Abstract
The pay direct-to-home (DTH) industry is characterized by two broad growth patterns: maturing markets with decaying rates and high growth/emerging markets. Mature markets like those in North America and Western Europe stand in relative stark contrast to regions like Asia and Eastern Europe, where the markets are just emerging.
Both North America and Western Europe have relatively few pay-TV platforms- often a “duopoly” or “monopoly” prevails. This is in contrast to countries like Romania, which currently has five DTH providers, which paints differing growth prospects. In mature markets growth will come from premium services (HD and DVR/PVR) while emerging/high growth markets will experience a period of relatively robust subscriber acquisition likely followed by consolidation and a gradual decay in the growth rate. The emerging/high growth markets, by and large, will mirror, to some extent, the progression taken by the mature markets
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Standards
- Digital Video Broadcasting Project
- DVB-S2
- Multimedia Home Project
- Common Interface
- Other Standards
- Digital Video Broadcasting Project
- Distribution
- Retail vs. Lease
- Box Manufacturers
- Forecast
- Features
- Interactivity
- Interactive Middleware
- Digital Video Recording
- DVR Software
- Dual Tuners/Decoders
- Supporting Two TVs
- HDTV
- Advanced Video Compression
- Combining Delivery Networks
- Connections
- Ethernet
- USB
- DVI/HDMI
- Interactivity
- Components
- Changes in Components
- Bill-of-Materials
- Silicon Providers (Recent Announcements)
- Broadcom
- Conexant
- STMicroelectronics
- Others
- Methodology
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Worldwide Digital Satellite Set-Top Box Unit Shipments by Region (Units in Thousands)
- Table 2. Worldwide Satellite Set-Top Box Average Selling Price by Region (US$)
- Table 3. Worldwide Digital Satellite Set-Top Box Revenue by Region (US$ in Millions)
- Table 4. Worldwide Digital Satellite Standard Definition DVR Set-Top Box Unit Shipments by Region (Units in Thousands)
- Table 5. Worldwide Digital Satellite HD DVR Set-Top Box Unit Shipments by Region (Units in Thousands)
- Table 6. Worldwide Digital Satellite Non-DVR HD Set-Top Box Unit Shipments by Region (Units in Thousands)
- Table 7. Worldwide Digital Satellite/Ethernet Connection Set-Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
- Table 8. Basic FTA Digital Satellite Set-Top Box Bill-of-Materials
- Table 9. Interactive Digital Satellite Set-Top Box Bill-of-Materials
- Table 10. Digital Advanced DVR Satellite Set-Top Box Bill-of-Materials
List of Figures
- Figure 1. DTH Set-Top Box Block Diagram
