for OLED in its TVs. The company doesn't use the technology at all (though its display development arm , TCL CSOT, is a leader in developing next-gen inkjet-printed OLED, but the company has told me we're years away from seeing that in TVs), and is all-in on mini-LED.

Sony's expect launch of an RGB TV is interesting in the context of the
merger, because TCL is also going in deep on RGB-backlit TVs . However, TCL actually doesn't see this technology as its flagship screen option currently the TCL X11L uses a technology the company is calling SQD mini-LED instead,
to maximize brightness and dimming zone counts and I expect that Sony very much will make the technology its best option.

What will this mean for Sony's more elite sets, then? Who knows, the representatives of the two companies will have to has that out.

Where I expect to see the biggest differences is in the more affordable models. Sony's TVs have struggled to deliver good value in the mid-range and budget TV brackets, and TCL knows exactly how to deliver this. I wouldn't be surprised if the new joint venture is quiet about high-end models at first, but comes in hard with a lot of more affordable options with Sony branding (and, hopefully, image processing) and TCL panels. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!

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