Headed by Olivier Taravel, the set-top box business unit accounts for 442 million € of Sagemcom group turnover in 2010.
The company launched its first digital set-top boxes in 1996, and was the first in the world to deploy MPEG4 single-chip terminals in November 2005.
The business unit offers a wide range of products, for all transmission media (satellite, cable, terrestrial and IP TV), from basic low-end STBs with limited functions – also known as 'zapper' boxes – to advanced twin-tuner High Definition MPEG4 digital TV receivers with integrated Hard Disk Drive (Personal Video Recorders).
Today, Sagem Communications is Europe's leading STB manufacturer for digital terrestrial and IP TV. Its headquarters are in France on Sagemcom Rueil-Malmaison campus