Michelle Abraham

The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now read more

The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now an enormous opportunity for consumer electronics manufacturers and Hollywood studios to supply consumers with high- definition media players and movies. As a result, we anticipate strong movie title and media player introductions in 2006.

With a growing number of HDTV channels to be delivered by satellite pay-TV providers in 2006, those pay-TV providers are read more

With a growing number of HDTV channels to be delivered by satellite pay-TV providers in 2006, those pay-TV providers are looking to the higher capacity enabled by DVB-S2 for more efficient HD channel delivery. In 2009, we expect satellite set-top boxes with next-generation advanced modulation technologies to account for 30% of the worldwide satellite set-top box unit shipments.

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available read more

The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available in one of the blue laser formats, then I don't see the other technologies being successful.

In the highly competitive consumer electronics industry, and particularly the rising digital television market, it is critical for a company read more

In the highly competitive consumer electronics industry, and particularly the rising digital television market, it is critical for a company to get product to market quickly. At the same time, companies must uniquely differentiate consumer electronic products in the highly competitive marketplace. Streamlining the development process and reducing the cost of bringing high quality products to market is essential to the future success of leading CE manufacturers.