- Executive Summary
- Cable TV Systems, Worldwide, Face Increasing Competition
- Switched Digital Video (SDV) Provides a Powerful Solution
- Competitive Issues Facing Cable TV That Create an Opportunity for Switched Digital Video as an Optimal Solution
- Competition Heating Up For All Cable TV Services
- Satellite TV Services Pushing HDTV
- Telco TV Services Pushing HDTV, VOD, and Broadband
- Increasing Number of High Definition TV Channels
- DirecTV Touting “More HDTV” Than Cable
- EchoStar’s DISH Network Acquires Sling Media
- EchoStar Delivers VOOM HDTV Channels
- Increasing Number of Niche, Ethnic, and Non-English Language TV Channels
- Non-English/Non-Spanish Channels
- Spanish-Language Channels
- Personal Video Recorders Offsetting Some Advantages of Video-on-Demand
- Increasing the Number of Video-on-Demand Streams
- Time-Warner’s Start Over Service Improves Efficiency of VOD Infrastructure
- Increasing the Number of High Definition VOD streams
- Increasing Use of Interactivity with tru2way Connectivity
- Adding More Channels with Locally-Addressable Advertising
- Need to Continue Support for Local Analog TV Channels After Analog Cut Off
- Need to Add Support for Local Low-Power Analog TV Stations After Analog Cut Off
- Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Agreements
- Government Interest in A La Carte TV Program Pricing
- Digital Simulcasting of Analog Services on Digital Tiers
- Need to Increase Broadband Internet Service Speeds with DOCSIS 3
- Need to Provide Protected Bandwidth for Voice-over-IP Services
- Cable TV Systems Face Choices to Optimize the Use of a Fixed Bandwidth Asset
- Elegant Engineering of Thorny Problems is a Hallmark of the Cable TV Industry
- Analog TV Channels
- High Speed Data and Voice Telephony Channels
- MPEG-2, Variable Bit Rate, Constant Bit Rate, MPEG-4, and High Definition
- Linear Broadcasts, On Demand Services, and Switched Digital Video
- Service Groups
- Options that Cable TV Operators Can Use to Expand Their Service Offerings
- A Brief Look at How Switched Digital Video Works
- Switched Digital for Standard Definition Linear Broadcasts
- The SDV Cable TV Network Becomes a Living, Breathing Entity
- Switched Digital Video for High Definition Linear Broadcast
- Switched Digital Video for Unicasting, VOD, and Addressable Advertising
- Switched Digital Video Becomes a Revenue Generator for Local Cable
- Ten Elements of a Switched Digital Video Deployment
- Professional Services
- Additional MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 Video Encoders
- Bulk Encryption or Edge Encryption
- Interfacing to Existing Infrastructure and Management Systems
- SDV Management System
- SDV Resource Manager
- SDV Session Manager
- Improved Edge QAM Devices
- Upgradeable Client Software for Digital Set Top Boxes
- Support for Continuous Research and Development
- Forecasts by Region, by Category
- Minimum Requirements for SDV Installation
- Assumptions Made about System Size
- Approximations for Typical New and Upgraded SDV Installation Costs
- North America by Category
- Europe by Category
- Asia by Category
- Rest of the World (ROW) by Category
- Worldwide Summary by Category
- Worldwide Summary Forecasts by Geographic Region
- Switched Digital Video Solutions
- BigBand Networks
- BigBand is the Early Leader in Switched Digital Video
- BigBand’s Professional Services Team Providing a Competitive Advantage
- BigBand Announces Fifth Generation SDV Product Line
- Motorola Connected Home Solutions
- Cisco Systems
- ARRIS
- Scopus
- Harmonic
- TANDBERG Television
- Imagine Communications
- Methodology
- Glossary
- Related In-Stat Reports
- List of Tables
- Table 1. Number of Niche Programming Channels Available (Language or Ethnic Group, Number of Channels)
- Table 2. Listing of Spanish-Language TV Channels Available (Name of TV Programming Source)
- Table 3. Typical Cost of SDV Installation by System Size, North America (Value in US$)
- Table 4. Number of SDV Installations by System Size, North America (Number of New Installations by Size, Number of Upgraded Installations by Size)
- Table 5. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, North America (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- Table 6. Typical Cost of SDV Installation by System Size, Europe (Value in US$)
- Table 7. Number of SDV Installations by System Size, Europe (Number of New Installations by Size, Number of Upgraded Installations by Size)
- Table 8. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, Europe (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- Table 9. Typical Cost of SDV Installation by System Size, Asia (Value in US$)
- Table 10. Number of SDV Installations by System Size, Asia (Number of New Installations by Size, Number of Upgraded Installations by Size)
- Table 11. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, Asia (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- Table 12. Typical Cost of SDV Installation by System Size, ROW (Value in US$)
- Table 13. Number of SDV Installations by System Size, ROW (Number of New Installations by Size, Number of Upgraded Installations by Size)
- Table 14. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, ROW (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- Table 15. Number of SDV Installations by System Size, Worldwide (Number of New Installations by Size, Number of Upgraded Installations by Size)
- Table 16. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, ROW (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- Table 17. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, by Region (Annual Value, US$ Millions, Annual Growth, Percent of Total)
- List of Figures
- Figure 1. Annual Value of SDV Installations, New or Upgraded (US$ in Millions)
- Figure 2. HDTV Linear Broadcast Channels Announced by DirecTV (Name of HD Programming Service)
- Figure 3. Example of Modern Cable TV System Frequency Allocation (Radio Frequency, from Low to High, and Service Assignments)
- Figure 4. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, North America (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 5. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, North America (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 6. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, North America (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 7. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, Europe (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 8. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, Europe (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems by System Size)
- Figure 9. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, Europe (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 10. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, Asia (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 11. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, Asia (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems by System Size)
- Figure 12. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, Asia (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 13. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, ROW (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 14. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, ROW (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems by System Size)
- Figure 15. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, ROW (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 16. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, Worldwide (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 17. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, Worldwide (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems by System Size)
- Figure 18. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, Worldwide (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
- Figure 19. Annual Value of SDV Installations by System Size, by Region (Annual Value, US$ in Millions)
- Figure 20. Line Graph Showing Relative Growth Slopes of SDV Value, by Region (Annual Value of New and Upgraded Systems by System Size)
- Figure 21. Line Graph Showing Relative Percent of Total for Value of SDV, by Region (Percent of Total Value, by New and Upgraded Systems, by System Size)
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