Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
  • Six Major Trends Will Transform The Market
    
  • Operating Systems To Eventually Give Way To Middleware
    
• Methodology
  
  • Years Of Experience
    
  • Experienced Team Of Analysts
    
  • Changes Coming To Consumer Entertainment Markets
    
    • Operating Systems And Middleware Software Are Key Ingredients
      
  • Methodology
    
    • Annual Set Top Box Shipments Taken Into Account
      
    • Previously Issued Reports That Provide Useful Information
      
• Consumer Set Top Boxes
  
  • Visual Entertainment Creates The Market For Set Top Boxes
    
  • Packaged Goods, Broadcast Networks, Cable/Satellite TV, Video from Telcos, The Internet Deliver "Content" To A Wide Range Of Consumer Set Top Boxes
    
    • Personal Computers And The Internet Force New Features Into Consumer Set Top Boxes
      
  • Operating Systems And Middleware For Consumer Set Top Boxes
    
    • Operating Systems
      
      • Usually Provided By The Box Manufacturer
        
    • Middleware - OpenTV As An Example
      
      • Middleware Is Usually Licensed By The Service Provider Or Network Operator
        
    • Some Consumer Products Will License Both An Operating System And Middleware Using A One-Time Fee
      • Sony's DVD Recorder With 7 TV Tuners And 1 Terabyte Disk Storage
        
    • Wide Range Of Consumer Products Require Embedded Operating Systems And Also Will Use Middleware
      
• Six Major Trends For Consumer Embedded Software
  
  • Creative Licensing And Royalty Options
    
  • Growing Use Of Software Modularity
    
  • Use Of Middleware To Enhance Low-End Operating Systems
    
    • Modularity & Middleware Increases Purchase Options
      
  • Expansion Of Available Higher-Level Applications
    
  • Portability Of Applications And "Content" To Remote or Mobile Devices
    
  • Accelerating Time-To-Market Due To Advances In Development Tools
    
    • Cabot Communications (UK) Observatory As An Example
      
      • Cabot Observatory PC Development Studio
        
      • Cabot And Micronas Team Up For Interactive Television
        
• Microsoft TV
  
  • Microsoft TV Foundation Edition Version 1.7
    
  • Microsoft TV Foundation Edition And Comcast Agreement
    
    • Microsoft First To Support Motorola DCT 6412 STB
      
• Sun Microsystem's Java
  
  • Pioneering Set Top Box Effort By STMicroelectronics
    
  • Cable Labs Java OnRamp To OCAP Initiative
    
• Scientific Atlanta's Power TV
  
  • Power TV Also Used For Business Video And Digital Signage
    
  • Convergent, Cisco & Sony Using Power TV For Digital Signage
    
• Wind River Systems, Inc.
  
  • Operating Systems, Development Tools, Consulting Engineering
    
  • Motorola's DCT2500 Digital Cable STB
    
  • Humax OC-1000/2000/2500 Line Of OpenCable Set Top Boxes
    
• Liberty Media's OpenTV
  
• Liberate Technologies
  
• LynuxWorks
  
• QNX Software Systems, Ltd.
  
• Forecasts For Operating Systems And Middleware
  
  • Only Network-Connected Set Top Boxes Are Included
    
    • Stand-Alone Set Top Boxes Are A Growing Market Segment
      
  • Set Top Box Operating Systems
    
    • Typically Use A One-Time License Fee
      
  • Set Top Box Middleware
    
    • Digital Cable TV Set Top Boxes
      
    • Digital Satellite TV Set Top Boxes
      
    • Digital Internet Protocol Set Top Boxes
      
    • Digital Terrestrial Set Top Boxes
      
      • Digital Terrestrial May Have A Significant Up Side Potential
        
  • North America, By Category
    
  • Europe, By Category
    
  • Asia, By Category
    
  • Rest Of The World, By Category
    
• Worldwide Summary, By Category
  
• Regional Summaries, By Category
  
  • Digital Cable Set Top Boxes By Region
    
  • Digital Satellite Set Top Boxes By Region
    
  • Digital IP Set Top Boxes By Region
    
  • Digital Terrestrial Set Top Boxes By Region
    
• Geographic Summary, By Region
  
• Conclusion

List of Tables

• Table 1. Worldwide Value Of Operating Systems And Middleware Used In Network-Connected Consumer Entertainment Set Top Boxes (Annual Value of in US$ in millions, annual growth rate, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 2. Listing Of Consumer Devices The Use Licensed Embedded Software
  
• Table 3. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In North America (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 4. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In North America (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 5. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Europe (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 6. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Europe (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 7. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Asia (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 8. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Asia (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 9. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In ROW (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 10. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In ROW (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 11. Annual Value Of Operating Systems And Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, Worldwide (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 12. Value Of Operating Systems In Digital Cable Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 13. Value Of Middleware In Digital Cable Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 14. Value Of Operating Systems In Digital Satellite Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 15. Value Of Middleware In Digital Satellite Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 16. Value Of Operating Systems In Digital IP Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 17. Value Of Middleware In Digital IP Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 18. Value Of Operating Systems In Digital Terrestrial Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 19. Value Of Middleware In Digital Terrestrial Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 20. Annual Value Of All Four Categories Of Consumer Embedded Software In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total value, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
  
• Table 21. Comparison Of Annual Value Between Operating Systems And Middleware (annual worldwide value, US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, percent of total, Compound Annual Growth Rate)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Ways Professional "Media" and "Content" Get Delivered To Consumers
  
• Figure 2. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In North America (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 3. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In North America (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 4. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Europe (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 5. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Europe (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 6. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Asia (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 7. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In Asia (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 8. Annual Value Of Operating Systems In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In ROW (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 9. Annual Value Of Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, In ROW (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 10. Annual Value Of Operating Systems And Middleware In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Category, Worldwide (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 11. Annual Value Of All Four Categories Of Consumer Embedded Software In Network-Connected Set Top Boxes, By Region (annual value in US$ millions)
  
• Figure 12. Comparison Of Annual Value Between Operating Systems And Middleware (annual worldwide value, US$ Billions)