Quiet Q2 for set-top box market

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Research group In-Stat has been busy. As well as its report on the developing IPG market (see separate story), the company has also looked at the worldwide set-top box market – and has concluded that digital-terrestrial sales in the second quarter “plummeted” nearly 35%.

The research, part of In-Stat’s new Set-Top Box Database, found the large fall-off in sales was driven primarily by falling shipments in North America following the analogue broadcast TV switch-off. But this was partially offset by growth in the Asian DTT market, which grew 50% to over 1.2 million units.

The satellite set top box market increased unit shipments to 20.3 million units in Q2 2009, making it the largest set-top box market among cable, satellite, IP and DTT set top boxes. While IPTV set-top boxes saw a slight sequential drop in unit shipments from Q1 to Q2, growth in high-definition IPTV set-top boxes was strong. The percentage of HD IPTV set-top boxes increased by 9 percentage points compared with Q1 2009.

Overall, for the year 2009, In-Stat expects unit shipments across the set-top box markets to be flat compared with 2008. Total revenue will decline by about 1% to just below $17 billion in 2009.



Source:RapidTVNews