Despite the pay-TV industry’s increasing focus on
delivering services to alternative devices like PCs,
smartphones and tablets, its traditional flagship
platform-- the set-top box (STB)—continues to
thrive, with market shipments set to hit record
highs in 2013, 2014 and 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS, El Segundo CA. Global shipments of STBs used for cable, satellite,
terrestrial and Internet protocol television (IPTV)
digital TV services are forecast to climb to 269
million units this year, up 8 percent from 250
million in 2012, the report says. Shipments will
grow another 6 percent to 286 million in 2014 and by 1 percent to 290 million in 2015. The year
2015 will represent the peak of the market for
the foreseeable future, as presented in the
attached figure. “STBs are facing a mounting challenge to their
role at the dominant pay TV video consumption
device because of operators’ growing emphasis
on supporting multiscreen devices,” said Daniel
Simmons, senior principal analyst for TV
technology at IHS. “However, operators are continuing to deploy STBs in order to manage the
compatibility between their delivery networks
and the consumer electronics devices that
consumers are increasingly using to view
content now. As pay-TV operators rush to
accommodate changes in delivery platforms and in video formats—including the adoption of high
definition (HD)—STB shipments will continue to
rise, hitting record levels for the next few years.”for full story source Set-top box market to achieve record shipments
delivering services to alternative devices like PCs,
smartphones and tablets, its traditional flagship
platform-- the set-top box (STB)—continues to
thrive, with market shipments set to hit record
highs in 2013, 2014 and 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS, El Segundo CA. Global shipments of STBs used for cable, satellite,
terrestrial and Internet protocol television (IPTV)
digital TV services are forecast to climb to 269
million units this year, up 8 percent from 250
million in 2012, the report says. Shipments will
grow another 6 percent to 286 million in 2014 and by 1 percent to 290 million in 2015. The year
2015 will represent the peak of the market for
the foreseeable future, as presented in the
attached figure. “STBs are facing a mounting challenge to their
role at the dominant pay TV video consumption
device because of operators’ growing emphasis
on supporting multiscreen devices,” said Daniel
Simmons, senior principal analyst for TV
technology at IHS. “However, operators are continuing to deploy STBs in order to manage the
compatibility between their delivery networks
and the consumer electronics devices that
consumers are increasingly using to view
content now. As pay-TV operators rush to
accommodate changes in delivery platforms and in video formats—including the adoption of high
definition (HD)—STB shipments will continue to
rise, hitting record levels for the next few years.”for full story source Set-top box market to achieve record shipments
