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Market for Digital Set Top Boxes Grows by 6% in 2003
Fourth Quarter Saves the Year at 21.4% Growth.
Vancouver, WA - April 30, 2004 - The worldwide digital set top box market grew by 6% in 2003, and 21.4% in the fourth quarter according to results from Acacia's StatView Digital Set Top Box Database. The satellite pay television industry continues to wield its influence in the market. In the fourth quarter set top box manufacturer Thomson grew by nearly 48% enabling the vendor to lock in first place in both the North American and Worldwide markets for both YE 2003 and Q403.
"Thomson was well placed to take advantage of the demand for multi-room satellite packages offered by U.S. marketers as well as the FreeView explosion in the U.K. market." commented Christine Arrington, Senior Analyst at Acacia Research Group.
Motorola's shipments fell by nearly 22% in 2003. Even so, the vendor held on to the second spot in the worldwide market. Scientific-Atlanta continued to see growth in demand for its advanced devices with DVR and HD capabilities.
StatView Worldwide Digital Set Top Vendor Rankings YE2003 |
| 1 |
Thomson/RCA |
4.5 |
16.2% |
5.7 |
19.3% |
26.1% |
| 2 |
Motorola |
5.4 |
19.2% |
4.2 |
14.2% |
-21.8% |
| 3 |
Scientific-Atlanta |
3.1 |
11.1% |
3.8 |
12.9% |
22.7% |
| 4 |
Hughes Network Systems |
2.6 |
9.4% |
3.6 |
12.4% |
39.32% |
| 5 |
Pace |
1.6 |
5.6% |
1.7 |
5.6% |
5.8% |
| |
Top 5 Total |
17.2 |
61.6% |
19.0 |
64.4% |
10.7% |
| |
Other Total |
10.7 |
38.4% |
10.5 |
35.6% |
-1.7% |
| |
Grand Total |
27.8 |
100.0% |
29.5 |
100.0% |
6.0% |
* Millions of units shipped.
Source: Acacia StatView Digital Set Top Box Database.. |
Copyright © 2004 Acacia Communications. All rights reserved. |
Fourth Quarter 2003 Results Fourth quarter results make it very clear that satellite and digital terrestrial boxes were key factors in the growth rate for the year since the growth rate had been flat during the first three quarters.
With Thomson's surge to number one, the battle was tight for second place. Hughes Network Systems won that battle on nearly 42% growth in the quarter. Motorola's unit shipments fell by 7% during the quarter. That opened the door for Hughes Network Systems. Scientific-Atlanta saw its shipments increase by over 19% in the quarter placing it in the number for fourth spot for the last quarter in 2003.
StatView Worldwide Digital Set Top Vendor Rankings 4Q2003 |
| 1 |
Thomson/RCA |
1.40 |
18.9% |
2.06 |
22.9% |
47.7% |
| 2 |
Hughes Network Systems |
0.94 |
12.7% |
1.32 |
14.7% |
40.7% |
| 3 |
Motorola |
1.20 |
16.3% |
1.12 |
12.5% |
-7.0% |
| 4 |
Scientific-Atlanta |
0.80 |
10.9% |
0.96 |
10.7% |
19.2% |
| 5 |
Pace |
0.28 |
3.8% |
0.51 |
5.7% |
81.2% |
| |
Top 5 Total |
4.62 |
62.5% |
5.97 |
66.5% |
29.1% |
| |
Other Total |
2.77 |
37.5% |
3.01 |
33.5% |
8.6% |
| |
Grand Total |
7.39 |
100.0% |
8.98 |
100.0% |
8.6% |
* Millions of units shipped.
Source: Acacia StatView Digital Set Top Box Database.. |
Copyright © 2004 Acacia Communications. All rights reserved. |
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 25 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 Q4-2003 are currently available.
About Acacia
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