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ChineseTV maker TCL Corp and two other online firms received a fine of 87,500 yuan ($13,117) each in a copyright dispute over illegal content broadcasting, the Chinese-language Beijing Times reported Sunday.
Chinese digital entertainment provider Union Voole Technology Co., Ltd accused TCL last August of making more than 100 unlicensed films available via TCL's Internet-enabled televisions.
Fingers were also pointed at the two online firms for the illegal use of content.
Users of TCL's MiTV line of web-enabled televisions download the unapproved content, including films and TV shows, with the help of Shenzhen-based Xunlei Network Technology's software.
MiTV users are also able to watch films and TV programs online through peer-to-peer streaming video software developed by a Shanghai-based company.
According to TCL's 2010 interim report, sales volume for its Internet TV accounted for 25.09 percent of the Group's LCD TV sales volume in the China Market during the first half of the year.
Internet TV made its debut in China last year. Most Chinese TV makers have since rolled out their own versions of Internet televisions. Nationally, sales of Internet TVs reached 3 million to 4 million units last year, accounting for 15 to 20 percent of the overall flat-panel TV sales in the country.
All View Consulting is expecting full-year unit sales of more than 7.77 million this year in China, an increase of 600 percent.
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