Cable infrastructure spending to grow

WITH THE WORLDWIDE CABLE TV industry in a race to offer a three-screen service that includes HDTV sets, broadband-connected PCs, and follows subscribers around during the day on cell phones, it’s expected that strong, continued growth will continue on the cable TV infrastructure spending side, says market research firm In-stat. Global sales will rise from about US$925.4 million during 2006 to more than US$2.1 billion in 2010, says an In-stat report. "The cable TV industry is working diligently to connect all the infrastructure dots in the race to provision a three-screen telecommunications service," said Gerry Kaufhold, In-Stat analyst."System operators are...