SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hybrid set top boxes are a fast-growing segment of the worldwide set top box market. These boxes include a TV tuner and an Internet connection. It’s similar to hybrid vehicles that combine a gasoline engine with an electric motor. Hybrid STBs are appearing in all service categories and new usage models and applications have provided momentum. As television services begin employing applications that are Internet-connected, we see hybrid set top boxes emerging as a key growth driver for the global set top box industry. New In-Stat research forecasts that 100 million hybrid STBs will ship in 2015.
“As the STB industry continues its forward march, the next logical iteration is for the set top box to enhance and expand traditional TV-related services by permitting access to content from the Internet, or from Internet-like web services that provide a ‘walled garden’ of authorized content,” says Gerry Kaufhold, Research Director. “By combining traditional TV services with ‘enhancements’ that come in via broadband, content owners and service providers think they can successfully compete with all the emerging over-the-top approaches.”
Some of the research findings include:
Over 23 million hybrid STBs will ship in North America in 2012
The Asia Pacific annual revenue will approach $1.5 billion in 2015
Satellite hybrid STBs will represent 58% of the hybrid STB market in 2013
Recent In-Stat research, Worldwide Hybrid Set Top Boxes (#IN1104957ME), provides definitions for low-end, mid-range, and high-end hybrid STBs, and presents trends for hybrid STBs in six geographic regions. Hybrid STBs are forecast by region for cable, IPTV, satellite, and digital terrestrial STBs. The worldwide summary includes trend lines by category and by region.
Five-year forecasts include:
Key trends for each category of box, in each of the six regions, are presented and discussed
Worldwide shipments of hybrid-capable STBs in four categories
Detailed forecasts for hybrid cable TV, satellite TV, telcoTV (IPTV), and digital terrestrial TV set top boxes, by region.
Forecasts by box type for six geographic regions: North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.
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Jan 24, 2012
Google could speed up FTTH
SureWest's latest FTTH target has been in nearby Olathe, Kan., an area where it allocated additional capital in 2011 to add 5,000 new homes. In late 2007, it entered the Kansas City, Mo. market through its purchase of the former Everest Broadband.
Barry M. Sine, managing director of equity research at Drexel Hamilton, said relationship with Google could provide upside for SureWest. Barry M. Sine, managing director of equity research at Drexel Hamilton, said relationship with Google could provide some upside for SureWest.
"We see two potential positives for SureWest," he wrote. "It could either be acquired by Google, as Google did with Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI), or it could become a tenant on Google's network using it as an inexpensive way to significantly expand its footprint."
Regardless of what the outcome may be, Wall Street liked the news and sent up SureWest's shares 6.8 percent to $14.60 in early trading on Monday.
News of a potential marriage between the ILEC and the Internet giant come on the heels of problems Google has had in securing access to utility poles in Kansas City. Google has been unable to reach an agreement with city officials on where it can place its fiber cables and how much it will have to pay. Such a delay is a major setback for the Internet giant. Originally, Google hoped to start signing up customers in Q4 2011 and offer services in Q1 2012, but this latest delay has obviously set back those goals.
Sine wrote that "Google has made its public policy statement in announcing this network, but could suffer a black eye if it encounters further delays and problems..."
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Barry M. Sine, managing director of equity research at Drexel Hamilton, said relationship with Google could provide upside for SureWest. Barry M. Sine, managing director of equity research at Drexel Hamilton, said relationship with Google could provide some upside for SureWest.
"We see two potential positives for SureWest," he wrote. "It could either be acquired by Google, as Google did with Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI), or it could become a tenant on Google's network using it as an inexpensive way to significantly expand its footprint."
Regardless of what the outcome may be, Wall Street liked the news and sent up SureWest's shares 6.8 percent to $14.60 in early trading on Monday.
News of a potential marriage between the ILEC and the Internet giant come on the heels of problems Google has had in securing access to utility poles in Kansas City. Google has been unable to reach an agreement with city officials on where it can place its fiber cables and how much it will have to pay. Such a delay is a major setback for the Internet giant. Originally, Google hoped to start signing up customers in Q4 2011 and offer services in Q1 2012, but this latest delay has obviously set back those goals.
Sine wrote that "Google has made its public policy statement in announcing this network, but could suffer a black eye if it encounters further delays and problems..."
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Jan 23, 2012
Hackers jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2
The first untethered jailbreak for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 is now available. The Chronic Dev Team, the hacking group behind much of the jailbreaking software for devices running iOS, announced the news on its blog Friday.
While previous jailbreaks have been released as quickly as the day after a software update, GreenPois0n, the solution from the Chronic Dev Team for iPhone 4Ss and iPad 2s running iOS 5.0.1, took over 10 months to develop because the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 both use a dual-core A5 processor. In contrast, the team released the jailbreak for older devices running iOS 5.0.1. in late December.
The software solution is currently available for PC and Mac users. A Linux version is currently in progress.
To hack the software, the Chronic Dev Team used CDevReporter, a program to accumulate the device crash reports from users of its other jailbreaking software. The reports, which totalled over 10 million within a week, helped the team better understand system vulnerabilities, enabling the team to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1.
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While previous jailbreaks have been released as quickly as the day after a software update, GreenPois0n, the solution from the Chronic Dev Team for iPhone 4Ss and iPad 2s running iOS 5.0.1, took over 10 months to develop because the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 both use a dual-core A5 processor. In contrast, the team released the jailbreak for older devices running iOS 5.0.1. in late December.
The software solution is currently available for PC and Mac users. A Linux version is currently in progress.
To hack the software, the Chronic Dev Team used CDevReporter, a program to accumulate the device crash reports from users of its other jailbreaking software. The reports, which totalled over 10 million within a week, helped the team better understand system vulnerabilities, enabling the team to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1.
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