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Research and Markets: Global ZigBee Set-Top Box Market 2014-2018 with Atmel, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Huawei Tech., Pac, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments & ZTE DominatingDUBLIN --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/22zzk7/global_zigbee) has announced the addition of the "Global ZigBee Set-Top Box Market 2014-2018 with Atmel, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Huawei Tech., Pac, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments & ZTE Dominating" report to their offering. The Global ZigBee Set-Top Box (News - Alert) market to grow at a CAGR of 24% to 2018. The digitization of cable TV is likely to give consumers a wider range of channels and better picture quality. Moreover, it helps service providers offer more channels at a lower cost. In addition, digitization provides consumers with HD audio and video in a lower price range. In developing countries such as India, the government is mandating the digitization of cable TV. This process of digitization is expected to icrease the demand for STBs during the forecast period. This demand will in turn give rise to purchase of advanced STBs such as ZigBee (News - Alert)-enabled STBs. According to the report, power-saving capability is an important feature of a ZigBee RF4CE device. The specifications for ZigBee RF4CE include a power-saving mechanism which allows both controller devices and target devices to enter a power-saving mode and manage their power consumption and thereby prolong battery life Further, the report states that technologically advanced products are always highly priced to compensate for R&D costs. Likewise, hybrid ZigBee STBs and IPTV (News - Alert) STBs are priced higher than satellite and cable STBs. Key vendors dominating this space are:
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