Digital TV News: Sam Rosen

ABI Research study on the role of DLNA's VidiPath
May 14, 2015 – The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has released results from an ABI Research study on the anticipated impact of VidiPath Certified devices for subscription TV service delivery to interoperable devices.
News categories: Digital Living Network Alliance, ABI Research, Scott Lofgren, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Worldwide

Video infrastructure markets to grow 37% over the next 5 year
Apr 16, 2015 – Video infrastructure markets continue to grow at a relatively healthy pace of 37% over the next 5 years, despite the impact of virtualization separating hardware and software requirements, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Eric Abbruzzese, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide

TV and movies, not short-form video, to drive online video market
Jan 16, 2015 – According to ABI Research, the online video market is expected to reach over US$56 billion by 2019, with a 6 year CAGR of 23.1%. Short-form video is expected to make up US$13 billion of the total.
News categories: ABI Research, Michael Inouye, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

Ultra HD and HEVC set-top box shipments to explode
Nov 11, 2014 – ​Worldwide Ultra HD capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, while the market for HEVC set-top boxes will rise even further to 88 million units, according to ABI Research. Early prototypes have been based primarily on Broadcom or ViXS decoders.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Broadcom announces eight hybrid satellite and terrestrial SoCs
Sep 9, 2014 – Broadcom has announces the world's first single-chip hybrid direct broadcast satellite terrestrial and IP devices for set-top boxes with integrated HEVC and MoCA 2.0.
News categories: Broadcom, Rich Nelson, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, IBC2023, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial, Worldwide

NAGRA, Adobe, and Cisco top ABI Research operator video software competitive assessment
Sep 2, 2014 – ​NAGRA was ranked as the number one conditional access (CAS) vendor, Adobe the number one digital right management (DRM) vendor, and Cisco the number one middleware vendor by a recent Competitive Assessment from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research, Middleware, Worldwide

ARRIS gains, Cisco loses in set-top box market
Aug 20, 2014 – ​According to ABI Research, 2Q 2014 showed about a 5% growth in set-top box revenues from a key set of major OEMs. Most manufacturers saw similar sales, with ARRIS a clear winner, growing about 60% year-over-year.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Mobiles with 4K screens to reach 478m units by 2019
Aug 15, 2014 – 2015 will see the launch of 4K/Ultra HD mobile devices. Considering the relatively close proximity of the screen to the user it is possible for some consumers to see and benefit from these higher resolutions.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Worldwide

Pay TV operator software spending shrinks in developed markets
Jul 22, 2014 – ​Pay TV Operator spending on middleware, conditional access, DRM and other elements of pay TV software contracted 5% in North America and Western Europe during 2013, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite