This 5th Edition mobile music report provides updated forecasts for each of segments of the mobile music market; mobile music video, ringtones, ringback tones, mobile music full-track downloads and streamed music services, broken down by 8 key regions. Vitally this report also includes an assessment of the likely impact of the global economic downturn on the mobile music market.
For each subsector within mobile music, the report provides datapoints for; mobile music user numbers, average and total number of mobile music services downloaded, average and total price paid for mobile music services, ARPU numbers for mobile music services, and scenario-based forecasts for mobile music advertising revenues.
As well as including profiles of the key players within the mobile music services market including major record labels, operators, aggregators, handset vendors and applications providers, this in-depth mobile music presentation includes a vital analysis of the collapse of the ringtone market and a detailed discussion of the various music delivery business models.
Key questions the report answers:
What strategies should operators, vendors and aggregators employ to maximise their respective returns in the mobile music sector?
What are the prospects for the rental music market?
Are there further opportunities for growth in the ringtone market?
To what extent are current music content retail prices sustainable?
What impact has 3G had on the mobile music market?
What are the major hurdles to greater adoption of mobile music?
How has the mobile music value chain developed?
Who are the major players in the mobile music market?