Michelle Abraham

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now read more

The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now an enormous opportunity for consumer electronics manufacturers and Hollywood studios to supply consumers with high- definition media players and movies. As a result, we anticipate strong movie title and media player introductions in 2006.

Video CD players weren't necessarily supported by the Hollywood studios, but Indian and Chinese movie studios made content available and read more

Video CD players weren't necessarily supported by the Hollywood studios, but Indian and Chinese movie studios made content available and people were willing to buy them. I think you could see, to that extent, more than one standard.

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.

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.