Vincent Neil

Global top box of digital machine (STB) in 2006 The market has gone through robust growth, the new developing more small-scale manufacturers of Asia begin to capture more market share. The traditional giant of set-box is still in the leading position, but face too to come from the Asian low-cost manufacturer's increasingly many competition. In 2006, the production of the global top box of digital machine was 122 million.

2006, French set-box manufacturer Thompson (Thomson) Having maintained its leading position, market share is double digit. This company is in the dominant position U.S.A. pay-DTH market, and the advantage enters the European IP set-box market. Compared with 2005, Motorola (Motorola) Figure cable set-box production be lasted time, and pull open with U.S.A. rival the disparities of Scientific Atlantas native further. China leads to electric apparatus Co., Ltd. (Tongda) Rely on the set-box production of satellite TV to increase the excellent manifestation of triple, ranked among the top player's ranks of the market of set-box in 2006, the market was in the leading position in Asia. Through increasing on the market pay-DTH market of Europe and Asian constantly, Philip consumes the electronics corporation (Philips Consumer Electronics) Have entered the first five ranks in the world.


Through catching the growth chance of China, India and other Asian countries digital televisions market, some other family Asian companies, such as DVN Company, Changhong (Changhong) , China is (Huawei) , the wound is linked (Skyworth) , nine continents (Jiuzhou) Gausses of Bell (Gospell) Also entered the whole worlding has sold the top 20 ranks. In the following several years, these manufacturers probably enter the top ten of the whole world under the circumstances that local market promote.


Connected Home Research Group analyst Mark Meza says, "just as expecting, we see the supplier of the top several place on the market of advanced set-box especially, produce MPEG-4 AVC HD and HD DVR set-box. Because the unprecedented carrying on digitization fast of China and India, has created a large number of market chances to hit low-end set-box. Meza adds, " some new developing manufacturers began to step foot on the market several years ago, had already given full play to one's skill on the fast-developing market of Asian top box of digital machine now. "