Media Servers in the Home: Threats & Opportunities for Content Developers

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Media Servers in the Home: Threats & Opportunities for Content Developers

Service: Consumer Media & Content
Report Number: IN0401553CM
Publication Date: August 2004
Number of Pages: 31
Report Price: $2,995 U.S. Dollars
Analyst: Michael Paxton

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Abstract
In the rapidly converging world of digital technology and entertainment, one emerging product category that is causing concern among content developers is the media server. Media server products are commonly either a PC based on Microsoft’s Media Center Edition operating system, or they are consumer electronics devices, like advanced set top boxes, that offer broadband connectivity and hard disk drive-based storage.

While the penetration of media server products is currently modest, their anticipated growth presents content developers not only with threats to their existing business models, but also with opportunities to create new revenue-generating businesses.

This report examines how both Media Center PC products and consumer electronic-based media server products are being developed and marketed, and it provides five-year worldwide unit shipment and revenue forecasts for media server products.

It also identifies specific threats and opportunities for the content development community arising from the development of media server products. This community includes motion picture studios, television studios, and recording companies in the music industry.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Methodology
Media Servers: Moving From the Lab into the Home
- The Digital Home
- The Importance of Broadband
Media Networking: The Foundation of Media Server Product Development
- What is Media Networking?
  - Media Clients
- The Media Server
  - Media Server Products
  - Media Center PCs
  - Media Center PC Capabilities
  - Consumer Electronics Media Server Products
  - Denon
  - Digeo
  - D-Link
  - Fujitsu-Siemens
  - Kenwood
  - Motorola
  - MovieBeam
  - Scientific-Atlanta
  - SkipJam
  - Sony
  - Toshiba
  - 2Wire
Media Server Forecasts
Content Developers and The Media Server: Threats & Opportunities
- Media Server Products: Threats for Content Developers
- Media Server Products: Opportunities for Content Developers
- One Final Thought

List of Tables

Table 1. Media Clients
Table 2. Potential Media Servers
Table 3. Worldwide Unit Shipment Forecast: Media Server Products (Units in Thousands)
Table 4. Worldwide Media Server Product Revenues (US$ in Millions)
Table 5. Media Server Products: Threats for Content Developers
Table 6. Media Server Products: Opportunities for Content Developers

List of Figures

Figure 1. TiVo's Series2 PVR
Figure 2. The Converged Home Network
Figure 3. Roku HD1000
Figure 4. Media Server Hierarchy
Figure 5. The Denon NS-S100 Media Server
Figure 6. D-Link's DSM-320 Wireless Media Player
Figure 7. Motorola's BMC 9012 Broadband Media Center
Figure 8. Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer 8000
Figure 9. Worldwide Unit Shipment Forecast: Media Server Products

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