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Digital Home Devices

IDATE
October 11, 2011
SKU: IDT6691501

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This report provides readers with a detailed inventory of the internet-ready device market: TVs, set-top boxes, home & handheld game consoles, DMA/DMR, DVR, desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, etc. It also includes market figures up to 2015, along with a series of case studies that supply the foundation for a strategic analysis of the issues facing industry players, and innovative applications that will help further the deployment of the digital home.

Key questions

What are the main industry challenges for the medium term?
How are industry players positioning themselves to develop applications that make use of the connection and interconnection of devices inside the digital home? How are the different technological viewpoints being reconciled?
More and more devices are being made internet-ready: at what pace will this continue over the next five years? Which segments are proving the most dynamic?
Is usage keeping pace with the developments we are seeing in devices? What are the most outstanding innovations? What role for the cloud?
What are the key driving forces behind the digital home?

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1. Executive Summary

1.1 Changing views of the digital home

1.2 Conditions shaping the development of the digital home

1.3 Connected devices

1.4 Uses of the digital home

1.5 The connected device market: forecasts up to 2015

2. Methodology

3. Evolving views of the digital home

3.1 Proliferation of devices and connectivity

3.2 Views of the digital home dictated by market position

3.3 Conditions affecting the development of the digital home

4. Building blocks of the digital home

4.1 Communication protocols

4.2 Interoperability of the devices

4.3 Storage solutions: local vs. in the cloud

4.3.1 Physical storage

4.3.2 Local storage on a hard drive

4.3.3 Online storage

4.4 New interfaces

4.4.1 Industry standard (HbbTV)

4.4.2 Design: key to success

4.4.3 Multiplatform content distribution solutions

5. Connected devices

5.1 Segmentation of connected devices

5.2 Weight of the different connected devices inside the digital home

5.3 Innovative devices: connected TV, tablets, new-generation STBs

5.3.1 The connected TV in need of an end-to-end solution

5.3.2 Intermediate generation of devices while awaiting ubiquitous connected TV

5.3.3 Tablets: the app-centric digital home

5.3.4 ISPs’ new-generation STBs

6. Uses of the digital home

6.1 Creating a consumption matrix

6.1.1 Devices that make up the digital home

6.1.2 Features and functions of digital home devices

6.1.3 Consumption matrix

6.2 Innovative uses

6.2.1 The smartphone as remote for the digital home: acquiring content on the move to consume at home

6.2.2 The TV as remote for the digital home: simultaneous transfer to other televisions

6.2.3 Mobile access to content stored at home

6.2.4 Multi-device access to video content stored online

6.2.5 Multi-device access to cloud gaming

6.2.6 The tablet as remote in the digital home

6.2.7 Service push de prescription de content cross-platform

6.2.8 Ubiquitous gaming

6.2.9 Cross-platform catch-up TV service

6.2.10 Remote control of an STB to programme a recording

6.2.11 Using GPS unit as a mobile multimedia device

7. The connected device market: forecasts 2011-2015

7.1 Details on the methodology

7.2 Global connected CE device market: overall results

7.2.1 Sales of connectable devices expected to more than double between 2011 and 2015

7.2.2 Sales revenue will rise more slowly than unit sales as prices tend to drop over time

7.2.3 The PC’s relative weight in the installed base of connectable devices will decrease as mobile phones and televisions increase their share

7.2.4 More and more TVs being made internet-ready

7.2.5 Tablets helping spur the growth of portable devices, but hampering development of handheld consoles

7.2.6 Pay-TV providers’ STBs will play a bigger role in the United States

7.3 Results by market segment

7.3.1 Television

7.3.2 Set-top boxes

7.3.3 Digital media boxes

7.3.4 Computers

7.3.5 Portable media devices

Tables

Table 1: Global connectable CE device market

Table 2: The different connectable devices’ content-related capabilities

Table 3: Characteristics of the different views of the digital home

Table 4: Comparison of the different communication protocols in the home

Table 5: Rate of connection for digital home devices, and connectable devices sold worldwide in 2010

Table 6: Types of connected TV service

Table 7: Comparison of the features of the top four touch-screen tablets

Table 8: The different connectable devices’ content-related capabilities

Table 9: Number of households in each country, 2011-2015

Table 10: Replacement rate for the devices

Table 11: Domestic shipments of consumer electronics by type of device

Table 12: Consumer electronics devices’ internet-readiness, by category

Table 13: Domestic shipments of connectable CE devices, by category

Table 14: Connectable consumer electronics market by device

Table 15: Connectable consumer electronics market by region/country

Table 16: Installed base of connectable consumer electronics by device

Table 17: Connectable consumer electronics households/consumer electronic households by device

