Digital Radio

DAB, HD Radio, Satellite Radio, and Internet Radio

Research Report

Digital radio is a collection of technologies which are changing the ways we get our music, sports and news. The technologies include digital broadcast radio (notably, HD radio in the United States and DAB in Europe and Asia), satellite radio (primarily via Sirius/XM in the United States), and Internet radio. Digital radio technologies have the potential to improve the sound quality and variety of programming available, engaging listeners with better interactivity and new features and services, increasing the ability of broadcasters to sell targeted ads to customers, and more efficiently allocating radio frequency spectrum. Digital radio adoption is being shaped differently on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis. Adoption of digital radio is largely being pushed to customers, with governments, public radio stations, broadcasters, and private companies (such as iBiquity) looking to reverse international trends of decreasing radio listenership and declining advertising revenue.

This study covers digital radio receivers and subscriptions within the home (receivers and tabletop radios), and on the go (portable media players) as well as automotive, and digital radio receiver shipments into cellphones. It provides a country-by-country summary of standards adoption, and unit shipments and revenues for the period 2010-2015, segmented by region, technology, and product type. It also discusses music licensing and royalties, targeted advertising, efficient spectrum utilization, customer resonance and driving customer demand, and government levers (mandatory broadcasting, radio sales restrictions, and analog cutoff).

Table of Contents

  • Executive Brief: Top-Line Forecast
  • Executive Brief: Drivers
  • Executive Brief: Inhibitors
  • Executive Brief: Digital Radio Unit Shipments
  • Executive Brief: Summary and Strategic Recommendations
  • Table 6-1, Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, North and Latin America
  • Table 6-2, Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, Europe
  • Table 6-3, Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, Asia
  • Table 6-4, Digital Radio Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-5, Digital Radio Shipments by Type, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-6, Digital Radio Product Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-7, Digital Radio Product Revenue by Type, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-8, Digital Radio Shipments by Type, North America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-9, Digital Radio Revenue by Type, North America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-10, Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Latin America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-11, Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Latin America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-12, Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Western Europe, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-13, Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Western Europe, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-14, Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Asia, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-15, Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Asia, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-16, Internet Radio Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Table 6-17, Internet Radio Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • Chart 1-1, Digital Broadcast Radio Coverage by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 and 2015
  • Chart 1-2, Cumulative Digital Radio Shipments by Standard, Excluding Cellphones, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2015
  • Chart 5-1, Digital Radio Value Chain, Cost to Customers
  • Chart 6-1, Satellite Subscriptions and Revenue, United States, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  • 1. Executive Summary
    • 1.1. What Is Digital Radio?
    • 1.2. Technologies in Brief
    • 1.3. Business Trends
    • 1.4. Forecasts
  • 2. Market Issues
    • 2.1. Public Radio, Advertiser-Supported Radio, and Subscription Radio
    • 2.2. Music Licensing and Royalties
    • 2.3. Targeted Advertising
    • 2.4. New Broadcaster Models
    • 2.5. Subscription Models
    • 2.6. Efficient Spectrum Use
    • 2.7. Driving Customer Demand
    • 2.8. Customer Resonance
    • 2.9. The Handset Conquers All
    • 2.10. Broadcasters Are Channel Agnostic
    • 2.11. Government Levers
      • 2.11.1. Mandatory Broadcasting
      • 2.11.2. Radio Sales Restrictions
      • 2.11.3. Analog Cutoff
  • 3. Technologies
    • 3.1. Traditional Broadcast
      • 3.1.1. Amplitude Modulation
      • 3.1.2. Frequency Modulation
    • 3.2. Digital Broadcast Radio
      • 3.2.1. Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB/Eureka 147)
      • 3.2.2. HD Radio
      • 3.2.3. ISDB-TSB
      • 3.2.4. Digital Radio Mondiale
    • 3.3. Digital Satellite Radio
      • 3.3.1. Sirius/XM
    • 3.4. Internet Radio
    • 3.5. Cellphones
    • 3.6. Connection Technology
      • 3.6.1. USB & Docking
      • 3.6.2. Bluetooth
      • 3.6.3. RF
      • 3.6.4. Wi-Fi
  • 4. Device Categories
    • 4.1. Personal Media Players & Portable Radios
    • 4.2. Tabletop Radios & Docking Stations
    • 4.3. Audio/Video Receivers and Components
    • 4.4. Automobile OEM Radios
    • 4.5. Automobile Aftermarket Radios
    • 4.6. Cellphones
  • 5. Key Industry Players
    • 5.1. Supply Chain
    • 5.2. Alliances
      • 5.2.1. Digital Radio UK
      • 5.2.2. HD Digital Radio Alliance
      • 5.2.3. World DMB Forum
    • 5.3. Intellectual Property
      • 5.3.1. EtherWaves
      • 5.3.2. Fraunhofer IIS
      • 5.3.3. iBiquity Digital Corporation
      • 5.3.4. Imagination Technologies Ltd
    • 5.4. Semiconductor Players and Module Manufacturers
      • 5.4.1. ALPS Electronics Co Ltd
      • 5.4.2. Analog Devices Inc
      • 5.4.3. Atmel Corporation
      • 5.4.4. Avega Systems
      • 5.4.5. BridgeCo
      • 5.4.6. Enspert Inc
      • 5.4.7. Frontier Silicon
      • 5.4.8. Future Waves
      • 5.4.9. Mirics
      • 5.4.10. NXP Semiconductors
      • 5.4.11. PnpNetwork Technologies Inc
      • 5.4.12. Raontech Inc
      • 5.4.13. Reciva Ltd
      • 5.4.14. Samsung Electro-Mechanics
      • 5.4.15. Sanyo Semiconductor (USA) Corporation
      • 5.4.16. SiPort Corporation
      • 5.4.17. STMicroelectronics
      • 5.4.18. Telechips Inc
      • 5.4.19. Texas Instruments
    • 5.5. Hardware Manufacturers
      • 5.5.1. Apple
      • 5.5.2. Gigaware (RadioShack)
      • 5.5.3. Grace Digital Inc
      • 5.5.4. Insignia/Best Buy
      • 5.5.5. Logitech
      • 5.5.6. Microsoft Zune HD
      • 5.5.7. PURE
      • 5.5.8. RCA/Audiovox
      • 5.5.9. Roberts Radio Ltd
      • 5.5.10. Roku Inc
      • 5.5.11. Sonos Inc
    • 5.6. Content Providers and Network Operations
      • 5.6.1. British Broadcasting Corporation
      • 5.6.2. CBS Radio
      • 5.6.3. Clear Channel Communications Inc
      • 5.6.4. Digital One
      • 5.6.5. Music Choice
      • 5.6.6. National Public Radio
      • 5.6.7. Pandora Media Inc
      • 5.6.8. Rhapsody
      • 5.6.9. Slacker Inc
      • 5.6.10. Spotify Ltd
    • 5.7. Infrastructure
      • 5.7.1. Arqiva
      • 5.7.2. Factum Electronics AB
      • 5.7.3. Harris Corporation
  • 6. Market Forecasts
    • 6.1. Forecast Methodology
    • 6.2. Worldwide Digital Radio Adoption
    • 6.3. Worldwide Digital Radio Forecasts
      • 6.3.1. North America
      • 6.3.2. Latin America
      • 6.3.3. Western Europe
      • 6.3.4. Asia-Pacific
    • 6.4. Internet Radios
    • 6.5. Satellite Radios
  • 7. Company Directory
  • 8. Acronyms

