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Market for Digital Set Top Boxes Declines by 7% in 1H03
Motorola and Thomson/RCA in Close Competition for Number One According to Acacia Research Group
Vancouver, WA - October 25, 2003 - Intense marketing for multiple room systems in the U.S. satellite television market and burgeoning interest in DVR and HD boxes in both cable and satellite couldn't keep the digital set top box market from shrinking in the first half of 2003 according to Acacia Research Group's StatView Digital Set Top Box database. The market for set top devices declined by 7% from the first half of 2002 falling from 13.7 million units shipped to 12.7 million.
"Thomson/RCA and Motorola continue their fierce battle for the number one position in the set top box market. Thomson's growth of nearly 12% for the period put the company just over Motorola as shipments at the cable supplier fell nearly 24% in the first half." commented Christine Arrington, Senior Analyst, Acacia Research Group. "While the shipment numbers aren't all good news, vendors can look forward to a second half that will see many operators focus on marketing services such as DVR and HDTV. That could provide some much need business in higher margin boxes."
StatView Worldwide Digital Set Top Vendor Rankings 1H2003 |
| 1 |
Thomson/RCA |
2.11 |
15.4% |
2.35 |
18.4% |
11.6% |
| 2 |
Motorola |
2.88 |
21.0% |
2.20 |
17.3% |
-23.5% |
| 3 |
Scientific-Atlanta |
1.68 |
12.3% |
1.90 |
14.9% |
12.7% |
| 4 |
Hughes Network Systems |
0.94 |
6.9% |
1.38 |
10.8% |
46.4% |
| 5 |
Pace |
0.91 |
6.6% |
0.66 |
5.2% |
-27.4% |
| |
Top 5 Total |
8.51 |
62.1% |
8.49 |
66.6% |
-0.3% |
| |
Other Total |
5.19 |
37.9% |
4.26 |
33.4% |
-18.0% |
| |
Grand Total |
13.7 |
100.0% |
12.74 |
100.0% |
-7.0% |
* Millions of units shipped.
Source: Acacia StatView Digital Set Top Box Database.. |
Copyright © 2003 Acacia Communications. All rights reserved. |
Second Quarter 2003 Results
Taking a look at results in the latest quarter, the decline is a little less drastic with shipments falling 5.2% from the first quarter of 2002. Thomson/RCA and Motorola continued to run a close first and second with Thomson/RCA's shipments rising a strong 23.2% and Motorola falling 27.4%.
StatView Worldwide Digital Set Top Vendor Rankings 2Q2003 |
| 1 |
Thomson/RCA |
0.95 |
14.0% |
1.17 |
18.1% |
23.2% |
| 2 |
Motorola |
1.55 |
22.8% |
1.13 |
17.5% |
-27.4% |
| 3 |
Scientific-Atlanta |
0.81 |
11.8% |
0.97 |
15.0% |
20.2% |
| 4 |
Hughes Network Systems |
0.51 |
7.5% |
0.75 |
11.6% |
46.5% |
| 5 |
Pace |
0.42 |
6.2% |
0.36 |
5.5% |
-14.9% |
| |
Top 5 Total |
4.24 |
62.3% |
4.37 |
67.8% |
3.2% |
| |
Other Total |
2.56 |
37.7% |
20.8 |
32.2% |
-18.9% |
| |
Grand Total |
6.80 |
100.0% |
6.45 |
100.0% |
-5.2% |
* Millions of units shipped.
Source: Acacia StatView Digital Set Top Box Database.. |
Copyright © 2003 Acacia Communications. All rights reserved. |
Underlying trends in the second quarter of 2002 include growing interest in HDTV receivers and DVR capable boxes by both satellite and cable subscribers. Shipments of boxes with integrated DVR technology increased from 441,340 to 652,525. Boxes with HDTV receiving capabilities numbered 492,814 in the first quarter compared to 610,356 in the second quarter.
About Acacia’s StatView Digital Set-Top Box Database
StatView is a one of a kind quarterly database tracking shipments of digital set top boxes from 23 vendors in five regions. It includes detailed statistics on technologies such as processors, memory load, operating system, conditional access, and much more. StatView is delivered on a quarterly basis and includes qualitative analysis of market trends. Data for the six quarters from Q1-2002 through Q2-2003 are currently available.
About Acacia
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