[SatNews] A hybrid solution for payTV providers will be on display... ALi Corporation, a provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution, and Cubiware, a provider of DVB/IP hybrid Middleware, have announced a broad-based collaboration to provide best-of-breed yet cost efficient Hybrid Set-top Box solutions for payTV operators. ALi’s first SoC series based on this partnership includes the advanced CA-enabled Linux-based STB SoCs, M3603 and M3383, which will be pre-integrated with CubiTV Middleware and available to STB vendors as a reference design. The products will be exhibited at IBC2011, Friday, September 9 through Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Cubiware’s booth at Hall 5 C35. The digitalization for satellite, DTT and cable operators is growing rapidly. A hybrid IP STB creates a new consumer TV experience for viewers by offering interactive and on-demand services combined with linear broadcast. Many evidences showed that operators are still in the early stage of implementing hybrid IP networks, and as such, the Hybrid Set-top box segment is expected to experience the strongest growth over the next few years. According to an In-Stat's report, the Hybrid Set-top Box segment is likely to create a US$ 1.3 billion sub-segment of the set top box industry, implying a 40 percent CAGR through 2014.