THE REAL-TIME BROADCAST MPEG encoder market is growing as new digital TV providers and TV channels are launched and HD content grows, says a new report from tech research firm In-Stat.
There is also a large shift taking place, as H.264 is replacing MPEG-2 as the compression technology of choice in many of the segments.
"The move to distribute programming in H.264 is creating a new category of product, the H.264 to MPEG-2 transcoder, which will be needed particularly by cable operators that have large installed bases of MPEG-2 set top boxes," says Michelle Abraham, In-Stat analyst. "The large number of cable headends will require large numbers of transcoders."
The research also found:
* Contribution and distribution segments, though lagging behind redistribution in use of H.264, are moving to use the newer compression scheme.
* The MPEG encoder and transcoder market will reach 44,000 units in 2011.
* The silicon TAM for real-time broadcast MPEG encoders will reach a height of US$134 million in 2008.
