A Roomful of Strangers Visit the IP Connected Home

Publication Date	January 2009
Publisher	MultiMedia Intelligence
Product Type	Report
Pages	52
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	MMI00017

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Summary

IP connectivity in the IP connected home is slowly gaining steam. MultiMedia Intelligence felt that several conditions needed to be in place for a successful IP connected home ecosystem. We identified these conditions to be the availability of IP content aggregators, streaming video codecs, centralized network connectivity, and reliable wireless protocols.

There are any number of emerging consumer electronics devices that make a splash onto the market. But even as devices blaze and fade in popularity, and the world is going through an economic slowdown, perhaps the true revelation is that "convergence" is here.

By 2013, MultiMedia Intelligence projects over 244.5 million internetenabled consumer electronics will be shipping annually. We provide this caveat - while there will be a swelling of IP-enabled devices, connectivity in consumer devices will exceed actual utilization. One of the focuses of this report discusses what is happening in hardware and how consortia are developing platforms for ubiquity between devices using different IP interfaces (which are also forecasted in the report).

"A Roomful of Strangers Visit the IP Connected Home" is so-named because there is a perceived hunger to bring Internet-enabled video to the television, and relatively new set-top box manufacturers that are attempting to stake a claim. The Internet video to the television market is problematical. In spite of heavy promotion and the availability of products, worldwide, consumers have summarily rejected the idea of PCs connected to the TV.

Moving from a PC-based architecture, there are two approaches that are being tried to bring Internet video to the TV. Digital media adapters (DMA) are set-top boxes that are uniquely designed to decode streaming video. Roku, VUDU, and Mediapoint (Blockbuster's DMA) are examples of new mediums designed for the digital home. A second approach enables legacy STB to play streaming video. Game consoles, IPTV boxes and even DVD player/records are being targeted by content aggregators as ways to get content to consumers.

The report discusses other drivers for IP connectivity, and boldly suggests future applications within the IP connected home. The report segments in-home connectivity by the interfaces Ethernet, Powerline, coax, and Wi-Fi and how they are integrated into consumer electronics.

Other forecasts include worldwide subscribers for broadband, VoIP, cable TV, satellite TV, and IPTV. The associated set top boxes, adoption of network-interfaces by device type, as well as the middleware and interface semiconductors are also included. Device segments include TVs, DVD players and recorders, DMAs, video game consoles, media servers, DVRs and set top boxes.

Content

Executive Summary
Introduction
Subscribers
Broadband Service Subscribers
Cellular Subscribers
IP Interfaces
Ethernet
Wireless Networking
Coax
Powerline
About HDWireless
Set-top Boxes
DigitalMedia Adapters
Peer-to-peer DMA Protocols
Apple TV
MediaPoint (Blockbuster)
NetGear
Roku
TiVo
Verisimo
VUDU
Consumer Electronics
IP Connected Devices Roll-up
CE Device Roll-up
Bills ofMaterials of Semiconductors in IP Consumer Devices
Interoperability
Hardware
IP ConnectivityOrganizations
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
UPnP
Macrovision
Motivation for Device Manufacturers and Service Providers
DeviceManufacturers
Service Providers
Cable, the 800-pound Gorilla
Changing Impressions
Availability of Content Aggregators
Managing the Delivery of Content
Defining Broadband
Tomorrow's IP-Connected Home
Methodology
Tables
- Worldwide Shipments of IP-enabled Consumer Electronics by Device Type (Units Thousand)
- Worldwide Broadband Subscribers Forecast by Region (in Thousands)
- Worldwide Cellular Subscribers Forecast by Region (inMillions)
- Worldwide Residential VoIP Subscribers Forecast (inMillions)
- Worldwide Cable Subscribers Forecast (in Thousands)
- IPTVWorldwide Subscribers Forecast by Region (in Thousands)
- Worldwide Satellite Television Subscribers Forecast by Region (in Thousands)
- IP-enabled Cable Set-top Box Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled Satellite Set-top Box Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled IPTV Set-top Box Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- DigitalMedia Adapter Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled Video Game Console Shipments by Interface Type
- Internet-enabled DVD Player & Recorder Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled TV Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled Audio Equipment Shipments by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- IP-enabled Stand-Alone DVR Shipment Forecast (Units Thousands)
- InstalledMedia Home Networks (Units Thousands)
- Consumer Electronic PCs andMedia Servers by Interface Type (Units Thousands)
- Total IP Connected Devices (Units Thousands)
- Total IP-Connected Devices Represented as a Percentage of Total Devices, Selected Devices
- Total IP-Enabled CE Ports by Interface Type (Cat-5, 802.11x, Powerline, Coax) (Units Thousands)
- Total Cat-5 Ethernet in Consumer Electronics Devices (Unit Thousands)
- Total 802.11xWireless in Consumer Electronics (Units Thousands)
- Total Coax in Consumer Electronics (Unit Thousands)
- Total Powerline in Consumer Electronics (Units Thousands)
- Average Semiconductor Bill-of-Materials Pricing for IP Interface by Type
- IP-Enabled Consumer Electronics Interface Semiconductor Revenue ($USMillions)
- Media Home NetworkMiddleware Prices, Total Value allMiddleware, 3rd Party Units & 3rd Party Revenue
- Forecast (Units Thousands, $USMillions)
- Video Content Aggregator Agreements with DigitalMedia Adaptors, Game Consoles and Other IP-Connected Devices
Figures
- TotalWorldwide Shipments of All IP Connected Device by Year (Units Thousand)
- Successful IP Connected Home Ecosystem (Conceptually)
- Worldwide Household Broadband Penetration (2000 ??