Michelle Abraham

In countries where DTH pay-TV has been available for over five years, as in North America and Europe, the market read more

In countries where DTH pay-TV has been available for over five years, as in North America and Europe, the market is mature and subscriber growth is slowing. Where DTH pay-TV platforms were launched after 2000, subscriber growth rates are higher. In India, for example, DTH pay-TV subscribers are expected to have tripled in 2005.

In the highly competitive consumer electronics industry, and particularly the rising digital television market, it is critical for a company read more

In the highly competitive consumer electronics industry, and particularly the rising digital television market, it is critical for a company to get product to market quickly. At the same time, companies must uniquely differentiate consumer electronic products in the highly competitive marketplace. Streamlining the development process and reducing the cost of bringing high quality products to market is essential to the future success of leading CE manufacturers.

We are seeing a more pronounced dichotomy between full-featured boxes that are used by pay-TV providers to offer other services read more

We are seeing a more pronounced dichotomy between full-featured boxes that are used by pay-TV providers to offer other services in addition to satellite TV reception and basic boxes for TV reception only. Advanced features include hard drives for DVR services, multiple tuners, more connectivity options, and high-definition decoding for receiving HD signals.

There are a lot of future applications. Videoconferencing through your television is one of the things they're talking about, or read more

There are a lot of future applications. Videoconferencing through your television is one of the things they're talking about, or being able to chat with friends as the television program is going on.

With a growing number of HDTV channels to be delivered by satellite pay-TV providers in 2006, those pay-TV providers are read more

With a growing number of HDTV channels to be delivered by satellite pay-TV providers in 2006, those pay-TV providers are looking to the higher capacity enabled by DVB-S2 for more efficient HD channel delivery. In 2009, we expect satellite set-top boxes with next-generation advanced modulation technologies to account for 30% of the worldwide satellite set-top box unit shipments.