Global Interactive Program Guides and Content Discovery

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Interactive Program Guides Merging With Content Discovery
    • Content Choices Expand, and Services Get Added to the Mix
  • EPGs Become IPGs and Then Become CSDGs
    • What Goes Into a Content and Service Discovery Guide (CSDG)
    • Professional Content, UGC, and Services Co-Exist With Personal Content
  • Content and Services That Need to Work With a CSDG
  • Two-Way Connectivity Support
    • Traditional One-Way Broadcast Never Goes Away
• Linear Video Broadcast
• Pay-per-View (Scheduled)
• Video-on-Demand
• Time-Shifted Video (In-Home PVR)
• Time-Shifted Video (Network PVR) or RS-DVR
• Multi-Way Conferencing
• Personalized Channels
  • APRICO TV - an Intelligent Personalized Channel Approach
• Programming Enhancements
• Summary of Content and Service Types for CSDG Provisioning
• Content and Service Discovery Guides Become Strategically Important
• Eighteen Delivery Platforms for EPG, IPG, and CSDG
  • The Over-the-Air Platforms
  • The Subscription-TV Services
  • The Broadband Services
    • Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Importance for Broadband-to-TV Approaches.
  • The Cellular and Mobile Internet Services
  • The Netherlands' Daily Media Combines Broadcast and Broadband Internet
• Some Technology Enablers
  • Adobe Flash and the Open Screen Project
  • Microsoft Windows Media and Microsoft Silverlight
  • Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Improves the “User Experience”
• Content and Service Discovery Guide “To Do” List
  • An Illustration of All the Moving Parts in Content and Service Discovery
  • Advanced Content and Service Discovery Guides Already in Deployment
  • Timeline for Uptake of CSDG in Europe as an Example
• Network-Connected Consumer Electronics are Also a Platform
  • EPGs Built Into TV Sets, With Advertising Support Available
  • Network-Enabled Consumer Electronics Can Use a Built-In CSDG
  • Stoneroos iFanzy Combines Internet and Broadcast Discovery
• How Macrovision (ROVI) Became a Key Player for CSDGs
  • ROVI Equipped IPGs for Pay-TV and CE Products
  • Bolstering IPGs With Data Services and Recommendation Engines
  • The ROVI Data Services Can Be Extended for In-Home Content
  • Expansion to Mobile Services
  • Connecting With In-Home Content Using DLNA-Compliant Approaches
  • Expanding Advertising Opportunities Tied to Discovery
  • New ROVI LIQUID Guide Combines TV, Internet, and In-Home Content
  • ROVI-Licensed Guide Providers in Europe
• Forecasts by Region, by Category
  • Recurring Fees for Keeping the Guide Up-to-Date
  • One-Time Licensing Fees
  • Advertising Opportunities While Searching for Content and Services
  • North America, by Category
  • Europe, by Category
  • Asia/Pacific, by Category
  • Rest of the World (ROW), by Category
• Worldwide and Regional Forecast Summary, by Category
  • Summary of Guide Value, by Geographic Region
• Methodology
  • Growth of Pay-TV Subscribers and Shipments of Digital Set Top Boxes and Digital Consumer
  • Electronics Products Taken Into Account

List of Table

• Table 1. List of Available Content and Service Types
• Table 2. Method of Delivery for Type of Content or Service
• Table 3. Matrix Showing Delivery Platform and Type of Content or Service Available
• Table 4. Estimate for Percentage of Pay-TV Households in Europe with CSDG Technologies in Use (Households in Millions, Percent With CSDG in Use)
• Table 5. Annual Value of Recurring Fees for Guides in North America (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 6. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes Without PVR in North America (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 7. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes With PVRs in North America (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 8. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Consumer Electronics Guides in North America (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 9. Estimated Annual Value of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees for North America (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 10. Annual Value of Recurring Fees for Guides in Europe (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 11. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes Without PVR in Europe (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 12. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes With PVRs in Europe (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 13. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Consumer Electronics Guides in Europe (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 14. Estimated Annual Value of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees for Europe (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 15. Annual Value of Recurring Fees for Guides in Asia/Pac (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 16. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes Without PVR in Asia/Pac (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 17. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes With PVRs in Asia/Pac (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 18. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Consumer Electronics Guides in Asia/Pac (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 19. Estimated Annual Value of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees for Asia/Pac (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 20. Annual Value of Recurring Fees for Guides in the ROW (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 21. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes Without PVR in the ROW (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 22. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Pay-TV Set Top Boxes With PVRs in the ROW (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 23. Annual Value of One-Time Fees for Consumer Electronics Guides in the ROW (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 24. Estimated Annual Value of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees for the ROW (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 25. Regional Summary, by Category, of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 26. Regional Summaries, Total Value, for Guides (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)
• Table 27. Worldwide Summary of Recurring and One-Time Guide Fees (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Rate, Percent of Total, CAGR)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide Value of Recurring and One-Time Fees for Content Discovery Guides (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 2. Block Diagram of In-Home Connectivity for Video Services
• Figure 3. Cellular and Mobile Internet Connectivity for Video Services
• Figure 4. All the Moving Parts in Content and Service Discovery
• Figure 5. iFanzy Combines Internet, Search, and Broadcast “Discovery”