Net profit was $1.386 billion in the same period last year, boosted by the sale of the company's stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. "The U.S. remains the black spot, but when we look at the quarter it was tough all across," Chief Financial Officer Pierre-Jean Sivignon said in a conference call.
Last week, the company announced that it will license Funai Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan to market the Philips and Magnavox brands for five years in North America. In Europe, the Philips brand is much stronger than it is in the United States, but the company still lost money on TV sales and is unlikely to show any profit in the territory.
"Unfortunately our results are clouded, more than we like, by the adverse situation in our TV business and lower revenue from license agreements," Chief Executive Gerard Kleisterlee said.
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Written by: James Delahunty @ 15 Apr 2008 0:01
