China's growing subscriber base will lead the Asia-Pacific charge to higher-end set-top...

Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder (PVR) and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research.

This trend will be driven to a large degree by China, which will see the region's largest increase in subscriber numbers. "The Asia-Pacific pay-TV industry still has considerable room for growth, especially in countries like China and India, where the base of potential customers is huge but there is still relatively low pay-TV and digital penetration," said broadband r