You need to upgrade your Flash Player

Log In for Catalogue

Subscribe

Press Releases

2012 – The Year Multi-Screen Content Consumption Transitions from Hype to Reality
Date: 02 February 2012

2012 – The Year Multi-Screen Content Consumption Transitions from Hype to Reality

 

Growth Underpinned by Shipment of 2.5 Billion IP-Enabled CE Devices in 2012, rising to 3.5 Billion in 2015

 

Austin, TX, 2 February 2012 – This will be the year the consumer electronics (CE) industry finally realizes the promise of multi-screen content consumption. According to a new report by IMS Research, a leading independent supplier of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry, shipments of residential data modems and gateways will reach 135 million in 2012, and shipments of IP-enable consumer electronics devices will approach 2.5 billion, rising to 3.5 billion in 2015.

 

“While the concept of a converged multi-screen ecosystem is not new, the reality is that previous attempts to implement have provided a sub-par user experience,” says Stephen Froehlich, senior analyst at IMS Research. “However, 2012 will be the year that this all changes. Numerous vendors at this year’s CES, for instance, demonstrated products which showed real, highly complex, incredibly powerful and scalable solutions to the incredibly difficult problem of delivering a converged, multiscreen television experience.”

 

Key enablers driving this transition include:

  • The increasing adoption of fixed broadband connectivity into homes, along with the proliferation of wired and wireless home networking
  • The rapidly growing installed base of IP-enabled CE devices
  • Broad understanding of how to secure content distribution in iOS and Android applications
  • Open-standard encryption protocols such as DLNA Premium Video (DTCP-IP)
  • New content distribution contracts that specifically allow for multiscreen distribution
  • Several key hardware innovations such as adaptive transcoding and ultra-high-bandwidth modems

 

Anna Hunt, principal analyst at IMS Research adds, “The concept of convergence within the home is gaining momentum in terms of deployment of actual solutions and consumers’ usage of these solutions. For example, the multi-room DVR deployments enabled by the DLNA Premium Video protocol suite, demonstrate one of the first converged home media architectures where a primary server device distributes content to thin clients around the home.”

 

“The next step in this evolution is to use wireless technologies to seamlessly share content with mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones,” Froehlich concludes. “As this installed base of connected CE devices grows, service providers are focusing on evolving their strategies to encompass the multiple devices and screens used by consumers in the consumption of advanced broadband services,”

 

For more information please contact:

United States

Wes Rogers Tel: +1 912 506 0869 wrogers@greenfieldscommunications.com

Europe

Clive Savage Tel: +44 (0) 07824 706 402 clive@greenfieldscommunications.com

Share this Press Release

Share
Editors Note :

About the Report “Convergence in the Home Entertainment & Portable CE Market – 2012 Edition”


This study offers detailed analysis of the concept of convergence and how it affects CE product categories, service provider strategies, and technology evolution. This report forecasts 20 connected end equipment categories, including fixed entertainment devices, portable CE and home network products. It examines and forecasts numerous features and functions that are impacting how service providers target various CE markets and how consumer usage of CE is changing.

About IHS Inc. (www.ihs.com)

IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of information, insight and analytics in critical areas that shape today’s business landscape. Businesses and governments in more than 165 countries around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS employs more than 5,600 people in more than 30 countries around the world.

About IMS Research:

About IMS Research


IMS Research is a leading independent supplier of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry, offering syndicated market studies, custom research and consultancy services. Clients include most of the household names in the industry. IMS Research has offices in Europe, the US, China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. To find out more, contact IMS Research: enquiries@imsresearch.com; T: +44 (0) 1933 402255; http://imsresearch.com