[December 20, 2012]

Infonetics: Multi-Screen Services to Boost Video Infrastructure Market in 2013; Cisco #1 in Cable STBs

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from 2 new video reports, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers, which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) and over-the-top (OTT) media servers.

ANALYST NOTE

"Operators are being extremely cautious with their video infrastructure spending right now, looking to sweat their assets as much as they can knowing that a spending spree looms on the horizon to support more unicast and multi-screen services, including RS-DVR, start-over, look-back, and streaming delivery to mobile devices," notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research. "We expect a noticeable jump in video equipment spending in 2013."

3Q12 VOD AND ENCODER MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Infonetics has increased its long-term forecast for the overall video infrastructure market to $1.1 billion by 2016, as operators worldwide migrate to MPEG-4 HD encoders to support higher picture quality using less bandwidth and as multi-screen services take off
• For the quarter, VOD and encoder equipment revenue fell 3% in 3Q12 from 2Q12, with all regions declining by single digits
• Following 2 consecutive quarters of declines, spending on VOD and streaming content servers grew 1.8% in 3Q12
• Infonetics forecasts the number of IPTV subscribers to nearly double between 2012 and 2016, from 83 million to 165 million worldwide

VOD AND ENCODER EPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly VOD and encoder equipment and subscribers report provides worldwide and regional market share, size, forecasts, analysis, and trends for telco IPTV (News - Alert), cable video, and satellite video infrastructure and subscribers. Companies tracked include Anevia, ARRIS, Cisco, Concurrent, Edgeware, Envivio, Ericsson, Espial, Harmonic, Huawei, Motorola (News - Alert), OptiBase, Thomson Video Networks, UTStarcom, XOR Media, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

3Q12 SET-TOP BOX MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Worldwide set-top box revenue was essentially flat in 3Q12, totaling $3.7 billion
• Cisco held serve as the cable set-top box market share leader for the second straight quarter, beating out Motorola by a hair
• The IP set-top box segment grew the most in 3Q12, with revenue up 27% from the previous quarter
• 45% of all set-top boxes shipped now have HD capabilities
• Infonetics has increased its long-term overall STB forecast, due mainly to a pick up in the pace of cable and satellite STB shipments in the Asia Pacific region, principally in China and India; Infonetics expects the global STB market to grow to $16.6 billion in 2016

SET-TOP BOX REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly STB and subscribers report provides worldwide and regional market share, size, forecasts, analysis, and trends for IP STBs, cable STBs, satellite STBs, hybrid IP/DTT, and OTT media servers, as well as telco IPTV and cable and satellite video subscribers. Companies tracked include ADB, Changhong, Cisco, Coship, DVN, Echostar, Huawei, Humax, Jiuzhou, Kingvon, Motorola, Netgem, Pace, Samsung (News - Alert), Skyworth Digital, Technicolor, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RECENT / UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download Infonetics' market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• Home Automation Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (Nov. 16)
• Total Broadband Equipment, CPE, and Subscribers Pivot (Dec. 20)
• Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (Dec. 21)
• Ethernet over Coax (EoC) Equipment and Subscribers in China (Dec. 21)

UPCOMING INFONETICS WEBCASTS

• WEBINAR: Scaling Small Cell Backhaul with Alcatel-Lucent, Ceragon, Vitesse (Feb. 2013)
• WEBINAR: Integrating Carrier WiFi (News - Alert) with the Mobile Network with Ruckus (Feb. 2013)
• WEBINAR: Core Routers Move to the Metro with Alcatel-Lucent (Apr. 2013)
• WEBINAR: The Transcoder Boom in a Multiscreen World (TBA, sponsorships available)

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• Latest Infonetics Video / Pay TV research brief: http://bit.ly/URPuWD
• Cable TV losing subscribers to satellite and IPTV; Latin America pay-TV to hit $23B this year
• MoCA drives growth in home networking devices market in 1H12
• Operators conflicted over fixed broadband investments, give nod to Alcatel-Lucent

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335

N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395

Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (News - Alert) (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

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