HDTV Content Development in Asia: The Achievable Dream

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• The HDTV Content Production Process
  • A Basic End-to-end Delivery Path for High-definition Content
  • The HD Content Production Process
  • The Movie Delivery Process
• The Technology of HDTV in the Asia/Pacific Region
  • Compression
  • Transmission
  • Receiving
  • Content Security and Conditional Access
• Regional Content Development
  • Hollywood Studios and International Channels
    • Time Warner Asia Pacific
    • Discovery Channel
    • National Geographic Channel
• HDTV Content Development by Country
  • Australia
    • Regulatory Issues and Government Initiatives
    • Trials
    • Current Development Highlights and Future Expectations
    • Forecast
  • China
    • Regulatory Issues and Government Initiatives
    • Trials
    • Current Development Highlights and Future Expectations
    • Forecast
  • Japan
    • Regulatory Issues and Government Initiatives
    • Trials
    • Current Development Highlights and Future Expectations
    • Forecast
  • South Korea
    • Regulatory Issues and Government Initiatives
    • Current Development Highlights and Future Expectations
    • Forecast
  • Singapore
    • Regulatory Issues and Government Initiatives
    • Trials
    • Current Development Highlights and Future Expectations
    • Forecast
    • Other Markets
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Malaysia
    • New Zealand
    • Taiwan
    • Thailand
    • Indonesia
    • The Philippines
• HDTV Regional Market Development
  • Caveat: HDTV Is Not Enough By Itself
    • Educating the Public about HDTV Benefits
    • A Differentiated Product will Attract
    • Consumers
    • Keeping an Eye Out for New Technologies
  • Methodology
    • Geographic Region
    • Research Methods
    • Contingencies
• Glossary
• Related In-Stat Reports

• Table 1. Challenges for Different HDTV Transmission Methods
• Table 2. HDTV Content Transmission Bandwidth Requirement in Asia/Pacific
• Table 3. Current Situation for Each Transmission Platform in Asia/Pacific
• Table 4. Comparison Between Progressive Scan and Interlace
• Table 5. Asia/Pacific HDTV Set Unit Shipments 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 6. Asia/Pacific HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 7. Asia/Pacific HDTV Set Average Selling Price, 2006-2012 ($US)

• Figure 1. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in Asia/Pacific, 2006-2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 2. A Basic End-to-end Delivery Path for High-definition Content
• Figure 3. The Production Process for HD Content
• Figure 4. A Movie' s Life Span
• Figure 5. Comparing Different HD Standards
• Figure 6. The Conditional Access System
• Figure 7. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Australia, 2006-2012
• Figure 8. Australia HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 9. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in Australia, 2006-2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 10. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in China, 2006-2012
• Figure 11. China HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 12. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in China, 2006-2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 13. Japan' s Governmental Digital Transition Schedule Plan, 2000-2011
• Figure 14. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Japan, 2006-2012
• Figure 15. Japan HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 16. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in Japan, 2006-2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 17. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in South Korea, 2006-2012
• Figure 18. South Korea HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 19. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in China, 2006-2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 20. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Singapore, 2006-2012
• Figure 21. Singapore HDTV Subscriber Households, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 22. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in Singapore, 2006 2012 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 23. HDTV Subscriber Households, Other Asia/Pacific Markets, 2006-2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Figure 24. Consumer Revenue from HDTV Content Broadcasted in Other Asia/Pacific Markets, (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 25. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Hong Kong, 2006-2012
• Figure 26. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in India, 2006-2012
• Figure 27. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Malaysia, 2006-2012
• Figure 28. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in New Zealand, 2006-2012
• Figure 29. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Taiwan, 2006-2012
• Figure 30. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Thailand, 2006-2012
• Figure 31. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in Indonesia, 2006-2012
• Figure 32. Hours of HDTV Content Broadcasted in the Philippines, 2006-2012
• Figure 33. Asia/Pacific HDTV Households by Platform, 2006