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Infonetics Research: Slowdown in N. American digital cable and satellite subscribers hurts video infrastructure marketCAMPBELL, CA, Mar 31, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://www.twitter.com/infonetics) earlier this month released its fourth quarter 2010 (4Q10) Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Infrastructure and Subscribers market share and forecast report. ANALYST NOTE "The overall video infrastructure market was impacted by another decline in video-on-demand and streaming content server sales in the quarter, as well as a slowdown in digital cable and satellite middleware sales. North American video infrastructure showed the biggest decline in the quarter, dropping 7%, after two straight quarters of revenue increases. North American MSOs and telco IPTV operators slowed their purchases of VOD servers as they continue to struggle with slow uptake of pay VOD programming," notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access at Infonetics Research. CABLE, SATELLITE, AND IPTV VIDEO MARKET HIGHLIGHTS -- Worldwide video infrastructure revenue sequentially dipped 3% to $836 million in 4Q10 -- Worldwide video encoder revenue increased 10% and topped the $100 million mark in 4Q10, representing the third consecutive quarter of growth for MPEG-2 encoders and renewed efforts among cable operators to expand their HD channel lineups -- Concurrent leads the worldwide video-on-demand and streaming content server market for revenue in 4Q10, followed by ZTE, SeaChange, and Cisco, as Huawei drops from the top 5 -- Operators aren't generating as much revenue from pay video-on-demand services as they would like (much of the unicast video traffic is free or is for subscription services such as HBO, Showtime, and Starz), explaining why cable operators want to be allowed to offer first-run movies earlier, as that would allow them to charge more per movie REPORT SYNOPSIS Infonetics' quarterly cable, satellite, and IPTV video report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, analysis, and forecasts for telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video subscribers and infrastructure, including VOD and streaming content servers, video encoders, edge QAMs, IPTV middleware/content delivery platforms, digital cable middleware, satellite video middleware, and video content protection software. Vendors tracked include Alcatel-Lucent, Anevia, ARRIS, BitBand, Cisco, Concurrent, Edgeware, Envivio, Ericsson, Espial, Harmonic, Huawei, MatrixStream, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia Siemens, OptiBase, SeaChange, Technicolor (Thomson), UTStarcom, ZTE, and others. SALES -- Larry Howard, Vice President: [email protected], +1-408-583-3335 -- Scott Coyne, Senior Account Director: [email protected], +1-408-583-3395 To download report prospectuses, tables of contents, highlights, etc., log in to http://www.infonetics.com/login and go to RESEARCH, then CABLE, SATELLITE, AND IPTV VIDEO. RELATED RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS -- Netflix, Hulu drive big jump in over-the-top media server market; set-top box demand is up -- N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010 UPCOMING RESEARCH -- Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers -- IPTV Services Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey -- Set-Top Box Features and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey -- Home Network Video Distribution Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively. Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1564025 Lead Analyst: Jeff Heynen Directing Analyst, Broadband Access Infonetics Research Email Contact +1-408-583-3359 http://twitter.com/jeffheynen SOURCE: Infonetics Research http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=F060A239D33171F9 http://twitter.com/jeffheynen |