Demand for IP set-top boxes is growing, and will reach 19 million units in 2010, up from 4.3 million in 2006, according to In-Stat.
Compare and contrast those numbers with research from Strategy Analytics, which found just under 6 million homes worldwide at the end of 2006 tuning in to an IPTV service, and also projected a total exceeding 80 million by 2011 (story here).
In-Stat’s findings include:
* DVB-T tuners will be integrated into many boxes for Europe.
* More vendors are offering integrated home networking technologies.
* Component prices will decline, allowing the bill of materials (BOM) for an SD H.264 decode-capable box to drop from more than $100 in 2005 to $54 in 2010.
The research, “IP Set-Top Box Market: Done Waiting For H.264,” covers the worldwide market for IPTV set-tops. The research contains five-year worldwide forecasts broken down by region for unit shipments, ASPs, revenues, HD box unit shipments, DVR box unit shipments, and DVB-T integrated box unit shipments. It also contains profiles of major set-top box manufacturers and analysis of market drivers and barriers.
