CEA - Trends to Watch Heading Into 2008
June 26th, 2008 | by dhelmreich |Sean DuBravac, Chief Economist, CEA
Things are continuing to improve - the transition from Analog to Digital is alive and well. Everything is getting faster slammer, clearer, with greater capacity and cheaper.
Further integration of devices, accessories, content, services network and community continue to be aligned and integrated from the beginning of the solution and product launches. Service providers and content owners are collaborating at launch. The Amazon Kindle is a good example of this type of integration and seamless integration of content. Devices increasingly are moving in this direction/
Distribution is evolving. There are new methods.
New Battlegrounds:
The Living Room:
- Supreme Court ruling allowed the betamax to be sold and distributed in 1984.
- The typical services that controlled that portal - cable, OTA, and satellite.
- 75% of households with an internet connection have broadband
- Netflix box, set top boxes, TIVO are allowing the consumer to consume content when they want.
- The traditional cable operators (MSOs) are integrating DVR capability into their set top boxes. This used to be ruled by the OEMs.
- Gaming and computers, including the Wii, Xbox 360 Media Center capabilities,
- What’s next for Television?
Battleground #2: The Palm
- What’s next for Palm and Pocket?
Tags: Digital Media Conference
