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• Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks, ABI Research Observes

  - 2007-12-17

  NEW YORK -- The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable-ready TVs, media centers, and residential gateways, among others. And STB manufacturers are responding in several ways.

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• Facing Challenges, Set-Top Box Makers Will Respond with Advanced Features, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-10

  NEW YORK -- As revenue from standard STB (Set-top Box) sales declines along with demand in the period 2008 to 2012, STB vendors will initially rely on firmer markets for DBS Digital Broadcast Satellite, IPTV IP Television, and DTT Digital Terrestrial Television STBs. However, according to a new study from...

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• New Features, IP Hybrids and Retail STB Will Drive Set-top Box Markets Past 2010, says ABI Research

  - 2007-08-03

  NEW YORK -- The market for STBs (set-top boxes) will grow at a steady pace through the end of the decade before easing slightly, as service upgrades to existing pay-TV customers are completed and the market shifts from new-technology growth to growth driven by the addition of new pay-TV subscribers....

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• Amino Ranked World Leader in IPTV Set-Top Box Market for Second Year Running

  - 2007-03-26

  ABI Research Names Amino World's Biggest Vendor Based on Market Share CAMBRIDGE, England -- ABI Research has declared Amino the global leading vendor of IPTV set-top boxes for the second consecutive year. The accolade recognises the world leading IPTV platform supplier's significant growth in emerging markets, as well...

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• China's growing subscriber base will lead the Asia-Pacific charge to higher-end set-top boxes, says ABI Research.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2007-03-01

  Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder PVR and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research. Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal...

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• ABI Research Sees Increased Momentum for Media Server Technology Across PC, Set-Top Box, and Consumer Electronics Market in 2006

  - 2006-11-13

  NEW YORK -- The media server market is gaining significant momentum as large end-user platform vendors release new products across the different product categories for digital distribution and content shifting both in the home and over the Internet. ABI Research believes that a media server strategy is fast becoming a...

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• ABI research sees increased momentum for media server technology across PC, set-top box, and consumer electronics market in 2006.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2006-11-01

  The media server market is gaining significant momentum as large end-user platform vendors release new products across the different product categories for digital distribution and content shifting both in the home and over the Internet. ABI Research believes that a media...

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• ABI research sees increased momentum for media server technology across PC, set-top box, and consumer electronics market in 2006.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2006-11-01

  The media server market is gaining significant momentum as large end-user platform vendors release new products across the different product categories for digital distribution and content shifting both in the home and over the Internet. ABI Resear The media server market is gaining significant...

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• Satellite Operators Will Drive High Growth Rates for the Hybrid Set-Top Box, says ABI Research

  - 2006-09-19

  NEW YORK -- The recent temporary suspension of BSkyB's broadband movie download service, due to the release of a utility that circumvented digital rights management in Windows Media files, has focused attention on a new phenomenon: satellite operators have found a way to offer video-on-demand in competition with cable and...

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• Satellite operators will drive high growth rates for the hybrid set-top box, says ABI Research.

  - 2006-09-01

  The recent temporary suspension of BSkyB's broadband movie download service, due to the release of a utility that circumvented digital rights management in Windows Media files, has focused attention on a new phenomenon: satellite operators have found a way to offer video-on-demand in competition with cable...

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