ST steps up satellite set-top strategy

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STMicroelectronics is developing new digital satellite decoder technologies and is branching out into new categories of set-tops, according to the EETimes. The company has also revealed that it has an active program developing portable digital satellite set-tops - a video version of iPOD players -, one for the US market and another for the UK market.

First products are slated for the consumer market by the end of this year with volume production expected in 2005, ST executives confirmed.

ST's latest efforts testify to the company's tenacious desire to maintain its leadership position in set-tops. In its annual analyst meeting held on May 18th, the company reported that it has more than a 70 per cent market share in the global set-top market.