Worldwide HDTV Households: 36 Million and Growing Worldwide HDTV Households: 36 Million and Growing
Abstract The number of worldwide high-definition television households continues to increase. The worldwide total of HDTV households, which are defined as households with an installed HD-capable TV set that also receive and watch HD programming, are on track to increase by 25% in 2008. In 2009, the total is projected to increase by another 30%.
This report examines the worldwide availability of HDTV services and discusses the market and technology challenges facing today’s high-definition service deployments. It briefly examines different HD business models, provides an in-depth discussion of the different distribution platforms for HDTV services, and reports the results of a recent US consumer survey about HDTV services.
In addition, it identifies leading cable, satellite, and terrestrial service providers. The report also looks back at historical HDTV household growth and forecasts worldwide HDTV households through the year 2012.
Product Number: IN0804055MBS Service: Multimedia Broadband Services Publication Date: December 2008 Number of Pages: 40 Analyst: Michael Paxton Price: $2,995 U.S. Dollars Read Press Release