Tables

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  1. Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, North and Latin America
  2. Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Latin America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  3. Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Latin America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  4. Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Western Europe, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  5. Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Western Europe, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  6. Digital Radio Shipments by Type, Asia, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  7. Digital Radio Revenue by Type, Asia, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  8. Internet Radio Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  9. Internet Radio Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  10. Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, Europe
  11. Digital Radio Adoption, Standards, Asia
  12. Digital Radio Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  13. Digital Radio Shipments by Type, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  14. Digital Radio Product Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  15. Digital Radio Product Revenue by Type, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  16. Digital Radio Shipments by Type, North America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015
  17. Digital Radio Revenue by Type, North America, Forecast: 2010 to 2015

Charts

  1. Cumulative Digital Radio Shipments by Standard, Excluding Cellphones, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2015
  2. Digital Radio Unit Shipments, World Markets,Forecasts: 2010 to 2015

Figures

  1. PURE Sensia Internet and DAB Radio
  2. Roberts Radio Cath Kidston Electric Flowers Model
  3. Insignia NS-HD01 Portable HD Radio
  4. PURE EVOKE-1S Tabletop Radio
  5. Sony XDR-F1HD HD Radio Receiver
  6. Jensen HD VM8013HD Automobile Receiver
  7. BridgeCo DM870 Block Diagram
  8. Reciva Stingray Internet Radio Module