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RESEARCH
The worldwide HD subscriber base is
growing on all pay-TV platforms.
Approximately 57 per cent of total pay-TV
subscribers will be HD subscribers by
2019. ABI Research forecasts the global
pay-TV market will generate $324 billion in
service revenues by 2019, added Khin
Sandi Lynn, Industry analyst.
Cisco leads in video
infrastructure software and
hardware
Findings from Synergy Research Group
show that Cisco maintains a strong
market lead in both video infrastructure
software and
hardware, with its
worldwide share
of revenues
approaching 20%
in both segments.
A different group
of vendors compete
in the two
segments, but
ARRIS comes the
closest to
competing with
Cisco across the
board, being ranked
second in hardware revenues and third in
software. Arris has also been gaining
market share at Cisco’s expense. Nagra
and Rovi round out the list of top software
vendors, while Pace and Technicolor are
ranked third and fourth in hardware
revenues.
Quarterly revenues for video
infrastructure hardware and software grew
by 8% year on year to reach well over $10
billion, with hardware