HDTV Service Expands: Over 15 Million Households Now Watch High-Def TV

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• HDTV Households Increase, but Still Have Room to Grow
• Background: Analog TV, Digital TV, and HDTV
  • How HDTV Differs from Analog TV
  • Digital Television Sets and Monitors
  • Watching High-Definition TV
• Business Models for HDTV Service
• HDTV Service Market Trends
  • Market Drivers
  • Market Challenges
• The Growth of HD: HDTV Households from 2002--2005
• High-Definition TV Service Providers
  • Cable HDTV Services
    • Cable TV Operators
  • Satellite/DTH HDTV Services
    • DTH Service Providers
  • Telco HDTV Services
  • Terrestrial HDTV Services
• Worldwide HDTV Households: A Mid-Year 2006 Snapshot
• Forecasts: Worldwide HDTV Households
  • Forecast Trends & Assumptions
    • Other Forecast Notes
  • HDTV Households by Transmission Platform
  • Worldwide HDTV Households by Geographic Region
  • A Striking Contrast: US HDTV Households & the US Installed Base of HDTV Sets
• Final Thoughts
  • List of Tables
    • Table 1. Worldwide Forecast: HDTV Households, 2004--2010 (Households in Millions)
    • Table 2. HD Service Provider Business Models: Equipment and Service Pricing
    • Table 3. HDTV Service: Market Drivers & Market Challenges
    • Table 4. Worldwide HDTV Households by Platform: 2002--2005
    • Table 5. Worldwide HD Cable TV Households: July 2006
    • Table 6. Worldwide HD Satellite/DTH Households: July 2006
    • Table 7. Worldwide HD Telco TV Households: July 2006
    • Table 8. Worldwide HD Terrestrial TV Households: July 2006
    • Table 9. Worldwide HDTV Households by Platform, July 2006
    • Table 10. Worldwide HDTV Households by Geographic Region, July 2006
    • Table 11. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Transmission Platform, 2004--2010 (Households in Thousands)
    • Table 12. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Geographic Region 2004--2010 (Households in Thousands)
    • Table 13. The US Market: HDTV Households and HDTV Set Installed Base Forecasts, 2004--2010 (Households and Units in Thousands)
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1. Worldwide HDTV Households: 2002--2005
    • Figure 2. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Transmission Platform (Households in Thousands)
    • Figure 3. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast, 2004--2010 (Households in Millions)