Over-the-Top Internet Video-to-TV Solutions Will Deliver $1.5 Billion in Service Revenue by 2012, says ABI Research.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 -- While the majority of consumers who watch online video today do so on a PC, the ultimate destination for much of this content will be the TV. Hardware vendors in the gaming console See video game console. , media adapter See digital media hub. , and set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. space are working to develop solutions that enable delivery of video content from the public Internet and connect it to the television. "The biggest challenge for online video providers and consumer platform companies today is bridging to the TV," says 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 director Michael Wolf. "Over the next few years new solutions from the likes of Apple, Netgear, and Sony will help cross this divide, making a la carte video download and viewing much easier. That doesn't mean this transition will be an easy one: factors such as video quality, pricing of content, and technical glitches will persist for some time." In a recent ABI Research survey of online consumers, 12% indicated that they have purchased some form of video content delivered over the Internet. Of those, the vast majority (71%) watched this video on their PCs, while another 16% watched it on a TV using a burned 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. . Another 8% watched it using a gaming console as their video playback device. ABI Research believes that of all the consumer platforms for TV playback, video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. will lead in total revenue for public Internet video delivery, because of their close proximity to the TV, large hard drives, and the high penetration of online services among gamers. Wolf concludes, "ABI Research believes that while Internet video delivery services for TV playback such as gaming consoles are only beginning to see public adoption, these devices, as well as products such as Apple TV, will ultimately create significant pay-content revenue opportunities if consumer platform vendors can provide easy-to-use solutions with good quality and large libraries, while offering attractive pricing options, whether subscription, download-to-own, or rental." ABI Research's new Research Brief, Over-the-Top Internet Video to the TV (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/research_brief/Home_Networking_ Research_Brief/109 and http://www.abiresearch.com/products/research_brief/Digital_Media_ Research_Brief/108, evaluates the available hardware and service options for public Internet video delivery to the TV. It examines both retail delivered devices such as gaming consoles, PVRs, and media adapters, as well as the integration of public Internet video download capabilities into carrier managed set-top boxes. It also forecasts North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. active consumer systems that will use online video downloading and forecasts revenues for each platform type. This Research Brief forms part of two ABI Research Services: Home Networking (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Home_Networking_Research_ Service), and Digital Media (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Digital_Media_Research_ Service). (Due to their length, the URLs in this paragraph may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in broadband and multimedia, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. & contactless, M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month , wireless connectivity, mobile wireless, transportation, and emerging technologies. For information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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