Digital TV News: Highgate

Set-Top Box Shipments to Peak in 2012
Nov 19, 2008 – The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

UK - Freesat Reaches 100,000 Sales Within Five Months Of Launching
Sep 29, 2008 – Freesat has reached 100,000 sales within just five months of launching on 6 May 2008, having maintained strong, steady growth throughout what has been a tough summer for high street retailers.
News categories: Freesat, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

NEC Electronics Announces iDTV SoC Supporting H.264/AVC with Full HD processing
Aug 25, 2008 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced that it has begun sample shipments of the EMMA™3TL, a new SoC product for full high definition (HD) iDTV supporting the H.264/AVC next-generation video compression standard.
News categories: NEC Electronics, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Integrated Digital TV Shipments to Grow to 143 million. Is the Set-top Box Under Threat?
Aug 4, 2008 – IMS Research is forecasting that shipments of integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will grow to 143 million in 2013, up from and estimated 52 million in 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Market Research, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Pay-TV Set-top Box Shipments on Target for 40% Growth
Jul 23, 2008 – Global shipments of Pay-TV Set Top Boxes (STBs) are on track to grow by nearly 40% by 2012 according to a new Industry Update Report from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Facing Competition, Operators Take More Set-Top Box Risks
Jul 10, 2008 – Faced with stiff competition, cable operators are supporting a roadmap that may require the deployment of new STBs with more advanced features and functions, while also apparently aiming to drive the ubiquitous STB to extinction.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

UK - Set Top Box sales increasing
Jul 1, 2008 – Volume sales of Set Top Boxes grew to 4.9 million in the year ending April 2008 in the UK, increasing from 4.1 million the previous year. Value sales also grew from £169.1 million to £172.9 million over the same period, according to GfK.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Cabot Communications announce single chip IDTV software
Apr 23, 2008 – Cabot Communications has announced that it has developed a single software stack IDTV solution that seamlessly supports both analogue and digital TV broadcasts.
News categories: Cabot Communications, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Freeview|HD Launches in New Zealand with S&T MHEG-5 Technology
Apr 14, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) has extended its relationship with Freeview New Zealand. S&T's MHEG-5 interactive playout technology has been exclusively deployed for the launch of the new DTT/HD version of the service Freeview|HD™.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Freeview, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Terrestrial