Blog articles from 03/2010

Wow - probably the strongest evidence to date that consumers are strongly resisisting the addition of more set-top boxes in their homes comes from Apple's COO Tim Cook. As quoted in the Silicon Alley Insider , Cook noted that Apple TV is in a market that's very small. He said that Apple TV sales in the last quarter increased by by 35% in a unit basis year-over-year.

We've been speculating for some time now about whether we are going to see the convergence between set-top box and RG functionality. In reports such as Set-top Boxes: Outlook and Connected Home: Global Outlook, we interviewed companies from both the service provider and the CPE side to identify the key catalysts and timing for the "all-in-one" box that  incorporates all data, communications, and entertainment access would impact their services and costs. Drivers for such...

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