UPDATE 1-Sharp to launch 3D TVs this summer

Sharp to start selling 3D TVs in Japan this summer.

TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sharp Corp said it would begin selling 3D TVs this summer, the latest consumer electronics maker to enter the market for what is expected to be the industry’s next hit product.

Sharp, the world’s fourth-largest LCD TV maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Sony Corp  and LG Electronics Inc, said it would launch 3D TVs this summer in Japan.

It said it plans to begin selling them in China, the United States and Europe by the end of this year.

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