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After suffering through a down year in 2003, the
market for cable set top boxes is bouncing back in 2004. Total worldwide digital
cable set top box unit shipments are projected to reach 10.87 million, an increase
of 11% over 2003. North American cable TV operators, who have been continually
increasing their orders for both Personal Video Recorder-enabled boxes and high
definition-capable products, are directly fueling the majority of this growth.
This report examines the market for cable TV set top boxes, paying special
attention to manufacturers, market and technology trends, and the semiconductor
content of the boxes. It discusses how the "Plug-and-Play" initiative is impacting
the market, examines the cable set top box market in China, and covers the quest
for the $50 digital box. In addition, it provides a cable set top box Bill of
Materials forecast and updates worldwide unit shipment and revenue forecasts for
the next five years. |
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction:
The Cable Set Top Box
- Overview: The
Worldwide Cable TV Industry
- Cable Set Top
Boxes: Who Needs Them?
- The Market in
2004: Digital Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments Rebound
- Cable Set Top
Box Market & Product Development Trends
- CableCARDs
and the Plug-and-Play Initiative
- The Quest for
the $50 Cable Set Top Box
- The Cable Set
Top Box Market in China
- The Chinese
Cable Industry
- The Market
for Set Top Boxes and Leading Manufacturers
- The Digital
Cable Set Top Box Bill of Materials
- Digital Cable
Set Top Box Cost Analysis
- Cable Set Top
Box Manufacturers
- Motorola Broadband
- Scientific-Atlanta
- Pace Micro
Technology
- Panasonic
- Sony
- Pioneer
- Other Cable
Set Top Box Manufacturers
- Digital Cable
Set Top Box Manufacturer Market Shares
- Cable Set Top
Box Market Forecasts
- Market Growth
Scenarios
- Forecast Overview
- Table 1. US Cable
TV Industry Statistics, Sept. 2004
- Table 2. US Cable
TV Subscriber Households with Cable Set Top Boxes
- Table 3. China:
Cable TV Subscribers (Subscribers in Millions)
- Table 4. Digital
Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments in China by Manufacturer, 1H 2004 (Units
in Thousands)
- Table 5. Basic
Digital Cable Set Top Box Bill of Materials Forecast
- Table 6. Advanced
Digital Cable Set Top Box Bill of Materials Forecast
- Table 7. Bill of
Materials: The Digital Cable Set Top Box with an Integrated Hard Disk
Drive
- Table 8. Bill of
Materials: The High-Definition Digital Cable Set Top Box
- Table 9. Cost Analysis:
Basic Digital Cable Set Top Box
- Table 10. Cost
Analysis: Advanced Digital Cable Set Top Box
- Table 11. Cost
Analysis: Advanced Digital Cable Set Top Box with PVR
- Table 12. 1H 2004
Digital Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands): Motorola
Broadband
- Table 13. 1H 2004
Digital Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands): Scientific-Atlanta
- Table 14. 2003
and 1H 2004 Manufacturer Market Shares: Digital Cable Set Top Boxes
- Table 15. Worldwide
Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipment Forecast (Units in Thousands)
- Table 16. Unit
Shipments by Geographic Region: Digital Cable Set Top Boxes (Unit in
Thousands)
- Table 17. Digital
Segmentation: Basic vs. Advanced Digital Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 18. Cable
Set Top Boxes with Integrated Cable Modems: Unit Shipments (Units in
Thousands)
- Table 19. PVR-Enabled
Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
- Table 20. HD-Capable
Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
- Table 21. CableCARD
Devices: North American Unit Shipment Forecast (Units in Thousands)
- Table 22. Cable
Set Top Boxes: Worldwide Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)
- Table 23. Cable
Set Top Boxes: Worldwide Revenue Forecast by Geographic Region (US$
in Millions)
- Figure 1. Scientific-Atlanta's
Explorer 2200 Digital Cable Set Top Box
- Figure 2. Historical
Demand: Worldwide Digital Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments, 1997 - 2004
(Units in Thousands)
- Figure 3. Scientific-Atlanta's
CableCARD Device
- Figure 4. Motorola's
BMC 9012 Broadband Media Center
- Figure 5. Scientific-Atlanta's
Explorer 4200 26
- Figure 6. Pace's
DC-510 Digital Cable Set Top Box
- Figure 7. Worldwide
Cable Set Top Box Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands), 1997 - 2008
- Figure 8. Cable
Set Top Boxes: Worldwide Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)
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