TCL, the known TV maker from China, has denied the allegations of it planting backdoor software, which would allow the Chinese government access to its TVs sold in the US market.
According to DigiTimes report, the company refuted these claims as media reports about the US Department of Homeland Security investigating TCL for allegedly planting backdoor software into its TVs for its US based partners. TCL has claimed that it has yet to be informed by the government regarding this reported investigation. The company said that the TVs that it ships are only pre installed with operating systems developed by Roku and Google.
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As per the company, its actions have met all the industry guidelines and general rules, technological policies, local laws, and even security standards. Furthermore, during this time of crisis, TV makers have seen a rise in shipments, with TCL’s financial results showcased that the company sold 7.24 million TVs in the third quarter of 2020, which is up by 24.7 percent from the same period last year and 49.7 percent on year with sales for the first three quarters of 2020.
Notably, TCL’s biggest market outside of its home country China is the US. Although, its US shipments had surpassed the Chinese ones in the first half of 2020. At the moment, TCL panels are mainly supplied by CSOT, which is the company’s subsidiary. So stay tuned for more, as we will be providing more updates when more information is available on the matter.
