Top 5 Tech Articles You Might’ve Missed - Week of July 14, 2014

This week, Broadband Technology Report    featured ARRIS own John Ulm discussing how DOCSIS 3.1 and CCAP technologies will allow HFC networks enough headroom to keep up with capacity demands until ...

This week, Broadband Technology Report  featured ARRIS own John Ulm discussing how DOCSIS 3.1 and CCAP technologies will allow HFC networks enough headroom to keep up with capacity demands until at least 2030. Separately, The Motley Fool highlighted our focus on optimizing customer networks for video delivery and E6000 CER global progress since last year’s introduction.

In other industry news, FierceCable shared a report by IHS Technology revealing that revenue from pay TV set-top box sales hit an all-time high of $20.3 billion in 2013, with the market expected to peak at around $22.8 billion in 2015. Also growing is the global IPTV market, which is projected to grow from 90 million homes at the end of 2013 to 191 million by 2020, according to RapidTVNews.

Finally, Advanced Television discussed new research from Hub Entertainment Research finding that while computers have long been the favorite device for watching TV online, other devices such as mobile devices and Smart TVs are beginning to close the gap.

Check back next week for the latest industry news.

  1. CCAP, DOCSIS 3.1 Prime HFC for the Long Haul (July 16) By Monta Monaco Hernon, Broadband Technology Report: Despite increasing demands for capacity, HFC networks should have enough headroom to keep up at least until 2030, thanks to DOCSIS 3.1 and CCAP architectures - both integrated and distributed.
  2. Arris Group Has Room to Run (July 15) By Adam Levy, The Motley Fool: Arris Group is one of the main providers of equipment cable companies need to compete with over-the-top video services. After purchasing Motorola Home last year for $2.2 billion plus 10.6 million shares of the company stock, it added another piece of the puzzle for home video delivery.
  3. IHS: Global set-top revenue hit all-time high in 2013, will peak in 2015 (July 16) By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable: Revenue from pay TV set-top box sales hit an all-time high of $20.3 billion in 2013, up 3 percent from 2012, and will peak at around $22.8 billion in 2015.
  4. Global IPTV subscriptions set to double by 2020 (July 16) By Joseph O’Halloran, RapidTVNews: The number of homes paying for IPTV is set to soar from 90 million at the end of 2013 to 191 million by 2020, according to a report from Digital TV Research.
  5. Computers lose ground to Smart TVs, tablets for online viewing (July 17) By Staff, Advanced Television: Computers were the first devices used for watching TV online, and even today they remain the single most commonly used device for online viewing. However, research suggests that online viewing is beginning to shift away from computers and toward mobile devices and Smart TVs.