Abstract
Description
What is the industry consensus on DRM interoperability today? How will DRM evolve to meet the needs of both users and content owners? These questions and others will be addressed in IMS Research' s upcoming report entitled, "DRM and the Implications for Digital TV: An Examination of Current Industry Thinking." This report will examine current issues in Digital Rights Management as it applies to digital TV and other related content platforms. The report will be highly qualitative, and will contain observations and analysis from both IMS Research as well as from a minimum of thirty experts from companies involved in the use or creation of digital rights management technologies.
IMS Research has identified a number of key questions that will be answered as part of this report.
These questions include:
- What degrees of protection are needed for different devices?
- Is DRM interoperability a technological issue or a business issue?
- How will the future of DRM incorporate hardware-assisted solutions?
- What level of DRM is "acceptable" to users and content providers?
- What are the applicable standards, and who is adopting them?
- What DRM issues will affect the pay-TV industry in regards to VOD and multi-room DVR?
This study is ideal for anyone looking to understand the Digital Rights Management market and the issues that are relevant to the delivery of digital video.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1.0 Introduction
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.1.1 Defining Digital Rights Management
- 1.1.2 DRM Vs. Conditional Access
- 1.1.3 Objectives
- 1.1.4 Report Content
- 1.2 Methodology
- 1.2.1 Information Sources
- 1.2.2 Companies Interviewed
2.0 Current Issues in DRM and Video Content Protection
- 2.1 Hardware-based Vs. Software-based Content Protection
- 2.2 Content Portability and DRM Interoperability
- 2.3 Pay-TV and DRM-Related Issues
- 2.4 Platform Considerations: Mobile Handsets and Portable Media Players
- 2.4.1 Portable Media Players and DRM
- 2.4.2 Ongoing Issues in Mobile DRM - OMA and Microsoft
- 2.5 DRM and the Digital Household
- 2.6 Other Content Protection Issues: Digital / Analog Holes and
Watermarking
- 2.6.1 Watermarking as DRM
- 2.7 Protecting Internet Delivery of Premium Video Content
- 2.7.2The Tradeoff Between Security and Alienation
- 2.8 Needs and Concerns of Studios and Content Owners
Appendix - Company Directory
Figures
- 2.1 Worldwide Pay-TV Digital Set-top Boxes, Split by Platform
- 2.2 Worldwide Handheld Digital Media Players (HDD & Flash only), by Media Type
- 2.3 Worldwide Cellular Handsets, Split by Functionality
- 2.4 Worldwide Digital TV Households
- 2.5 Worldwide Home Networked Households
- 2.6 Worldwide HDTVs, HD STBs & HD DVRs
