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In-Stat/MDR Reports Gigabit Ethernet Video Routers to Make All Digital Cable TV a Reality

Posted on: Monday, 30 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003--As "all digital" Cable TV systems begin to appear over the next five years, the nascent market for Gigabit Ethernet video routers used in digital Cable TV headends will begin to gain some traction, reports In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). The high-tech market research firm reports that this market is expected to take off during 2005 and explode into 2006 and 2007, accounting for $455 million during 2007. Gigabit Ethernet video routers will also find customers among satellite networks, Video-over-DSL deployments, government agencies, major enterprises, distance learning and public safety markets.

"Everything that is upstream from the actual coaxial cable is likely to use Gigabit Ethernet technologies, simply because it is fast enough to provide all of the services needed for digital Cable TV, and it is robust, being used in carrier class telecommunications services," said Gerry Kaufhold, a principal analyst at In-Stat/MDR. "In addition, it's becoming low-cost, because Intel, and others, are driving Gigabit Ethernet into very high volume applications."

In-Stat/MDR has also found that:

-- Companies, such as Scientific Atlanta, Harmonic, BigBand

Networks, IP Unity, Path 1 Technologies and SkyStream Networks

are pioneering Gigabit Ethernet video routers. Tandberg

Television is working with Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series,

as a way to make it easier for Cable TV companies to get more

signals out to more subscribers.

-- North American Cable TV systems segment their large systems

into zones of operation, and will use Gigabit Ethernet video

routers to replicate programming across multiple zones, use

Packet Splicing to insert local advertising, handle High

Definition programming feeds, and provide Broadcast On Demand

for sporting events.

-- Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), that include Gigabit

Ethernet cores, provide the technology base that enables

Gigabit Ethernet video routers to deliver amazing performance,

at low cost, on extremely flexible platforms.

-- Pace's ultra-low-cost Digital Cable Adapter will enable all

digital Cable TV systems to appear in a few years, especially

in North America, then in Europe, then Asia.

-- Gigabit Ethernet video routers will also find markets with

large enterprises, telephone service providers that are

expanding into video, and government agencies.

The report, "Gigabit Ethernet Cable TV Video Routers To Set Example For The Digital TV World" (#IN030690MB) provides in-depth discussion, and forecasts, for the number of digital Cable TV set top boxes deployed, by region, by year, as well as forecasts for the number of QAM "streams" being deployed using Gigabit Ethernet video routers, by region, by year. To purchase this report, or for more information, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/cat-dt.htm or contact Erin McKeighan; emckeighan@reedbusiness.com or 480/609-4551. The report is priced at $2,995.

About In-Stat/MDR

In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com) offers a broad range of information resources and analytical assets to technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists worldwide. The company stands alone in its ability to integrate both supply-side and demand-side research methodologies into a single comprehensive view of technology markets and products. This capability relies on a unique ability to cover the entire value chain from engineering-level technology, through equipment, infrastructure, services and end users.

In-Stat/MDR is part of the Reed Electronics Group, a division of Reed Elsevier (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading publisher and information provider. With over 38,000 employees worldwide, Reed Elsevier operates in the science & medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors, providing high value and flexible information solutions to professional end users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet.

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