BBC Technology Spin Off: Unique Opportunity To Acquire Valuable Assets

	Client Login Search Contact Us Home

Market Research Report Information
Report Abstract, Table of Contents, Tables, Figures

| | | | | | | |

BBC Technology Spin Off: Unique Opportunity To Acquire Valuable Assets

Service: Multimedia Broadband Services & Infrastructure
Report Number: IN0401726MB
Publication Date: May 2004
Number of Pages: 23
Report Price: $995 U.S. Dollars
Analyst: Gerry Kaufhold

Members Only: Full text HTML , PDF
Purchase This Report Online
Contact a Sales Representative

Abstract
We believe that the decision by the British Broadcasting Corporation to spin off BBC Technology presents a rare and unique opportunity for one of today’s larger, service-oriented companies to gain a leadership position serving the global community of professional television broadcasters.

The BBC Technology group presents a unique mix of assets.

First, the BBC Technology group provides IT services for 28,000 computers and 35,000 telephones to the BBC. This IT services business contract comes with the BBC Technology group

Second, it provides a "point of entry" into the emerging area of high-end television broadcast services. They provide a wide range of in-depth services, from the design, specification, and construction of new TV broadcast facilities, and extend into providing "out sourced" operations support and management services of these facilities.

Third, it "comes equipped" with the London Media Gateway, and other infrastructure assets that can be operated to provide video transmission services to broadcast companies and, eventually, to major enterprises and government agencies.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
- BBC Technology Spin Off Presents A Unique Opportunity
Methodology
- Previously Issued Reports That Provide More Information
The Market For Professional Video Is Undergoing Dramatic Changes
- Video To Expand Beyond The Broadcast Industry
  - Digital Video To Provide Sustainable Growth Opportunities
  - Video Services Will Apply To Multiple New Market Segments
  - Broadcast Video Evolving From "Live" To "Store & Forward"
  - Four Scenarios Describe The Categories Of Video Connection
    - "Live" Two-Way Video For Interactive Communications
    - "Live" One-Way Video For Information Distribution
    - The Transition From "Live" To "Store & Forward" Services Provides Cost Savings For TV Network Operators
    - "Store & Forward" Video For Production
    - "Store & Forward" Video For Distribution
    - "Live" Service Categories To Drive Strongest Growth
    - Content Delivery Networks For Video Distribution To Dominate
  - Annual Value Of IP Video Delivery Connection Services
  - BBC Technology Well Positioned For Long Term Growth
The British Broadcasting Corporation
- BBC Technology - List Of Assets
  - Desktop / IT services and support
  - Applications Management
  - Telecoms
  - BBC Internet
  - London Media Gateway
  - Worldwide Fibre and Satellite Communications Infrastructure
  - Media Communications
  - Broadcast Support Services

Project And Program Management
Consulting services

The Value-Rich Colledia™ Line Of Broadcast Automation Products And Services
- Colledia™ Workflow
- Colledia™ Control
- Colledia™ Provides A Robust And Full-Featured Solution
- Six Key Segments Of Broadcast Automation
  - "Content" Ingest And Encoding
  - Asset Management Systems
  - TV Business Automation Systems, Or Traffic Management Programs
  - TV Facility Automation
  - Automation "Friendly" Studio Equipment
  - TV News Automation Systems
Broadcast Industry Gravitating Toward A Standardized Facility Feature Set
- All-Digital Workflows Can Be Used By Enterprise Customers
- What's In The BBC Technologies Colledia™ Portfolio

Summary - Relative Size, Scope, And 10-Year Growth Potential Of Key BBC Technologies Assets
Conclusions
- Three Key Groups Of Assets All Point Toward Growth

List of Tables

Table 1. Worldwide Retail Value Professional Video-over-IP Connection Services (annual value of connections in US$ millions, annual growth rate in percent, Compound Annual Growth Rate in percent)
Table 2. Part One - Listing of BBC Technology Major Assets (asset description, relative size, scope of operation, extensibility, and our opinion of its ten year growth opportunity)
Table 3. Part Two - Listing of BBC Technology Major Assets (asset description, relative size, scope of operation, extensibility, and our opinion of its ten year growth opportunity)

List of Figures

Figure 1. Overview Diagram Of One Node Of An Automated Broadcast Television Ingest/Store/Playout System
Figure 2. Overview Diagram Of Expanded, Multi-Node Automated Broadcast Television Ingest/Store/Playout System With Storage Archive Capability

In-Stat/MDR (www.instat.com) is a leading provider of actionable market research, market assessments and market forecasts of semiconductor and advanced communications equipment and services. The firm's forecasts, analysis and insights are informed by both a deep technology understanding and a unique research methodology, which examines each segment of the value chain for each market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists, worldwide, rely on In-Stat/MDR's tenured, experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical technology, product and success decisions.