Infonetics: STBs Gain in First Quarter
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its first quarter 2013 (1Q13) Set-Top Boxes and Pay TV Subscribers market share and forecast report, which tracks IP, cable, satellite and digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top boxes (STBs) and over-the-top (OTT) media servers.“Cable set-top boxes bucked the seasonal trend in the first quarter of 2013, notching modest gains in both revenue and shipments,” reports Jeff Heynen, principal analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research. “China and India remain strong and growing markets for low-end digital STBs, while Latin America continues to ramp. Meanwhile, North America also grew, thanks to increasing shipments of video gateways and clients.
