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Analyst: ‘STB sector ripe for further consolidation’

According to analyst firm ABI Research, the market focus of the leading set-top box vendors won’t meet the needs of modern operators today who are looking at extending their services over multiple networks. The firm notes that the STB market has generally maintained historical leadership positions based on a cable, satellite or IPTV focus. Of […]

May 30, 2014

CCAP sales up 177% in Q1

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Q1 2014 CCAP, and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers report, which tracks cable broadband equipment and subscribers. “In a dramatic shift, the vast majority of

May 29, 2014

Broadcom ups market share in STB IC market

Broadcom, once thought of as primarily strong in the North American cable set-top box market, has extended its market share such that it now leads in the cable, satellite, IPTV, and DTT markets worldwide, as well as in the closely related home networking market, according to ABI Research. With the exception of MStar, all of […]

May 28, 2014

Operators rate Arris and Pace

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its 2014 Residential Gateway Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which delves

May 27, 2014

Millennials more likely to use home networks for media

According to a report from The Diffusion Group (TDG), 74 per cent of Millennials that use a home network describe their use as either equally or primarily media-oriented, a rate that decreases linearly with age. The research notes

May 21, 2014

Chromecast a hit in France

Google’s HDMI dongle Chromecast has seen strong sales in France, with a total of

May 20, 2014From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Ultra-HD TV shipments top 1m

The market for Ultra-HD TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March when global shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time, driven by vastly increased deliveries from the industry’s three largest makers of the high-end panels, according to a report from IHS Technology. UHD TV panel shipments amounted to

May 15, 2014

Ultra-HD TVs in 33% US homes by 2020

Ultra-HD TV household ownership will grow from less than 10 per cent of homes in the US for the next four years to 33 per cent of homes by 2020 according to a Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report. David Watkins, Service Director, Connected Home Devices commented: “Demand for Ultra-HD TVs is exceeding […]

May 12, 2014