The worldwide set-top box market contains various submarkets, including the Pay TV markets and free-to-air markets. Semiconductors (or, more specifically, System on Chips or SoCs) for digital set-top boxes perform a tuning function and a decoding function. In addition, they must present a user experience via middleware layers and a program guide. The increasing popularity of video streaming services results in a slow growth trend on the Pay-TV market which in turn results in set-top box IC market increasingly challenging.
This report presents worldwide set-top box IC unit shipment and revenue forecast. The forecast is broken down into different TV platforms; cable, satellite, FTA DTT, FTA satellite, IPTV and pay-DTT. The market shares of the key players are also included in this report. The companies presented include Ali, Broadcom, MaxLinear, MediaTek, Intel, Pixelworks, etc.