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All attendees to this Executive Seminar will receive a complimentary report from Parks Associates, Multimedia Networks in the Home: Analysis and Forecast. The Home Multimedia Experience: Defining and Sizing the Market Click here to download a sample of Parks Associates' work, the white paper Connecting Legacy Devices on the Home Network: The Challenges of Connectivity |
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Home networking’s next frontier includes “the home multimedia experience.” The home multimedia network will converge three major markets: the home computer and digital media adapters/receivers, mobile consumer electronics and digital imaging devices, and fixed consumer electronics in entertainment clusters. This report analyzes the supply-side and demand-side drivers for the next wave of home networking applications.
“The growth of digital content and advanced network-capable platforms in the home ushers in an exciting new stage of home networking development,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president of research for Parks Associates. “As the home networking industry matches consumer desires with technology developments, we are anticipating significant growth in multimedia platforms, from PCs to CE.” Download PDF of TOC |
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1.0 Introduction to the Home Multimedia Experience 1.1 Defining the Home Network 1.2 What is the Home Multimedia Experience? 1.3 Technology Trends Driving Home Multimedia Experience 1.3.1 Broadband 1.3.2 The Conversion from Analog-to-Digital Content 1.3.3 Growth of Storage 1.3.4 The Personalization of TV via PVRs 1.3.5 The Rise of DTV 1.3.6 The Appearance of New Gateways for Multimedia Content 1.3.7 Software and Silicon Spur the Growth of “Network-Capable” Platforms Silicon Advances Advances in Middleware Advances in Media Distribution Software IP-Based Connectivity 1.3.8 Rapidly Maturing Home Networking Solutions Wired Solutions “No-New-Wires” Solutions Wireless Solutions 1.4 Industry Trends Driving the Home Multimedia Experience 1.4.1 The Growth of Digital Content Services Video-on-Demand/Time Shifted Programming The Cable Operators Prepare Their Networks for Broadband and VOD Not to be Outdone, the Satellite Providers Are Also Players Internet-Based Music Services Internet-Based Movie Services Satellite Radio: Out of the Car and Into the Home The Rise to Prominence of Online Gaming Platforms 1.4.2 Heightened Interest Among CE and PC Vendors 1.5 Consumer Trends Driving the Home Multimedia Experience 1.6 Definitions and Applications: The Home Multimedia Experience 1.6.1 Digital Music 1.6.2 Enhanced TV 1.6.3 Digital and High-Definition TV 1.6.4 Interactive TV 1.6.5 Personalized TV 1.7 The Home Multimedia Experience: Definitions and Forecasts 1.7.1 Classifying Home Multimedia Network Nodes 1.7.2 The Home Computer’s Role in the Multimedia Network Media Center PCs Digital Media Receivers/Adapters (DMRs/DMAs) 1.7.3 “Network-Capable” CE’s Role in the Home Multimedia Experience Total Addressable Market: Mobile CE Total Addressable Market: Fixed CE 1.8 Challenges to the Vision |
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Home Networking Applications Categorized Cross-category Interest in the Networked Home The Home Multimedia Experience: PCs, DMRs/DMAs, and CE U.S. Households with Broadband: 1999-2003 Download Speeds: Dial-up vs. Broadband Growth of TiVo Subscribers Percentage of Households Likely to Purchase a DTV Receiver Data Networking Solutions in Transition U.S. Households with a Wireless Data Network Positioning Indoor Wireless Technologies: Throughput and Range The Digital Multimedia Value Chain Selected MSO Video-on-Demand Offerings Satellite Television Providers and PVR Set-Top Boxes A Comparison of Online Music Services A Comparison of Emerging Movie Services Satellite Radio Subscriber Growth Game Consoles Go Online Entertainment and Information: Characteristics in the Home Data Network Nodes: U.S. Households What Do Consumers Want to Connect to the Data Network? Interest in Multimedia Networks Digital Media Receivers Digital Media Adapters Using Wi-Fi® DMR/DMA Nodes in U.S. Households The Addressable Network-Capable Market: Mobile CE The Addressable Network-Capable Market: Fixed CE Annual Shipments of Network-Capable CE: Fixed and Mobile |
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