STB Shipments Set To Surge
Worldwide Set-Top Box (STB) shipments are set to nearly double from 2007 to 2012, according to research company iSuppli. iSuppli predicts that the percentage of total STB manufacturing conducted by contract manufacturers will increase to 75.3 per cent in 2012, up from 67.8 per cent in 2007. This will cause global STB contract manufacturing to soar to 162 million units in 2012, double the 80 million in 2007. See http://www.advanced-television.com/2009/jan19_jan23.htm#f3 for more details.
Date Published: Friday 23 January 2009