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Video Insights
Rooms With A View: the Future of the Digital Home
Michael Wolf | Research Director, Digital Home

Consumers' increasing desire to enjoy video and audio entertainment at many locations in their homes is driving the development of products and networks to store, distribute and present this content. In this Video Insight, research director Michael Wolf asks, "What will the connected living room of the future look like?" He explores the alternative approaches being promoted by leading consumer electronics manufacturers, assesses why Apple and Microsoft have so far had only limited success in this market, and discusses what ABI Research sees as the most likely path of future development for the digital home.

Wireless Outlook: a Decade of Disruptive Change Ahead
Stuart Carlaw | Vice President and Research Director, Mobile Wireless

The mobile wireless industry is on the brink of the most significant decade of change since the invention of the mobile phone. In this Video Insight, ABI Research vice president and research director Stuart Carlaw describes the whirlwind of converging influences already starting to affect all links in the wireless value chain. He explains how, driven by the need to replace decaying voice service revenues, fixed-mobile convergence, WiMAX and LTE will all disrupt traditional models. Carlaw foresees a fundamental clash of cultures between "traditional" wireless industry values and a new PC-centric ethos, and warns of the consequences for companies that fail to adapt.

The Citizen, the Consumer, and Me: RFID in the Public Eye
Michael Liard | Research Director, RFID & Contactless

Privacy and security: two words that resonate deeply with the public in this age of surveillance, ID checks, industrial espionage and nosy governments. Movies and television magnify popular fears. In this Video Insight, research director Mike Liard takes a TV drama and a casual conversation with a fearful citizen as starting points for a discussion of RFID's public image. Asking "How do we send factual, coherent messages to the public?" he argues that the RFID industry needs to emerge from its "bubble" to be more proactive in reassuring citizens that RFID's potential to harm and control them is minimal.