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4Q 2011

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RR-STB-11

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The worldwide set-top box market is expected to grow slowly, from 221 million in 2011 to 242 million in 2016, with a small dip forecast in 2012 as a lull exists between North American and Western European digital transitions (which are largely complete), and those in other parts of the world (which have not yet reached critical mass). Set-top box shipments through the period decline in North America and Western Europe (especially in saturated cable platforms that are losing subscribers to telco and satellite alternatives), while they grow strongly in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, where subscribers are gaining access to pay-TV platforms for the first time. This report provides worldwide shipments and revenues of set-top boxes segmented by platform (cable, satellite, DTT, IPTV) and geography (North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East-Africa). It describes quantitative and qualitative trends in the STB markets, including digital terrestrial transitions, digital cable transitions, HD service offerings, hybrid (CATV-IPTV, DBS-IPTV, and DBS-DTT) set-top boxes, and the adoption of cable video gateways.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

• How large are free-to-air satellite markets worldwide?
• How far has each region progressed in its digital transition?
• What percentage of set-top boxes are high definition?
• What percentage of set-top boxes have DVRs?
• What are strategies for leveraging online and over-the-top content into the set-top box?
• How are set-top box architectures evolving?
• What do the Asian and Latin American set-top box markets look like?
• How rapidly will operators move to video gateways?
• What roles do hybrid (multi-tuner) set-top boxes play, and how fast will they be adopted?

Who Needs This Report?

• Executives
• Product marketing managers
• Technology developers
• Content providers
• Investment and finance professionals in digital video markets