Digital Media Research Service

This Service Covers the Following Technology and Market Issues:

  • Consumers and media
    • What are consumers buying/using? How are they buying it? What are they using devices for? How much are they spending?
  • Digital media hardware
    • Set-top boxes, next-generation and hybrid set-top boxes, carrier and over-the-top enabled devices, three screens convergence
  • Digital media software
    • Interactive program guides, middleware, widgets, Conditional Access, Digital Rights Management
  • Business models for digital media
    • Subscription, rental, download to own/burn, video on demand, advertising supported
  • Internet Video
    • Over the Top, hosted video platforms, white label
  • Pay-TV Market Databases
    • Pay-TV Subscribers, Pay-TV Operator Financial Data, Country and Operator Level Data for IPTV, Cable, DBS, DTT

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Perspectives

Evolution in technology has changed the way people communicate, socialize and entertain themselves. We have truly moved into an era where information exchange is not restricted to the living room and can seamlessly travel across geographical boundaries at the click of a button. Such advancements in technology have given us iPhones, social networking tools, and access to a wide array of content which can be viewed by consumers not only on their television sets but also on PCs and other portable media devices. Convergence of the three screens, expansion in services made available to consumers, and new media formats have been catalysts in driving the growth of digital media markets. Technology providers are incessantly developing and upgrading products and solutions that enable and support delivery of rich media content to the masses. The rate at which the technology market is transforming itself requires vendors to keep pace with such innovations in order to provide consumers an enhanced user experience.

Video is a key element that has had a positive impact on the growth of the digital media market both in the entertainment and enterprise worlds. Emerging media formats, new delivery mechanisms, interactivity, and the flexibility to consume content at a time, place and device of one's choice has created a revolution in the industry. In order to deliver such services to their customers, vendors in this market are developing and providing solutions that are feature-rich, support multiple media formats, and offer more capacity, faster processing, and higher performance levels.

ABI Research's Digital Media Research Service focuses on the complete value chain of technology that enables and supports the process from content creation to delivery and consumption. Analyzing the trends in the market, this Service provides extensive research on key technology areas such as video servers, digital asset management, digital signage, video transcoding, ad servers/splicers, digital rights management, and content delivery networks.

Forecasts in this Service

Companies

  • 2Wire
  • ADAM Software
  • ADB
  • AirLive
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Amazon
  • AMD
  • Amino
  • Ancept
  • Anevia
  • Anystream
  • AOL
  • Apple
  • Apple iTunes Store
  • ARRIS
  • Avid
  • Avtrex
  • BBC
  • Bigband Networks
  • BitBand
  • BitTorrent
  • Broadcom
  • BSNL
  • C-Cor
  • Channel 4
  • China Telecommunications Corp
  • Chuckwalla
  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • CinemaNow
  • Cisco
  • Cisco/Linksys
  • Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group (SPVTG - Formerly Scientific Atlanta)
  • Cisco Systems Inc
  • ClearStory
  • Conax
  • Concurrent
  • Concurrent Computer
  • CoreMedia
  • Dailymotion
  • DigiOn
  • Digital Rapids
  • D-Link
  • D-Link Corporation
  • Dreampark
  • Edgeware
  • EMC
  • Enigma Systems
  • Entone
  • Envivio
  • Ericsson /TANDBERG Television
  • Espial
  • Espial/Kasenna
  • EVS
  • Extensis
  • Getty Images
  • Glowria
  • hanarotelecom
  • Harmonic
  • Harris
  • HP
  • Huawei
  • ICTV
  • Inlet Technologies
  • Intel
  • Interwoven
  • I-O Data
  • Irdeto Access Inc
  • Joost
  • JumpTV
  • Jungo Ltd
  • Kasenna
  • KDDI Corp
  • Korea Telecom
  • Latens
  • LG Electronics
  • Linksys
  • Livestation
  • Macrovision
  • MediaBeacon
  • Media Excel
  • MediaGate USA
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Microsoft TV
  • Minerva Networks
  • Motorola
  • Motorola Inc
  • Motorola Inc.
  • Movielink
  • Nagravision
  • NBC Universal
  • NDS Ltd
  • Netflix
  • Netgear
  • Nintendo
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • North Plains
  • NXP
  • Omneon
  • Open Text
  • Oracle
  • Orca Interactive
  • Pace Micro Technology
  • PandoraTV
  • PCCW
  • Quantel
  • RipCode
  • Sagem
  • SanDisk
  • SAVVIS
  • Seachange
  • SeaChange
  • SecureMedia
  • Sigma Designs
  • SMSC
  • Sony
  • Starz Entertainment
  • Sun
  • Syabas
  • Tandberg Television
  • Telestream
  • Telsey
  • Texas Instruments
  • TF1
  • Thomson
  • Thomson Grass Valley
  • TI
  • Tilgin
  • Time Warner Inc
  • Universal Music Group
  • UTStarcom
  • UTStarcom
  • Verimatrix
  • VFinity
  • Viaccess
  • WAVE
  • WeShow
  • Widen
  • Widevine Technologies
  • Xbox Video Marketplace
  • Xinet
  • Yahoo!
  • Yes TV Asia
  • YouTube
  • Yuxing
  • Zattoo
  • ZyXEL