Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: May 2003
Product Code: R97-1268Description Video On Demand (VOD), Subscription Video On Demand (S-VOD), Network Personal Video Recorders (N-PVR), and "Anything On Demand" (X-VOD), are all being made ready for wide spread deployment. Concurrent, SeaChange, and nCube are "the Big Three" key companies that have promoted and driven the market for Video On Demand. The "Big Three" will be able to maintain their business over the next few years.
We describe a new category of Distributable VOD Servers, which take advantage of Moore's Law, along with low-cost Linux, Gigabit Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP), and MPEG-4. Companies that are bringing these new servers to market include Entone, Kasenna, MidStream Technologies, and others. In addition N2 Broadband is pushing an Open Systems approach for VOD management software.
Finally, USA Video Interactive claims to have a valuable patent that covers "faster than real time" VOD file delivery, which may shake up the market. During 2007, the worldwide dollar value for Video On Demand Servers will be about $627.2 million (US).Table of Contents | Table
of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Will VOD
Finally Pay Off For Concurrent Computer Corporation, SeaChange
International, Inc., & nCube? Perhaps So, But Only For A Few
Years.
- Microsoft
"Tool Kit" Brings Higher Performance And New Opportunities
- Intel and
Internet Protocol (IP) Will Change VOD In The Future
- Linux And
MPEG-4 To Also Contribute Changes
- North American
Cable Operators Finally Deploying Video On Demand (VOD)
- "Big
Three" Already Have Relationships With Key North American
Cable Operators
- "Big
Three" Central & Hub Server Solutions Work For Very Large
VOD Deployments
- New VOD Deployments
Will Give "Distributable Servers" A Serious Look
- Microsoft
Windows Media® & MPEG-4 To Reduce Bandwidth Requirements
- Up To 140
Million Users May Be Served With VOD By 2007
- The "Changing
Of The Guard" To Occur During 2006
- A Graphical
Look At "The Changing Of The Guard" In 2006
- Methodology
- Years Of Experience
- Business Opportunities
- Key Trends
Identified - Microsoft, Intel, Linux, IP & MPEG-4
- Video On Demand
Servers - Bravely Going Into A Changing Future
- Video On Demand
Requires A Holistic Approach
- Four Basic
Elements Needed For Video On Demand
- Access
To "Content" That Can Be Stored And Played Back
"On Demand"
- Access
To "Content" Is A Tricky Business That Has
Geographic Twists
- Video
On Demand Servers To Store And Distribute "Streams"
- Video
On Demand Software To Provide Asset Management, System Control,
Billing Interfaces, and Performance Monitoring
- VOD
Server Companies Provide VOD Management Software
- Industry
Consortia, Independent Companies, & Open Standards
Also Provide Software
- N2
Broadband, Inc. Proposing A Solution For Cable Labs
- Systems
Integration Expertise To Make The Entire System Work
- Third
Party Engineering Expertise Is Often Required
- VOD
Service Must Be Adapted To Existing, or Legacy, Services
- Best
Practices For Deploying VOD Are Still Being Developed
- Video On Demand
Servers Are Currently A Unique Segment Because Of MPEG-2 Technology
- MPEG Audio+Video
Digital Television Content
- MPEG Targets
Full Screen, Full Motion Video (FS-FMV)
- Elementary
Streams, System Streams and Transport Streams
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-4
- Digital
Versatile Disc (DVD) Content
- VOD Servers
Going Into Broadcast Studios & TV Stations
- Standard
Definition Television (SDTV)
- High Definition
Television (HDTV)
- Digital
Cinema MPEG Content for Cinematic Release
- VOD Servers
Also Likely To Go Into Digital Cinema Venues
- Video On Demand
Market Migrating Into A Sub-Segment Of Streaming Media
- MPEG-2 Becoming
Available On Ubiquitous Ethernet Networks
- Gigabit Ethernet
And Forward Error Correction Change The Playing Field
- Gigabit
Ethernet And Internet Protocol Are Becoming Ubiquitous
- Intel
Committed To Putting Gigabit Ethernet On Computers As A
Standard Feature
- Moore's
Law Will Drive Video Into Widespread Deployments
- Intel
Pentium™ Processors Bring Video To Corporate Computers
- Gigabit
Ethernet Will Migrate From Business Networks Into Consumer
Networks
- Commercial
Off-The-Shelf Equipment Wi
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