Press Releases

December 2004 - Posts

• New Digital Media Devices Will Drive Demand for Network-Attached Storage

  As the variety and quantity of digital media content stored on the home PC expands, and as home networks optimized for media sharing become more commonplace, consumers will seek a more secure and convenient way to store and access this content. According to Consumer Interest in Home Network-Attached Storage Solutions, the latest report from The Diffusion Group, a research consultancy, almost 30% of current home network owners and 39% of those likely to purchase a home network are interested in acquiring a network-attached storage (or NAS) solution.... Posted Dec 28 2004, 09:37 PM by The Diffusion Group

• Annual Shipments of Internet-Enabled Hybrid Set-Top Boxes to Reach 17 Million by 2010

  Given that the cross-over point between MPEG-2 video transmission bandwidths and sustained broadband access bandwidths in volume deployments has now been reached, The Diffusion Group, a technology research think-tank, projects that by 2010, two-thirds of the global IPTV service market will be enabled by "hybrid" set-top boxes, equipment that supports both legacy TV services such as cable and satellite, as well as IP-based services.... Posted Dec 25 2004, 02:09 PM by Michael Greeson Filed under: set-top box, cable operators, satellite HD services, IPTV, Telco

• Global IPTV Revenue Will Top $17 Billion by 2010

  IPTV, or the distribution of a television service over broadband access lines, will take a turn towards full commercial deployment in 2005. The 2004 launch of services such as Maligne TV and CanalSat DSL in France, FastWeb in Italy, and the announced 2005 TV-over-DSL launch by BellSouth, SBC and Verizon in the United States have propelled this new technology onto the front page of industry attention. The Business of IPTV: Global Analysis & Forecasts, a new study from TDG Research, suggests that the majority of global IPTV growth will be fueled by hybrid deployments that combine digital satellite or terrestrial TV services with IP-based TelcoTV offerings.... Posted Dec 12 2004, 10:24 PM by The Diffusion Group Filed under: cable operators, IPTV