Single-chip RF front-ends can simplify RF and even power design for set-top boxes. They can also enable distinguishing features in OEM products for volume markets. One of the few successes for global standardization in consumer A/V transmission methods is the choice of a single standard by countless broadcasters on all continents for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) TV. Unlike analog or digital terrestrial and cable transmissions that follow a different standard in each world region, the adoption of a single, worldwide satellite standard DVB-S has spurred the digital satellite set-top box (STB) market to grow to more than 60 million receivers, the majority of which are compliant to the DVB-S standard.
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