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Decline of Digital Media Adapters Predicted
According to the latest market study by The Diffusion Group (TDG), the global market for digital media adapters (DMAs) will be virtually nonexistent by 2014 -- a result of manufacturers shifting to embedded solutions and growing demand for video plat...
European Digital Terrestrial TV STB Demand
While the global recession has dampened growth in new digital set top box (STB) deployments in 2009, the market potential still remains a tremendous opportunity for STB equipment vendors, according the the latest study by In-Stat.From 2001 to 2008, t...
Pay-TV Set Top Boxes Transition to MPEG-4
The global pay-TV market has been somewhat unpredictable for vendors that supply the key elements of the service delivery infrastructure. After a record-setting year in 2008, worldwide demand for digital cable set top boxes (STB) is falling in 2009, ...
Global Demand for Over-the-Top TV Services
As we countdown the days to CES in January, now's the time to reflect upon the anticipated arrival of new consumer electronics devices, in particular Internet-enabled flat-screen television sets, that are being introduced to accelerate the demand for...
Ups and Downs of TV Set-Top-Box Demand
The global transition to digital broadcast television service, and the growing adoption of Internet video by consumers, is creating huge roller-coaster like demand swings for the CE device manufacturers.In-Stat reported that worldwide Digital Terrest...
Oxymoron: Easy-to-Configure Home Networks
Are your home network device connections easy and seamless? Not to worry, neither are mine. That said, a growing number of digital media devices for home entertainment are receiving DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certification.According to a ...
An Uncertain Outlook for TV Set-Top Boxes
Each of the major set-top box (STB) segments -- including Cable, Satellite, DTT and IPTV -- faces widely different outlooks, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.Satellite, the largest of the STB segments, experienced a 6 percent growth in...
Asia-Pac Leads Satellite Set-Top Box Growth
Due to remarkable shipment growth in the Asia-Pacific region -- and particularly India -- the worldwide satellite set top box (STB) market grew in 2008, according to the latest market study from In-Stat.However, outside of Asia-Pacific and Latin Amer...
Pay-TV Set-Top Box Demand Peaks in 2009
Shipments of set-top boxes (STBs) are expected to peak this year, at least in mature markets, and then commence a gradual decline. However, the analog TV shut-offs in countries around the world, combined with the strong uptake of high-definition (HD)...
New Telco TV Investment Hits a Reality Wall
The IP digital set top box market grew 55 percent in 2008, but apparently such high growth will not continue, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.Many telcos have already launched digital pay-TV services, so there are fewer new customer p...
Consumers now Watch Online Video on TV
Just imagine what it would be like to watch online video content on your television. Well, a segment of mainstream American consumers has already moved beyond their imagination.The under-35 adult population in the U.S. has already adopted Web-to-TV v...
World Digital Terrestrial TV STB Opportunity
The global semiconductor opportunity in standard definition (SD) Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Set Top Boxes will peak in 2011 at nearly $500 million.High-definition DTT Set Top Boxes also offer a short term spike in semiconductor opportunity. However...
STBs in the CE Home Media Server Market
Media server PCs form the majority of the devices used to store and distribute multimedia content in the home. However, set-top boxes (STBs) and consumer electronics (CE) devices such as video game consoles will gain share of the home media server ma...
IPTV and Switched Digital Video Upside
Infonetics Research recently released the latest (4Q08) edition of its IPTV and Switched Digital Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report.With service providers around the world countering decreasing revenue by cutting capex, one would assum...
Digital Terrestrial TV Set Top Box Market
The global financial crisis could endanger many large Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) deployment projects, which require large amounts of financed capital, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.This setback could cause major delays in DTT conv...
