Home > List All Publishers > Generator Research Limited

Generator Research Limited

Generator is an independent, UK-based industry research company that has been established to become a major provider of research within the fast-developing digital music arena. Our focus includes both online and wireless-based digital music developments.

Our people draw upon deep experience in a range of operational roles in the wireless and media industries. Our practical, hands-on experience allows us to better understand the challenges facing our clients: we've almost certainly grappled with similar issues ourselves and have been faced with the same timescale and resource constraints.
Generator favours a quality-not-quantity approach to research and we insist on taking enough time to provide a quality offering.

Our mission is to identify the key trends that are driving the market and draw conclusions that are based on a clear, straightforward analysis of the facts .We are also interested in pushing the thought envelope and are not afraid to challenge commonly-held assumptions where we think this is justified.

We are an honest broker and aim to provide our clients with world-class focussed analysis and insight that is top-quality, objective and independent.

List of reports from Generator Research Limited

Optimising Home Software for Digital Entertainment Clear Problem + Global Market = Massive Opportunity 2/13/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... entertainment in the home. While the PC software platform has been developed for general-purpose computing applications, a new type of software will be needed to unlock the door to the digital living room. We all ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Technology's Role in Talent Discovery From sitting in smoky gigs to pressing buttons 4/3/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... digitising their content and setting up secure media hubs, retailers have been building online music stores and others such as DRM vendors have been supplying essential technology and services. But what about the front end ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
The Future of the Record Label Gathering Clouds or Clearing Skies? 5/22/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... see growth returning to the whole industry as the transition to a digital format accelerates. Sounds great, but will things be that simple for the record labels, especially the majors? This issue of Digital Music ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Forecast: European Digital Music Market 1/23/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... 2011. A detailed explanation is provided for what the forecast includes and excludes along with all the relevant assumptions. For extra clarity, the report discusses the different types of business models and platforms that will ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Emerging Business Models: Digital Music Report Card From Genuine Innovations to False Trails and Lemons 2/6/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... industry professionals are right to fear a repeat of the late 1990's when a heady, euphoric journey ended in a car crash. We can see new developments across the whole music landscape: from talent sourcing, ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Market Forecast: Recorded Music Europe, 2006 to 2011 3/6/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... to enter a new phase of growth, although this will not resemble the late 1980's when the CD was approaching its zenith. Digital revenues now account for 6% of industry revenues, up from practically zero ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Home Audio: The Future Goodbye SACD & DVD-A, Hello Digital Music 4/17/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... than ever before, they are mostly using PC speakers or plugging their digital music player directly into their home audio set-up. Meanwhile, the home cinema market is booming and consumers are falling over themselves to ... \| more... Search inside this report	$219.00
Syndication and Social Networking Thinking Beyond MySpace 9/11/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... offering third-party brands and advertisers new channel and promotional opportunities. The concept is based on adding a new dimension to the personalisation features that are standard with today’s leading social networks, but which are mainly ... \| more... Search inside this report	$257.00
Digital Music: Available Soon on Your TV Analysing the Role of the Television Platform 12/5/2005 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... of digital music is far too complex for the category to penetrate into the mass market. Over the last year few years, Media center PCs have been introduced in an effort to 'dumb down' the ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Digital Home:A New Dawn for Hi-Fi An Analysis of the Future of Home Audio,The 1/9/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... breakthrough home audio product concepts that are technically possible today, now that music has become freed of the constraints imposed by the CD. These detailed descriptions will provide strategy, product management and marketing executives with ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Mobile Content Delivery: Direct to Consumer How to Avoid Premium SMS and Minimise Data Charges 1/16/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... from the user by the mobile operator via PSMS is distributed to the various players. An alternative strategy is then described that can be used to dramatically improve the revenue payout in favour of content ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Apple WiPod: The Business Case Assessing the Opportunity for a New Category of Music Device 1/30/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... Music phones now offer features that were previously only provided by dedicated digital music players. But what about the mirror image of this established trend? Instead of adding music player features to a mobile phone, ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Music Marketing in the Digital Era New Tools, New Techniques. Same Principles? 5/1/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... phenomenon. Practically every songwriter and performer in the world knows about MySpace and most of these are either already on the site, or they soon will be. But is that all a wannabe act needs ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Digital Music Reloaded: Web 2.0: Beyond Downloads 6/12/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... recorded music has not changed a great deal following the arrival of digital music. For example, consumers have been conditioned for years to think in terms of purchasing and owning records such as CDs. Hardly ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
MySpace Mobile: A Marriage of Equals? 6/19/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... hottest youth brands. The most important priority today is to keep the brand growing and that means rolling it out in new geographic markets and offering it on new platforms, especially mobile. Adding a mobile ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Webtone: The New Ringtone? - The Opportunity for Webspace Personalisation 7/10/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... labels have been enjoying explosive growth in ringtone revenues because of a format replacement cycle which is resulting in the ringtone market migrating from the polyphonic format, where labels earn nothing, to real music ringtones ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Mobile Data Charges: A Key Enabler of D2C Mobile Music 7/17/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... to $15.00 in data charges, depending on their operator and mobile data plan. But if the user chooses to buy the song from their operator's mobile portal instead, then the data charges are usually waived. ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Mobile Advertising A Creative Brief for a New Industry 10/2/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... marketing is a core function and the mobile phone is a strategically important device. As one example, the marketing process for a new album, perhaps released in a mini format, could include a campaign where ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Music Retail: Hit or Flop? - Three Success Stories From the U.S. 10/23/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... music industry. Elsewhere, UK-based HMV has been struggling for some months to find a strategy capable of delivering sustainable growth. Previously recognised as strategically challenged, it now seems as though the music retail sector is ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
iTunes in Europe: Legal Troubles Brewing? Status, Analysis and Outlook 8/21/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... of global music sales. But the company's closed, non-interoperable approach is causing concern to consumer rights representatives, government departments and regulatory authorities. Three Nordic markets have said that Apple's approach is illegal. Meanwhile, in France, ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Ad-supported Music Services - Making a Business Out of Free Music 8/28/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... by handing over hard cash, but by agreeing to view ads. The idea is simple enough: money paid by advertisers to place ads is shared between the music service provider and the rights holders, hopefully ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Music Discovery: Unleashing the Long Tail Review of Services, Analysis and Future Developments 11/25/2005 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... and deep catalogue because they will allow music lovers to locate appealing music without any advance Music discovery services will emerge as branded services in their own right, either being bundled with music subscription services ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Emerging Business Models Music Communities: Taking MySpace to a New Level 12/12/2005 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... the appearance of online communities such as MySpace and Lunarstorm which are being used for self-expression and interaction. Soon, these trends will start appearing within the music industry where the fan bases of artists will ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Digital Music: Arrival of the e-Label A New Type of Label Where Signed Artists Will Never Release CDs 2/20/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... Are these developments simply a fad or are they harbingers of a fundamental shift in the historically-proven investment strategy that has been used by record labels for many years? Having first described what an e-Label ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00
Digital Music: Legitimising the P2P Model The Industry's Pariah Steps out of the Twilight Zone 2/27/2006 \| published by: Generator Research Limited ... reinventing themselves as legitimate businesses and secondly - perhaps more significantly - the underlying P2P technology is being scrutinised by companies such as Warner, Bertelsmann and Microsoft for its potential as a digital media distribution ... \| more... Search inside this report	$295.00

< prev 1 2 3 4 next >