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PC and CE Players to Drive Multimedia Networks in the Home
Large-scale availability of content across platforms, technical
advances in connectivity, consumer appetite for digital entertainment
converge to drive new markets
The convergence of industry developments and strong consumer demand for
connected entertainment at home will drive multimedia networks to
exceptional growth over the next five-year period, a new report from Parks
Associates concludes. According to
Multimedia Networks in the Home: Analysis and Forecasts, the
market opportunity for multimedia connectivity – including PCs, mobile
platforms, and consumer electronics devices – will reach annual node
shipments of 120 million units by the end of 2008.
“Home networking and other technologies have reached an appropriate
level of maturity so that both PC and CE vendors can now fully address
connectivity for a myriad of devices in the home,” said
Kurt Scherf,
vice president of research. “The early gains in this market will belong to
vendors of media PCs and digital media receiver/adapter (DMR/DMA)
solutions, who deploy solutions that leverage the storage and processing
power of the home computer for multimedia applications across platforms.
The consumer electronics industry will simultaneously be deploying both
mobile and fixed platforms. These digital imaging products, hard-disk
storage servers, DVD players with integrated functionality, and game
consoles will be among the many devices that will drive multimedia
connectivity to the mainstream market.”
Parks Associates’ report
Multimedia Networks in the Home: Analysis and Forecasts addresses
the prospects for entertainment connectivity in the home. The report, with
more than 90 pages of analysis and nearly 100 charts and figures, includes
profiles of platforms from both the PC and CE industries and examines the
underlying drivers for the growth of multimedia networking. For more
information on this or other Parks Associates’ research, please contact
Parks Associates at 972-490-1113 or at
sales@parksassociates.com.
For more information about the home networking market, download the
white paper The Home Network
Market: Data and Multimedia Connectivity at
www.parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates co-hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™ and CONNECTIONS™ Europe in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®). In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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