SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sustained North American demand for high-end digital cable set top boxes that include PVRs and/or high definition capability, coupled with modestly increasing demand in Asia, is fueling the market growth for digital set top boxes, according to research firm In-Stat.
“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.”
According to the report:
* Digital cable set top box worldwide unit shipments reached 12.2 million in 2005, up from 10.8 million in 2004.
* For the first time in the history of this market, shipments of advanced digital set top boxes exceeded basic digital box unit shipments in 2005.
* Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta, of course, continue to be the leading cable set top box manufacturers, accounting for 90% of all worldwide unit shipments through the first half of 2005.
