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Online Content Aggregators-AOL, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Apple-Slowly Defining The Future of Television

Published by: In-Stat

Published: Jul. 19, 2006 - 54 Pages


Table of Contents



Executive Summary

Methodology

Previous Reports That Provide Useful Background Information
Three Kinds of Content

Professional Content

Three Kinds of Professional Content Companies
Personal Content

Personal Content Usage Rights Controlled By Consumers
Personal Content Also Being Accepted Onto Professional Content Services
Communications Content

Triple Play Depends On Communications Content
Quadruple Play Further Expands The Importance Of Communications Content

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Will Benefit All Three Kinds of Content

Communications Services Are Blending With Professional Content Services

Content Aggregators Ride On Communications Services

A Natural Yin and Yang Between Content Aggregators And Communications Services Will Push, Then Pull, The Market Forward In Multiple, Overlapping, Steps

Search Capabilities Are A Key Ingredient For Finding All Three Kinds of Content

EPGs and Search Engines Work For Professional Content

The “Final Frontier” Will Be Searching For Personal Content

Personal TV Will Change Everything

“The Audience of One” Is Emerging as a New Paradigm For TV Viewing

Online Content Aggregators Are Well Along In Creating “The Audience of One”

A Three Pronged Approach Delivers “The Audience of One”

Provide Each Piece Of Content In Multiple Formats

Economically Deliver Each Format Through A Variety Of Delivery Systems And Networks

Obtain An Accurate Accounting Of Content Usage By Authorized Viewers

The Importance Of Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Introduces Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement (A2/M2)

A Natural Alliance Connects Broadcasters With Online Content Aggregators

All The Delivery Networks And Systems Can Participate And Benefit With Personalized Content For “The Audience Of One”

Broadcast TV Is Unique And Has the Widest Reach

Online Content Aggregators Are Most Engaged With the Audience and Have Most Granular Measurement

Online Content Aggregators Have Six Key Attributes That Give Them An Advantage

A Wide Range Of “Touch” Services

A Trusted Interface Between Their Users And Advertisers

An Expanding Range Of Services To Advertisers

An Expanding Range Of Offerings That Include Video Delivery Services And Options

Video Delivery via Online Content Aggregators Is Still Emerging

Eight Fundamental Underpinning Technology Trends

Web-Like Portals Become A Preferred User Interface

The Internet Becomes A Preferred Control Panel

Separate Network Infrastructures Move The Content

Everything Described, Thus Far, Is Off-The-Shelf

Encryption, Security, And Conditional Access Keep It Safe

Personal Privacy Using SSL Technologies

Protection Of Copyrighted Materials

Conditional Access

Encryption

Managing Transactions Securely

Wireless And Mobile People Need Service, Too!

Middleware Permits Applications To Migrate Up And Down The Continuum

Middleware Puts The “Flex” In Flexible

Automation Systems “Make It Happen”

Metadata Becomes the Key Enabler For Video Search

Closed Captioning & Speech-to-Text Are Early Leaders

Metadata Can Move The World

International Standard Audio Visual Number (ISAN) Identifies Audiovisual Works To Enable Successful Discovery

Television Broadcasters Control A Great Deal of Metadata

Search Engines Look Backwards in Time at What Already Happened

Television Is About What’s Coming Up In Time In the Near Future

Metadata Delivered Online Opens The Opportunity For Preprogramming

Digital Engines Will Drive “The Audience Of One” Forward

MeeVee Provides Patented On Air Logs and Teleprompter Scripts

AOL—The Grand Daddy Of Online Content Aggregators

Google Invests US$ 1 Billion for 5% Stake in AOL

AOL-Branded Content Is Differentiated vis-a-vis the Public Internet

AOL Has Strong Customer Relationships To Find Out “What’s Next”

AOL Has a Host of “Touch” Services, Including a Wireless Division

AOL’s In2TV Service With HiQ Video Brings TV to Your PC

Google Is Coming On Strong

Google’s AdWords & AdSense Services Widen Participation For Very Small to Very Large Businesses

