Analog shut off fuels DTT box sales, but for how long, research asks

As digital terrestrial broadcasting becomes the global standard, the digital terrestrial television (DTT) set top box market will increase sharply in response. But will the global credit crunch endanger large digital terrestrial TV deployment projects, many of which require large amounts of financed capital? High tech research firm In-Stat examines this question and more in a new research report called ‘Digital Terrestrial TV Set Top Boxes 2009: Analog Shut Off Fuels Worldwide Market’. The report says that combined shipments of DTT set top boxes will grow from over 36 million units shipped in 2008, to 44 million in 2009. However,...