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Research and Markets: Q1'11 Set Top Box Database Update: IP Set Top Box Shipments to Increase Over 1 Million in 2011DUBLIN --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3a7ce6/q111_set_top_box) has announced the addition of the "Q1'11 Set Top Box Database Update" directory to their offering. In-Stat's (News - Alert) Set Top Box Database gauges the size of the current market and presents quarterly forecasts for unit shipments, manufacturers' revenues, and average manufacturer selling pices. The information contained in this report came from primary and secondary sources. Primary sources of information included quarterly surveys of set top box (STB) vendors to obtain shipment and revenue numbers via email surveys and telephone-based briefings. Worldwide set top box revenue, as a whole, will decline slightly in 2011 over 2010, with Latin America and Middle East/Africa the only regions showing any increase in shipments. However, despite the general maturation of the market, IP set top box shipments are forecast to increase by over 1 million units in 2011 according to In-Stat. The most interesting development in the market is service provider solutions to distributing content throughout the home, says Norm Bogen, VP Digital Entertainment. Direct TV, for example, supplies a satellite STB as the big box' in the home's media center while providing IP STBs, now referred to as thin IP clients', for delivering content to different rooms in the home. This is certainly impacting the IP STB market in a positive way. Recent research findings include:
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