Press Releases

September 2005 - Posts

• Casting Call for Digital Cable Ready Solutions

  Today's set-top boxes will gradually give way to Digital Cable Ready devices such as TVs and DVRs that first use CableCARDs and then downloadable security to enable consumers to receive services from a local cable operator. According to The Diffusion Group's latest report, Transition to Digital Cable Ready: Analysis & Forecasts, TV, DVR, and set-top manufacturers will begin mass shipments of these devices in 2006, with cumulative deployments expected to grow 17 fold by 2010.... Posted Sep 26 2005, 08:53 PM by The Diffusion Group Filed under: Broadband Media, set-top box, cable operators, cable ready

• Seagate's Acquisition of Mirra Reflects Promise of Network-Attached Storage Market

  According to The Diffusion Group, Seagate's recent acquisition of privately-held Mirra will position the storage giant to exploit the emerging market for consumer and small office network-attached storage solutions. TDG forecasts rapid growth in this market, as total global home NAS sales will grow from $132 million in 2004 to more than $3.8 billion in 2010, a 30-fold growth in six years.... Posted Sep 20 2005, 01:05 PM by The Diffusion Group

• Early Adopters of Digital Music Phones Will Require Greater Storage Than Offered by Introductory Models Such as ROKR

  Despite the barrage of press by Motorola, Apple, and Cingular surrounding the introduction of the new iTunes-enabled ROKR mobile phone, new research from The Diffusion Group suggests that the those consumers most interested in purchasing these new hybrid phones will find the devices wanting of storage. According to TDG's latest primary consumer research, early adopters of these devices would prefer platforms capable of storing approximately 250 digital songs - more than twice the number of songs that can be stored on the newly-released phone.... Posted Sep 13 2005, 05:01 AM by The Diffusion Group Filed under: multimedia phones, iTunes, Apple, Motorola, Cingular