Entertainment and Media

Media streaming devices are connected, unmanaged devices whose primary purpose is to receive on-demand content via the Internet and display it on a television screen. Demand for media streaming devices originally derived from cord-cutters looking for convenient, cost-effective ways to access entertainment content with a lean back experience. Media ...

While the overall LCD TV market has reached a certain level of maturity and has been experiencing shipment declines in many regions, the emergence of 4K TVs is driving demand in developed markets as well as price-sensitive countries like China. Unit shipment for the global smart TVs market is expected to increase from 193.7 million in 2017 to 249.9...

Tablets are a category of mobile devices that provide advanced capabilities on a larger (6"+) screen, but do not have traditional integrated phone functionality. Tablets run complete operating system software that provide a standardized interface and platform for application developers. Global tablet device unit shipments reached 172 million, a sli...

30 Jan 2018  |  North America

Global Blu-ray Media and Players Market, Forecast to 2023

Alternate Streaming Media Devices and OTT Services will Challenge Blu-ray Technology; 4K/HDR are Growth Drivers

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While physical discs remain a key revenue generator in the home entertainment business, the growing revenue from digital services and the rise of download and over-the-top (OTT) streaming services such as iTunes and Netflix have negatively impacted physical disc sales in the last 4-5 years. Therefore, an overall gradual decline in disc sales throug...

Set-top box vendors are focused on supporting devices that enable seamless rendering of high-quality video on a powerful user interface. The global set-top box market crossed 300.8 million in unit shipments in 2017 and is expected to grow to 359.2 million units, recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.6% (2017–2022). The ongoing analo...

Worldwide PC shipments have been sharply declining over the last 4-5 years. This is due to a combination of factors including market saturation; extended replacement cycles; economic instability in emerging markets; and competition from other consumer devices like smartphones and phablets. The unit shipments for the global PC market is expected to ...

29 Jan 2018  |  Europe

European Over-the-top (OTT) Video Equipment Market Outlook, 2018

Personalisation, Automation, and Improving Quality of Experience are the Major Focus Areas for the OTT Video Equipment Ecosystem

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The European Over-the-Top (OTT) Video equipment market outlook provides bold perspectives, trends, and predictions in the market for 2017 and 2018. The segments covered include Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Online Video Platform (OVP), Online Video Analytics (OVA), Online Video Advertising Platform (OVAP), and Video Transcoders. The analysis aim...

The European Over-the-top (OTT) video executive brief captures the key market highlights of the OTT video services market in Europe over the last quarter, based on Frost & Sullivan’s industry tracker. It gives an insight into the market scenario and growth prospects for key market participants and new entrants and the impact of triple-play and qu...

WebRTC uses UDP to stream media without the need to create discrete media segments, which delivers a consistently low latency to all clients. With the addition of WebRTC support by Apple into the Safari 11 release, it is now natively supported by all major browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. The WebRTC protocol was design...