Strategy Analytics的一项研究表明,今年年底,全球将会有2300万个家庭观看数字电视。这之中大多数是通过卫星和电缆来接收信号。而且这个数字在将来会迅速增加。除非花费数十亿美元在免费安装顶置解码盒上,地面数字电视传送的影响力将会很小。研究指出,去年年底,大约有1200万个家庭拥有数字电视。而在今年年底,将会再有1100万个家庭加入。 Strategy Analytics在一份报告中指出,现在有95％的家庭选择通过直接到户的卫星服务器来接收数字电视。只有5％的家庭选择通过数字电缆传输。但是,电缆会很快跟上来。大多数电缆操作商还只是刚刚开始销售数字设备。到2005年,将有 A Strategy Analytics study shows that 23 million homes worldwide will watch digital television by the end of this year. Most of them receive signals via satellites and cables. And this number will increase rapidly in the future. Unless billions of dollars are spent on free installation of overhead decoders, terrestrial DTV transmissions will have little impact. The study pointed out that at the end of last year, about 12 million families had digital television. And by the end of the year there will be another 11 million families to join. Strategy Analytics said in a report that 95% of households now choose to receive digital television via direct-to-home satellite servers. Only 5% of households choose to transmit over digital cable. However, the cable will catch up quickly. Most cable operators are just beginning to sell digital devices. By 2005, there will be