Table 18: Domestic shipments of connectable televisions by region

Table 19: Penetration rate of connectable televisions by region

Table 20: Connectable TV households/TV households by region

Table 21: Connectable TV set market by region

Table 22: Domestic shipments of connectable STBs by region

Table 23: Connectable STB penetration rate by region

Table 24: Connectable STB market by region

Table 25: Domestic shipments of connectable cable STB by region

Table 26: Connectable cable STB households/cable STB households by region

Table 27: Penetration rate of connectable cable STBs by region

Table 28: Connectable cable STB market by region

Table 29: Domestic shipments of connectable satellite STBs by region

Table 30: Connectable satellite STB households/satellite STB households by region

Table 31: Penetration rate for connectable satellite STBs by region

Table 32: Connectable satellite STB market by region

Table 33: Domestic shipments of connectable terrestrial TV STB by region

Table 34: Connectable terrestrial TV STB households/STB households by region

Table 35: Penetration rate for connectable terrestrial TV STBs by region

Table 36: Connectable terrestrial TV STB market by region

Table 37: Domestic shipments of connectable IPTV STBs by region

Table 38: Penetration rate for IPTV STBs by region

Table 39: Connectable IPTV STB market by region

Table 40: Domestic shipments of connectable digital media box by region

Table 41: Connectable digital media box penetration rate by region

Table 42: Connectable digital media box market by region

Table 43: Domestic shipments of connectable home consoles by region

Table 44: Penetration rate for connectable home consoles by region

Table 45: Connectable home console market by region

Table 46: Domestic shipments of connectable Blu-ray players region

Table 47: Connectable Blu-ray households/Blu-ray households by region

Table 48: Penetration rate for connectable Blu-ray devices by region

Table 49: Connectable Blu-ray market by region

Table 50: Domestic shipments of connectable DMA/DMRs by region

Table 51: Penetration rate for connectable DMA/DMRs by region

Table 52: Connectable DMA/DMR households/DMA/DMR households by region

Table 53: Connectable DMA/DMR market by region

Table 54: Domestic shipments of connectable DVRs by region

Table 55: Connectable DVR households/DVR households by region

Table 56: Penetration rate for connectable DVRs by region

Table 57: Connectable DVR market by region

Table 58: Connectable computer shipments by region

Table 59: Connectable computer penetration rate by region

Table 60: Connectable computer market by region

Table 61: Domestic shipments of connectable desktop computers by region

Table 62: Penetration rate for connectable desktop computers by region

Table 63: Connectable desktop computer market by region

Table 64: Domestic shipments of connectable laptop computers by region

Table 65: Penetration rate for connectable laptop computers by region

Table 66: Connectable laptop computer market by region

Table 67: Domestic shipments of connectable portable media devices by region

Table 68: Connectable portable media device penetration rate by region

Table 69: Connectable portable media device market by region

Table 70: Domestic shipments of connectable smartphones by region

Table 71: Connectable smartphone market by region

Table 72: Domestic shipments of connectable media tablets by region

Table 73: Penetration rate for connectable media tablets by region

Table 74: Connectable media tablet market by region

Table 75: Domestic shipments of connectable handheld consoles by region

Table 76: Penetration rate for handheld consoles by region

Table 77: Connectable handheld console market by region

Figures

Figure 1: Breakdown of global connectable CE device sales by type of device, in 2010

Figure 2: Breakdown of the global installed base connectable CE devices by type of device, end of 2010

Figure 3: Steps in the acquisition of electronic content

Figure 4: Evolution of global connectable CE device sales by type of device, 2009-2015

Figure 5: Growth of the global connectable CE device market, 20011-2015

Figure 6: Breakdown of the global fleet of connectable CE devices in 2015, by type of device

Figure 7: Breakdown of the installed base of connectable televisions by connection mode, 2011-2015

Figure 8: Evolution of the installed base of tablets and handheld consoles, 2011-2015

Figure 9: Penetration of Internet-ready STBs in households, 2011-2015

Figure 10: Evolution of digital home equipment between 2000 and 2015

Figure 11: Coexisting views of the digital home

Figure 12 Operator positioning with respect to the different views of the digital home

Figure 13: Example of connection via PLC

Figure 14: The JoliCloud interface

Figure 15: The Wuala dedicated interface

Figure 16: Samsung touchscreen remote

Figure 17: Free’s gyroscopic remote

Figure 18: NETIA content distribution management model

Figure 19: Segmentation of connected devices

Figure 20: Breakdown of the global fleet of connectable CE devices, at the end of 2010

Figure 21: The Toshiba Places device

Figure 22: Steps in the process for acquiring content electronically

Figure 23: Summary list of improvements to be made to devices that are poorly suited to the different actions 42

Figure 24: Breakdown of the global base of connectable devices in 2015

Figure 25: Breakdown of the fleet of connectable televisions by connection mode, 2011-2015

Figure 26: Evolution of the installed base of tablets and handheld consoles, 2011-2015

Figure 27: Household penetration of connectable STBs, 2011-2015

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