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April 2010 Increased HD Programming Bolsters the Integrated Receiver Decoder Shipments The integrated receiver decoder (IRD) market will grow unit shipments steadily over the next several years, though revenue will be hampered by falling average selling prices (ASPs) (April 8, 2010) March 2010 VoIP Penetration Strongest in the Government Sector, Where 48% of Respondents Report VoIP is Deployed in At Least One Location New research from In-Stat reveals that the government vertical is among the strongest industry verticals for VoIP adoption (March 16, 2010) February 2010 SIP Trunking and Wireless Poised to Bolster Unified Communications Market Two trends are poised to enhance the richness of unified communications (February 16, 2010) Ultra-HD Video and 3D Video on the Horizon As High-Definition (HD) video has hit its stride worldwide, the TV and film industry are looking ahead to the next new thing (February 3, 2010) VoIP Penetration Forecast to Reach 79% of US Businesses by 2013 VoIP penetration among US businesses will increase rapidly over the next few years, reaching 79% by 2013, compared to 42% at the end of 2009 (February 2, 2010) January 2010 Advanced Video Advertising Grows Online and On Next Gen Pay-TV Services The world of advertising is changing dramatically with shifts in consumer behavior and growing online and pay TV video-on-demand (VOD) services (January 13, 2010) December 2009 Multi-Service Business Gateway Sales Shift to Emerging Markets Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG) equipment manufacturers have shifted their focus from the US enterprise branch-office market to small businesses and selected vertical markets around the world (December 22, 2009) November 2009 Traditional and Pay TV Services Migrating Infrastructure to More Efficient CDN and Data Center Models Traditional Video-on-Demand services, and traditional “siloed” video services currently use a great deal of proprietary, or industry-specific, equipment (November 24, 2009) Unified Communications is Migrating to ‘The Cloud’ Unified communications is migrating to ‘the cloud’, as vendors begin positioning it as a service rather than a product (November 23, 2009) As High-Definition TV Goes Mainstream, In-Stat Looks Forward to Ultra-High Definition TV While the market for High-Definition TV (HDTV) has hit the mainstream, the industry has already started speculating about the commercialization of Ultra-High Definition (UHD) (November 2, 2009) As High-Definition TV Goes Mainstream, In-Stat Looks Forward to Ultra-High Definition TV While the market for High-Definition TV (HDTV) has hit the mainstream, the industry has already started speculating about the commercialization of Ultra-High Definition (UHD) (November 2, 2009) October 2009 Multi-Service Business Gateway Market to Return to Growth after Slow 2009 A victim of the weak economy and job losses, In-Stat expects that multi-service business gateway (MSBG) shipments for enterprise branch office applications will decline in 2009 (October 14, 2009) September 2009 Interactive Program Guides Transform as Internet Content Migrates onto the TV Next-generation Interactive Program Guides (IPG) are emerging that help consumers wade through a proliferation of TV programs, movies, concerts and sporting events (September 29, 2009) August 2009 Fixed Mobile Convergence Still Struggles To Gain Traction Fixed mobile convergence (FMC), the transparent and seamless hand-off of active voice calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks using a dual-mode phone, can be a powerful enabling tool for businesses (August 19, 2009) Increasing Over-the-Top Video Drives Opportunity for Content Delivery Network Services Past US$ 2 Billion Annually by 2011 Over the next five years, the worldwide value of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services will pass US$ 2 Billion annually by 2011 and continue growing thereafter (August 18, 2009) July 2009 Over-the-Top Video and Content Delivery Networks Will Transform Video-On-Demand Provisioning Next generation video-on-demand technology—known as Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Data Centers—will dramatically change the business model and the user experience for video delivery services (July 14, 2009) May 2009 Harmonic is Top MPEG Encoder Supplier by Number of Streams in 2008 New research from In-Stat identifies Harmonic as the top MPEG encoder supplier, when counting the number of streams supplied in 2008 (May 12, 2009) Travel Reduction Most Important Factor Driving New Video Conferencing User Adoption Among respondents that do not currently use video conferencing, 68% site ‘Travel reduction’ as the most important factor driving their adoption of video conferencing in the next 12 months (May 11, 2009) March 2009 MPEG Encoder Market Growth Turns Negative The broadcast MPEG encoder market grew in 2008, but growth will turn negative as the 2GHz relocation project in the US comes to an end, and the economy slumps (March 31, 2009) February 2009 Free Research Report from In-Stat Identifies IP Media Phone Opportunity; Over $7 Billion by 2013 The evolution of the media phone product segment is just beginning (February 24, 2009) Struggling Economy Will Slow the Growth of Voice over IP (VOIP) in US Business Markets Struggling Economy Will Slow the Growth of Voice over IP (VOIP) in US Business Markets (February 17, 2009) Nearly 31 Million Business IP Phones Will Ship in 2012, While the Consumer IP Phone Market Diverges Towards Media Phones Nearly 31 Million Business IP Phones Will Ship in 2012, While the Consumer IP Phone Market Diverges Towards Media Phones (February 11, 2009) November 2008 Telco TV Headend Market Growth Linked To HD, On-Demand Features The telco TV headend equipment market will grow to over US$ 700 million by 2012. (November 20, 2008) Mobile Video Infrastructure Market Ramps Up In Spite of Economy In spite of the present economic turmoil, consumer interest in mobile video is growing, and service providers must build infrastructure to be in position when consumer demand recovers. (November 6, 2008) September 2008 Unified Communications Could Take a Generation to Match Current Hype However, it’s possible that a new generation, dubbed ‘Millennials,’ bringing to the workplace communications habits formed in their early years (text messaging, social networking, blogging, etc.), portends more rapid adoption. (September 29, 2008)