About 13 million digital set-top boxes will be sold in North and South America this year.
Worldwide, sales of digital set-top boxes are expected to nearly triple in four years, to 96 million.
Over the next five years, sales of digital set-top boxes are expected to explode.
The other major factor pushing the sales of digital set-top boxes is good old government regulation.
Now General Instrument has 1.5 million digital set-tops in use, while the Explorers are barely off the truck.
In-app purchases, expansions, and exclusive digital set releases will all be part of Ascension Online and Android offerings.
Motorola counters that last summer it instituted digital set-tops that consume up to 33% less energy than analog boxes.
Of those three, currently only the PlayStation is truly a digital set-top box.
Almost any existing analogue TV, even a black and white one, can be converted with the addition of a digital set-top box.
Since those systems were designed, the Internet has taken off, and the cable companies now deploying digital set-top boxes are looking for Internet-compatible systems.
Pace is the world's third largest supplier of digital set-top boxes.
Now General Instrument has 1.5 million digital set-tops in use.
Without a broadcast flag in place, content providers might decide not to release new programming in digital format, thus reducing consumer demand for Thomsons' digital set-top boxes, according to Arland.
PayWizard supports transactions made on multiple devices -- including online, iPads and other tablets, smart phones, connected TVs and digital set-top boxes -- and features a unique, web-based management dashboard that provides detailed real-time activity reports as well as valuable, actionable marketing information on viewer behaviour.
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Sony made its first attempt at the market for interactive TV in late 1999, when it signed a deal to provide three million digital set-top boxes to Cablevision Systems (nyse: CVC - news - people ) subscribers in the New York City area.
This, essentially, is the home page you see when you turn on a digital television set.
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Unlike any other camera available today, the Polaroid Z340 pays homage to its analog predecessors, yet contains an advanced, easy-to-use digital feature set.
The explanation, according to Consumers Union's Joel Kelsey: The federal government, which mandated the switch from old-style analog broadcasting to digital and set the cutoff date, hasn't spent much to inform the public about how to deal with the switch.
Oh we just love the echo chamber that is the internet these days -- some genius reads about something as harmless as a integrated security waver for cheap digital SD set-top-boxes and automatically predicts the end of clear QAM as we know it.
Many viewers will have to retune digital TVs or set-top boxes as some channels have moved to new frequencies.
Those already using digital TVs or set-top boxes will have to re-tune.
Patchy reception in many areas has deterred subscribers, while frequent technical glitches in ITV Digital's set-top boxes has led many others to disconnect.
The company is also in over 30% of digital TV and set top boxes and an increasing presence in automotive and data storage.
The promise of digital offers has set off a stampede of interest as retailers, credit card companies, banks, start-ups, and telecoms companies look to cash in.
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Not only does the OS bring in billions in profits, it provides users with a familiar interface, whether it is on their PC, personal digital assistant, set-top box, Tablet PC or cell phone.
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