Abstract
Telco TV deployments have been a boon to headend equipment manufacturers,
particularly those supplying compression equipment, since not only are new
headends being built, but channels requiring additional equipment are
continually being added.
Today's headends are mainly set up to process video for retransmission. The
opportunity for ad insertion has yet to be realized; however, as subscriber
numbers grow, telcos are expected to purchase equipment necessary for ad
insertion. We also expect telcos to produce some content themselves in the
future, particularly local content.
There has been consolidation among headend equipment suppliers. Earlier in
2006, Tandberg bought SkyStream in order to expand its product offering with a
high-density headend system. This summer Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, Motorola,
and Harmonic purchased Arroyo, Broadbus, and Entone, respectively, to add
on-demand products to their portfolios. We expect the number of suppliers to
continue to decline in 2007, owing to the exit of some suppliers and the
acquisition of others.
In addition to forecasting the number of new headends built and upgraded
annually, this report offers five-year worldwide revenue forecasts for
broadcast content processing equipment, on-demand processing equipment,
middleware, and content protection. All forecasts are divided by region:
Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle-East, and Africa.
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