Digital TV News: Screen Digest

US Consumers Scooped Up 3.5 Million Blu-ray 3-D Discs During First 12 Months of Availability
Jul 11, 2011 – U.S. consumers purchased 1.75 million Blu-ray Disc 3-D (BD3D) discs at retail during the format's first 12 months on the market, and brought home another 1.7 million units as part of hardware/software bundling deals, according to Screen Digest (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Market Research, Metaverse, USA

STB shipment volumes to decline by 9% in 2011
May 23, 2011 – According to Screen Digest, 199m digital set-top boxes were shipped in 2010. However, STB shipment volumes will decline by 9% in 2011 due to reduced demand for DTA STBs in North America and satellite pay TV STBs in India.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Pace Surpasses Motorola to Take Set-Top Box Lead
May 11, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) in 2010 became the world's No. 1 seller of set-top boxes (STBs) in terms of unit shipments for the first time ever on an annual basis, surpassing Motorola (NYSE: MMI), new IHS Screen Digest research indicates.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Blu-ray 3D Spending Booms This Year in U.S. and Major European Economies
Apr 15, 2011 – Consumer spending on Blu-ray Discs 3D (BD3D) in 2011 is forecast to rise 533 percent across the four markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, according to new IHS Screen Digest research.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, France, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, UK, USA

India STB shipments exceeded 10 million units in 2010
Feb 22, 2011 – According to Screen Digest, in 2010 digital set-top box (STB) shipments in India reached 10.7 million units, with 18.1 million televisions also being sold.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Strong Cable Digital TV & Broadband Growth In Europe
Feb 15, 2011 – Latest figures released by Cable Europe show that the European cable industry's ongoing investments in next generation internet access and digital television keeps paying off.
News categories: Cable Europe, Broadband, Cable TV, Europe, Market Research, Subscribers

iVOD to Exceed EST in U.S. Online Movie Market in 2013
Feb 14, 2011 – U.S. movie Internet video on demand (iVOD) revenue will rise to exceed that of electronic sell-through (EST) for the first time ever in 2013, according to new IHS Screen Digest research.
News categories: Screen Digest, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Viasat and Irdeto to Deliver Premium On-Demand Content to LG TVs
Feb 1, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Viasat has expanded its Irdeto Broadband system to enable access to live and Video On Demand (VOD) content from its LG NetCast enabled connected TV platform.
News categories: Irdeto, Viasat, LG Electronics, Denmark, Digital TV, Norway, Smart TV, Streaming, Sweden

Network Delivery of Video Fails to Live Up to Hype in 2010
Jan 5, 2011 – Despite years of big growth and even bigger hype, the network-delivered rental and sale of videos continued to represent only a small portion of the U.S. home video entertainment market in 2010, according to Screen Digest (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Streaming, USA