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Digital Cable set top box sales expected to climb |
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Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
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The shipment of digital cable TV set top boxes worldwide was up approximately 15% in 2005 and growth is expected to remain strong in 2006 and 2007.
Research firm In-Stat reported this week that worldwide digital cable set top box shipments reached 12.2 million in 2005, up from 10.8 million in 2004 and for the first time, shipments of advanced digital set top boxes exceeded basic digital box unit shipments in 2005. Advanced or “high-end” digital cable set top boxes are defined as those that include PVRs and/or high definition capability.
Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta continue to be the leading cable set top box manufacturers, accounting for 90% of all worldwide unit shipments through the first half of 2005.
“Demand for all types of digital cable set top boxes, especially in North America and China, is going to remain quite strong in 2006 and 2007,” says Mike Paxton, In-Stat analyst. “This bodes well for cable set top box manufacturers.”
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