World Report on Digital Terrestrial Set Top Boxes

This report covers the global digital terrestrial television (DTT) set top box (STB) market. As digital launches occur, the delineations between standards start to take shape: ATSC, DMB-T/H, DVB-T, and ISDB-T. While DVB-T represents the largest share of STBs on the market, the analog shutoff (ASO) in the United States will pose a windfall for ATSC STBs in 2008 and 2009 in the form of converter boxes.

DTT launches and ASOs continue to drive the transition to digital across the globe. In the report we explore the European, North American, Asia/Pacific, and ROW (Latin America and MEA) regions- with country-specific analysis in the larger markets. Five year forecasts, from 2006 to 2011, for both standard- and high-definition (SD/HD) STBs are included with revenue. With a 30.6% unit CAGR (2006 to 2011) the terrestrial STB market is poised for growth, in particular as countries like Brazil and China launch services and Western European countries strive to meet ASOs in the 2010 to 2012 time frame.