Abstract
The excitement around IMS is based on the premise that an intelligent,
converged network will open up market opportunities for many new services and
applications. Home networking plays a fundamental role in these emerging
markets. This report assesses revenue opportunities for service providers to
participate in the top ten home networking applications.
Converging functionality is adding complexity to the home networking market.
DVRs, media center PCs, and even gaming consoles are becoming media servers.
Media adapters, home security, and home automation systems support specialized
applications. This report sorts through the maze of technologies and
quantifies consumer interests in major home networking applications. Based on
these findings, In-Stat forecasts revenue from home networking related
services will generate up to US$3.5 billion annually for operators by 2011.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Home Networking Elements
- Top Ten Home Networking Applications
- Networking PCs and Peripherals
- Stream PC Content to the TV or Other Devices
- View Recorded TV Content on Other Devices
- Listen to PC Music on Home Stereo
- Interactive IP sessions
- Home Automation (Remote Control of Home Appliances)
- Video Surveillance
- Content Storage
- Content Acquisition
- Unified Communications
- Household Spending
- Home Networking Services
- Observations on Converged Services
- Methodology
- Related In-Stat Reports
- Appendix
- Teens & Twenties
- Wired, Wireless & Wealthy
- Empty Nesters
- Broadband Boomers
- Toddlers & TiVos
- Deals & Discounts
List of Tables
- Table 1. Consumer Monthly Spending and Substitution Opportunities
- Table 2. 2007 Revenue Opportunities by Home Network Application
- Table 3. Percentage of Broadband Households with Home Networks (by Device
Type)
- Table 4. Interest in Streaming PC Videos to a Primary TV Equipped with a
DVR/PVR
- Table 5. Interest in Streaming PC Videos Over Home Network to TVs in Other
Rooms
- Table 6. Interest in Using a DVR/PVR that Allows Recording Broadcast
Content and Viewing on a TV in Another Room
- Table 7. Interest in Reserving an IPTV Video Channel for
Personal/Household Use (by Age Group)
- Table 8. Interest in Sharing Images and Video Content being Viewed on TV
with Family and Friends (by Age Group)
- Table 9. Interest in Using TV for Interactive Chat Sessions
- Table 10. Interest in Home Automation Systems
- Table 11. Interest in Home Security Services
- Table 12. Interest in Accessing a Library of Recently Televised (5 Years
or Less) Sporting Events, TV Programming, and Movies that can be Selected by
Video-on-Demand (by Age Group)
- Table 13. Interest in the See-What-I-See
- Table 14. Interest in Using the TV to Receive Voice/Video Calls
- Table 15. Interest in Making VoIP Calls from a Mobile Handset
- Table 16. Monthly Spending on Communication and Entertainment
- Table 17. Breakdown of Monthly Household Expenditures on Communication
Services and Entertainment
- Table 18. Substitution Opportunities to Capture Existing Entertainment
Spending
- Table 19. Comparison of Home Networking Applications by Market Opportunity
and Buying Decision Type
- Table 20. Revenue from Services Supporting Home Networking Applications
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Home Networking Functional Elements
- Figure 2. Interest in Viewing TV Content on PCs and Other Devices
- Figure 3. Broadband Households Participating in Online Gaming
- Figure 4. Broadband Households Taking and Storing Digital Pictures at
Least Once per Week
- Figure 5. Broadband Households Downloading MP3 Files
- Figure 6. Broadband Households Use of PVRs for Recording Video Content
- Figure 7. Broadband Households Using Video-on-Demand Once per Week
- Figure 8. Interest in Streaming Video Clips to/from Any Device
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