The Future of Convergence: New Devices, Services And Growth Opportunities: Industry

The Future of Convergence: New Devices, Services And Growth Opportunities

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Business Insights
Published: June 2006
Product Code: R162-720

Description

The digital revolution is being led by several industries, including semi-conductor, communications industry, entertainment, consumer electronics, and of course computer; key enabling technologies for the digital revolution include the conversion from analog to digital communications and the Internet Protocol (IP). For the consumer, convergence means more features in a single device, while for the media providers and conglomerates it means remaining competitive in the struggle for market dominance. For device manufacturers, the ability to produce innovative devices will increasingly be the driver for retaining customers as penetration rates of devices increase. Customers are demanding new functionalities, meaning that manufacturers are responding by developing a range of converged devices, such as mobile phones with mp3 players, cameras and email access, or video recorders with hard drives. Technological challenges touch on several areas, including user interface, software, hardware, communications, semi-conductor, and manufacturing. Challenges on the hardware, communications, semi-conductor, and manufacturing fronts are the usual - faster, smaller, cheaper, and more reliable.

Your key questions answered:

What are likely to be the most successful converged devices?
How is consumer demand shaping industry convergence strategies?
Will Europe or the US be the faster-growing market for mobile TV services to 2009?
How will broadband penetration rates affect the growth of IPTV?
Why should PVRs and video-on-demand be perceived as complementary technologies?
Will the music-playing mobile phone be the end of the iPod?
How will converged devices and services change the role of content owners and communications operators?
Which converged device manufacturer has the best chance of success going forward?

This new report will provide you with:

Examination of the mobile phone market, in particular converged devices such as phones with Internet and email access, hard-disk drive phones, mp3 phones and camera phones.
In-depth analysis of the mobile TV services and devices market to 2009.
Assessment of the mid- to long-term market for portable content jukeboxes.
Discussion of the trends and dynamics affecting the market for
Review of the battle between PVRs and video-on-demand and the impact it will have on the on-demand TV services of tomorrow.
Analysis of the market size and drivers for the portable video recorders.
Overview of the digital revolution and analysis of the challenges convergence face.
Forecasts of global shipments, including handsets and video recorders.

Some key findings from this report:

The value of audio-based mobile music services is set to double by 2010, exceeding $11 billion.
In 2009, it is estimated that 167 million mobile TV-enabled handsets will be shipped, representing almost 18% of the entire 935 million handsets forecast for that year.
Converged portable consumer electronics (CE) products have only begun to appear in the last 24 months. The nascent market is currently predominantly served (in the US and Europe) by Thomson, ARCHOS and Microsoft.
The global penetration of broadband is essential for the success of IPTV. In 2004, the average penetration of broadband in Europe and North America was 26%. By 2008 however, that will have almost doubled to 49%.
The US has been slower to the IPTV market than the other regions. As a result, the US will continue to trail behind Europe in IPTV, with under four million subscribers by the end of 2009.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary: The digital revolution; Converged mobile devices; Portable content jukeboxes; The Internet, TV and the PC; Personal video recorders; Conclusions
Chapter 1 The digital revolution: Summary; Introduction; The content owner market today
Chapter 2 Converged mobile devices: Summary; Introduction; The PDA market; The smartphone market; The mobile Internet; Mobile email; Music on the move; Camera phones and video; Mobile TV; WiFi and Voice-over-IP mobile phones; Hard-drive mobile phones
Chapter 3 Portable content jukeboxes: Summary; Introduction; Portable content jukeboxes; Conclusions
Chapter 4 The Internet, TV and the PC: Summary; Introduction; IPTV market sizing; TV and the PC: targeting web-based on-demand content; Conclusions
Chapter 5 Personal video recorders: Summary; Introduction; Market drivers; Personal video recorders; Conclusions
Chapter 6 Conclusions: Summary; Convergent strategies for the future
List of Figures: Figure 2.1: Global handsets by device, 2004 vs. 2010; Figure 2.2: Examples of Business Handsets - PalmOne Treo 650, RIM Blackberry 7230 & Nokia 9500 Communicator; Figure 2.3: Examples of Smartphone Devices: Orange SPV-C500, O2 xda IIs & RIM Blackberry 7100v; Figure 2.4: Examples of Nokia’s E-Series of Business Phones for Mobile Email Access; Figure 2.5: ‘Sony Walkman’-branded mp3 mobile phones, W850 and W710; Figure 2.6: Motorola’s Rokr ‘iTunes’ mobile phone; Figure 2.7: Nokia’s N93 digital camcorder mobile phone; Figure 2.8: Nokia’s N73 ‘multimedia computer’; Figure 2.9: Portable video devices; Figure 2.10: Global broadcast TV to mobile revenue ($m), 2004-2009; Figure 2.11: Global broadcast TV to mobile revenue ($m) by region, 2004-2009; Figure 2.12: Samsung’s 8GB HDD mobile phone, SHG-i310; Figure 3.13: Examples of portable content jukeboxes; Figure 3.14: In usage terms the PCJ is a subset of the mp3 market; Figure 3.15: BenQ DC s40: the converged camera and mp3 player; Figure 3.16: The Nokia N-Gage; Figure 3.17: The Sony PSP; Figure 4.18: Consumer broadband access on the technology adoption curve; Figure 4.19: The relative demand for broadband and narrowband services; Figure 4.20: Household broadband penetration by country, 2004-2008; Figure 4.21: Digital TV growth in Europe, 2004-2009; Figure 4.22: Digital TV growth in the US, 2004-2009; Figure 5.23: VoD and PVR installed base in Europe, 2000 - 2005; Figure 5.24: Personal video recorder forecast (millions), 2004-2009; Figure 6.25: Impact of time on the price/value of different content; Figure 6.26: Simplified secured content distribution platform
List of Tables: Table 2.1: Global handset shipments (millions), 2004-2009; Table 2.2: Global smartphone shipments (in millions), 2003-2010; Table 2.3: Advanced OS volume sales and market share, 2005; Table 2.4: Global mobile TV handset shipments (in millions), 2004-2009; Table 2.5: EMEA mobile TV handset shipments (in millions), 2004-2009; Table 2.6: US mobile TV handset shipments (in millions), 2004-2009; Table 2.7: Asia Pacific mobile TV handset shipments (in millions), 2004-2009; Table 5.8: Personal video recorder forecast (millions), 2004-2009

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