High-Definition TV Services: Coming to a Home Near You?

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• Digital Technology Continues to Change the World
• An Overview of Digital TV and HDTV
  • How HDTV Differs from Analog TV
  • Digital Television Sets and Monitors
  • Watching High-Definition TV
• Business Models for HDTV Service
• Market Trends for HDTV Services
  • Market Drivers
  • Market Challenges
• HD Programming
  • HD Programming Production Cost Improve
• HDTV Service Providers
  • Cable HDTV Services
    • Cable Operators
  • Satellite HDTV Services
    • DTH Operators
  • Terrestrial HDTV Services
  • Total HDTV Households
• Forecasts: HDTV Households
  • Trends & Assumptions Shaping the Forecasts
    • HDTV Households by Transmission Platform
    • Worldwide HDTV Households by Geographic Region
    • US HDTV Households & the US Installed Base of HDTV Sets
• The Next 12 Months
  • A Few Final Thoughts

List of Tables

• Table 1. HDTV Service Provider Business Models: Equipment and Service Pricing
• Table 2. HDTV Market Drivers & Market Challenges
• Table 3. HD Programming Line-Up By Selected US Service Providers
• Table 4. Worldwide Cable HDTV Subscriber Households
• Table 5. Worldwide Satellite HDTV Households
• Table 6. Worldwide Terrestrial HDTV Households by Country
• Table 7. Worldwide HDTV Households by Platform, March 2004
• Table 8. Worldwide HDTV Households by Region, March 2004
• Table 9. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Transmission Platform (Households in Thousands)
• Table 10. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Region (Households in Thousands)
• Table 11. US HDTV Household and HDTV Set Installed Base Forecast (Units in Thousands)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast by Transmission Platform (Households in Thousands)
• Figure 2. Worldwide HDTV Household Forecast, 2002 - 2008 (Households in Thousands)
• Figure 3. Percentage of HDTV Households by Region in 2004
• Figure 4. Percentage of HDTV Households by Region in 2007