ABI Research Marks ``Explosive Growth'' of Broadband Video Worldwide.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- The worldwide broadband video market saw explosive growth in 2005, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research, and it will continue to grow rapidly through the end of the decade to over $16 billion. Both pay and ad-supported broadband video markets saw growth in excess of 100% year over year in 2005, driven by consumers' continuing increase in broadband video usage and by content owners' demand for alternative outlets as existing channels (cable, broadcast and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ) mature. Advertisers are also pushing to increase their expenditure in this market because sought-after demographic groups such as young adults are spending more time online, instead of watching TV. "Disney/ABC's announcement that it would sell episodes of 'Desperate Housewives' for $1.99 per episode through iTunes has helped garner additional momentum for a market that was already strong," said Mike Wolf, the firm's principal analyst of broadband, digital home and media. "Other announcements, such as NBC's decision to push its flagship nightly news Nightly News may refer to
Just as important as online distribution is access to the "digital home". Companies such as Microsoft, Sony and Apple have found themselves placed as key gatekeepers for consumers with home technology platforms, giving them leverage with content owners looking to reach consumers with broadband video content. "Consumer platforms, be they Xbox 360s, iPods or TiVos, have millions of loyal users who are hungry for content," said Wolf. "The kingmakers in the broadband video market will be those who can offer not just online distribution of content, but can then extend the reach of this content to the consumer, by whatever method that consumer prefers." ABI Research's new study, "Broadband Video and Internet TV (1) Watching TV programs on or from the Internet. There are countless video clips available on Web sites for streaming as well as subscription services that offer TV programs and movies for downloading. " examines the pay- and advertising-supported broadband video markets. It also explores digital home infrastructure for broadband video and forecasts market performance for media networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. . Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in automotive, wireless, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. For information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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