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Monday - May 12, 2008

Future of Video Sharing Sites, User Generated and Copy-Protected Content

This Research Brief is part of the Digital Media Research Service

YouTube has become the latest sensation in online video sharing, boasting well over 100 million video downloads per day. Some the challenges facing it are discussed in this Update, with respect to other competing services, hosting of copyrighted content and its laid-back attitude towards monetizing its leading position. The Update also focuses on digital cinema, open source DRM, and other late-breaking issues.

1.1 Quarterly Update on the Online Digital Media Market
1.2 The World of Online Media: Volume Growth Is the Focus
1.3 Multiplying Online Video Portals: The Future
1.4 Is Microsoft’s Zune in Tune for Success?
1.5 YouTube: Does User Base Equal Hefty Market Valuations?
1.6 NBC, CBS, and ABC: What’s in Store Five Years from Now?
1.7 Closing the Gap Between Content Producer and Content Consumer
1.8 Digital Cinema: Is the Picture Clear Yet?
1.9 Digital Cinema Market Overview
Section 2 DRM Market and Technology Update
2.1 DRM Market Update
2.1.1 Will Standards Matter if They Are Not Driven by Operators?
2.1.2 Coral Consortium Overview
2.1.3 Marlin Community Overview
2.1.4 Future of Open Source DRM
2.1.5 OpenIPMP Wakes Up with Version 2.0 Open DRM
2.1.6 Open DRM: An Oxymoron in the Eyes of Hollywood?
2.2 DRM Technology Update
2.3 Video Watermarking Overview
2.4 GPL Talks DRM Once Again in Version 3.0 Second Draft
Section 3 Online Media Distribution Services
3.1 Online Media Industry Updates
3.2 Asynchronous Motivations Across the Value Chain
3.2.1 Service Providers
3.2.2 Technology Vendors
3.2.3 Content Owners and Consumer Rights Don’t See Eye to Eye
3.3 Will User Generated Content Ever Pay?
3.4 Copyrighted Content on Sharing Sites: The 800 Pound Gorilla
3.5 iTunes Transcends Various Multimedia Content
3.6 MovieLink and CinemaNow Bless Download to Burn with Motives

Report Code: RB-DMDM-63

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Release Date:	3Q 2006

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