Google’s Approach Creates New Venues For Advertisers

Google “Touch” Services and Features Led by Gmail

Google Begins Testing Video Advertising On Google Video Site

Yahoo! Building Online Communities

Yahoo! Acquires 40% Equity Stake in Chinese Portal Alibaba.com

Yahoo! Broadband Partners and Other International Connections

Yahoo! Gaining a Presence Building Online Communities

Yahoo! Partnering with eBay for Advertising and Online Payments

Yahoo! Go™ For TV, PC, and Mobile

Microsoft—Retooling

MSN and Personal Services

Windows Live™ Helps Everything Work Together Seamlessly

Apple—The Online Content Leader

Major Broadcast TV Networks

Pay-TV Operators Won’t Be Left Out

Comcast Is The Largest Professional Content Aggregator

News Corp Is Also A Huge Content Aggregator

Regional Forecasts For Households Watching Professional Content Via an Online Content Aggregator

Professional Content Is The Key Delineator

Early Viewers Will Use Their PC Display

PC-to-TV Connections Will Emerge Gradually

Portable Players and Mobile Services Are Also Emerging

Pay-TV Services Will Counter With More On Demand Services

Regulatory Issues Will Complicate The Market

Broadband Households Set The Stage

Households Viewing Online

Pay-TV Services Will Remain Important

North America

Europe

Asia

ROW

Worldwide Summary

Summary By Region




List of Tables




Table 1. Worldwide Forecast for Percent of Broadband Households Regularly Viewing Professional Content Delivered via Online Content Aggregators (Percent of Broadband Households)

Table 2. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers—North America (Broadband Households In Millions, Percent Of BB Households Viewing Via Online, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions, Annual Growth Rate, CAGR)

Table 3. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers—Europe (Broadband Households In Millions, Percent Of BB Households Viewing Via Online, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions, Annual Growth Rate, CAGR)

Table 4. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers—Asia (Broadband Households In Millions, Percent Of BB Households Viewing Via Online, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions, Annual Growth Rate, CAGR)

Table 5. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers—ROW (Broadband Households In Millions, Percent Of BB Households Viewing Via Online, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions, Annual Growth Rate, CAGR)

Table 6. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers—Worldwide (Broadband Households In Millions, Percent Of BB Households Viewing Via Online, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions, Annual Growth Rate, CAGR)

Table 7. Broadband Households Viewing Via Online Services by Region (Households in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Worldwide Total, CAGR)




List of Figures




Figure 1. Illustration Of The Various Content Delivery Networks And Services

Figure 2. National & Local Broadcast TV Programming Has The Most Universal Market

Figure 3. Online Content Aggregators Provide The Greatest Amount Of “Touch”

Figure 4. Description of an International Standard Audio Visual Number (ISAN)

Figure 5. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers-North America (Broadband Households In Millions, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions)

Figure 6. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers-Europe (Broadband Households In Millions, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions)

Figure 7. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers-Asia (Broadband Households In Millions, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions)

Figure 8. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers-ROW (Broadband Households In Millions, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions)

Figure 9. Broadband Households, Viewers Via Online, Pay-TV Subscribers-Worldwide (Broadband Households In Millions, Number Of BB Households Viewing Online In Millions, Digital Pay-TV Households In Millions)

Figure 10. Broadband Households Viewing Via Online Services by Region (Households in Millions)


Abstract

The big news in the world of television is personalization. AOL, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Apple, major Broadcast TV networks, Pay-TV services, and local TV stations are all working on ways to blend their Professional Content video assets with personalized TV services that enhance what their end-users already enjoy on these major online Internet portals.

This report provides an in-depth development of the major market trends, and discusses eight important technologies that are all evolving toward the future of television.

Online Content Aggregators are in the early experimentation stages, and the traditional Pay-TV services are not going to suffer great impact next year, or the year after.

Our worldwide summary forecast shows that about 31.7% of the worldwide Broadband connected households are likely to be regularly viewing some amount of Professional Content delivered via an Online Content Aggregator during 2010.

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