For 15 years, In-Stat has covered worldwide and regional multimedia markets as they emerged from conceptual products and technologies to high volume mainstream markets. The firm covers multimedia entertainment, digital home and PC/computing products and services that deliver a variety of content, whether it is video, imaging, data, digital audio, or voice. In-Stat adds home networking and connectivity interface technologies that enable communication within consumer equipment and between the consumer and PC worlds. Integrated primary survey research, subscribers and multimedia infrastructure complete the equipment, services, technology, bill of materials, and semiconductor coverage. Coverage includes global, major worldwide regions, and Asian markets.
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1/5/2007
- In-Sights: Asia/Pacific Online Video Market: Hot Market, Fuzzy Business
With increasing broadband penetration in the Asia /Pacific, online video viewing has become a popular pastime. Consumers desire to have their electronic entertainment available in various deliverable formats and with a wider range of content coverage.
12/13/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: More Consumers to Tune Into Digital Radio in 2007
Digital radio is the general term for audio services that are broadcasted in a digital format on either a satellite platform, or terrestrial platform, such as Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB).
12/13/2006
- In-Dustry Update: USB 2006: Forecast Update
This report is a forecast update to the April 2006 report, "USB 2006: Here Comes Wireless" (IN0602962MI). It contains updates to all forecasts in that report, but does not update the analyses in that report.
12/12/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: Networked Media Devices Complement Growing Media Center PCs to Enable the Next Generation Digital Home
Home networks are moving slowly from only broadband sharing to other activities. The next phase moves the home network to a multimedia network that blends in consumer electronics devices.
12/12/2006
- In-Dustry Update: China’s IPTV Market: Hot, but Needs Time to Burn
China’s IPTV market has changed dramatically since the frenetic days of early 2005. The market, in fact, seemed dormant from late 2005 to 1H06.
12/4/2006
- In-Dustry Update: Consumer Segments in Mobile Users
Now that wireless service is used by more than half the people in the US, wireless carriers need to examine more closely the characteristics of the diverse groups that make up this market.
12/4/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: China's PMP Market Gains Traction in 2006
China's portable media player (PMP) market is seeing a turning point in 2006 as Chinese manufacturers have rushed into the emerging market. Intense competition among overseas and domestic PMP vendors has caused the average sales price of PMPs to decline dramatically.
11/27/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: Telco TV Headends: A Booming Business
Telco TV deployments have been a boon to headend equipment manufacturers, particularly those supplying compression equipment, since not only are new headends being built, but channels requiring additional equipment are continually being added.
11/20/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: Telco TV Headends: A Booming Business
Telco TV deployments have been a boon to headend equipment manufacturers, particularly those supplying compression equipment, since not only are new headends being built, but channels requiring additional equipment are continually being added. Today’s headends are mainly set up to process video for retransmission.
11/20/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: Analog Cutoffs Fueling Digital Terrestrial Set Top Box Market
Europe continues to lead the world in digital terrestrial television (DTT). This is due in large part to robust service packages and relatively aggressive analog to digital transition expectations.
11/17/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: Asia/Pacific HDTV Market Sets Off in 2006
While an increasing portion of flat-panel TV sets currently hitting the market are HDTV-capable and becoming more affordable, the number of broadcasters creating and transmitting commercial HDTV content are still limited in a majority of the Asia/Pacific markets.
11/14/2006
- In-Depth Analysis: DVI and HDMI 2006: DisplayPort Will Succeed DVI, Smooth Sailing for HDMI
Digital visual interface (DVI) and sister technology high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) are both successful high-bandwidth digital interface specifications. DVI is aimed primarily at PCs and PC peripherals, while HDMI is aimed at the consumer electronics (CE) market.
11/9/2006
- In-Dustry Update: 2006 Holiday Spending on Consumer Electronics
Consumer electronic (CE) products continue to top holiday wish lists, which is good news for CE manufacturers and suppliers alike. In-Stat's latest survey delves into the different CE product segments consumers are considering for purchase this holiday season.
11/9/2006
- In-Dustry Update: Profiles of Age 50+ Mobile Users
Older adults ages 50 and over represent a significant market segment for the wireless industry. In 2006, half of the 78 million Americans in the baby boomer generation are aged 50 or older.
11/8/2006