Home Networks for Consumer Electronics

Table of Contents

1.0 Notes on Methodology

• 1.1 Data Sources
• 1.2 Companies Briefed

2.0 Why Connected CE and Why Now?

• 2.1 Taking Home Networking Beyond the Pure Data Play
• 2.2 Connected CE and Media Trends: Served and Streamed
  • 2.2.1 Drivers for the Media Server-Connected CE Vision
  • 2.2.2 Drivers for the Cloud Media-Connected CE Vision

3.0 Connected CE Product Overview

• 3.1 Connected Game Consoles
  • Microsoft Xbox 360
  • Sony PlayStation 3
  • Nintendo Wii
• 3.2 Media Center PCs
• 3.3 Multi-room DVR and Connected Set-top Boxes
  • AT&T
  • Bright House
  • Cox Communications
  • DISH Network
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Verizon
  • 3.3.1 PC-to-Set-top-Box Links
  • 3.3.2 Place-shifting
    • EchoStar Technologies
• 3.4 Digital Media Adapters
  • Notable Digital Media Adapters
  • Buffalo LinkTheater™ HD Digital Media Player
  • D-Link (DSM-330 ) DivX Connected™ HD Media Player
  • KODAK Theatre HD Player
  • NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000)
  • Popcorn Hour A100
  • Media Center Extenders
  • D-Link DSM510 & DSM-750 MediaLounge
  • Linksys Media Center Extender DMA 2100 and DMA 2200
  • Microsoft Xbox 360
  • 3.5 Network-attached Storage/NAS Media Servers
  • Buffalo
  • Cisco
  • Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
  • Helios
  • HP
  • Iomega
  • LaCie
  • Philips
  • Promise Technology
  • TranquilPC
  • ZyXEL
  • DVR Storage Expanders
  • Apricorn DVR Xpander
  • Seagate Showcase™
  • Western Digital My DVR Expander
• 3.6 Cloud Media Set-top Boxes
  • 2Wire MediaPoint Digital Media Player
  • Apple TV
  • NETGEAR Internet TV Player (ITV 2000)
  • NeuLion Sky Angel
  • Personal Web Systems @CCESS
  • Popcorn Hour (Syabas)
  • Roku Digital Video Player
  • Sezmi Digital Media Player
  • TiVo
  • TVBlob BLOBbox
  • Verismo Networks VuNow VN1000HD
  • VUDU
  • WhereverTV Receiver
  • ZillionTV
• 3.7 Connected TVs
  • LG Electronics
  • Panasonic
  • Samsung
  • Sony
  • Toshiba
  • VIZIO
• 3.8 Connected Blu-ray Players
  • LG Electronics
  • Panasonic
  • Pioneer
  • Samsung
  • Sony
• 3.9 Networked Audio Systems
  • Cobra
  • Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio
  • Logitech® Squeezebox™ Boom
  • NETGEAR Digital Entertainner Elite EVA9150
  • Philips Streamium Network Music Player
  • Roku SoundBridge
  • Sonos
  • Sooloos
• 3.10 Connected Photo Frames
  • Coby
  • D-Link
  • GiiNii
  • HP
  • Haier
  • Ipevo

4.0 Key Technologies for Connecting CE

• 4.1 Home Networking Technologies
  • 4.1.1 “No-New-Wires”
    • Home Networking Deployments by Service Providers
    • HomePNA
    • HomePlug
    • DS2/UPA
    • MoCA
    • Panasonic HD-PLC
    • Ruckus Wireless
    • Consumer Electronics with Certified Networking
    • HomePNA
    • MoCA
    • “No-New-Wires” Networking Solutions
    • HomePNA
    • MoCA
    • DS2/UPA
    • HomePlug
    • Panasonic HD-PLC
    • “Single-chip” Standards Efforts
    • ITU G.hn 9960
    • IEEE P1901
  • 4.1.2 Wireless
    • 802.11b
    • 802.11a
    • 802.11g
    • 802.11n
    • Wi-Fi Enhancements for Consumer Electronics
    • Aceurity
    • Celeno
    • ProVision Communications
    • Quantenna
    • Ruckus Wireless
    • Next-generation Wireless Solutions
    • WHDI™ (AMIMON)
    • WirelessHD®
  • 4.1.3 Extending the Interface
    • Gennum
    • HANA
    • Icron
    • Synerchip/Diiva
    • Valens Semiconductor
• 4.2 Connectivity Software
  • 4.2.1 Device Discovery Solutions
  • 4.2.2 Connectivity/Media Server/Media Player Software
    • ACCESS
    • Allegro Software
    • Avega Systems
    • AwoX
    • BridgeCo
    • Digion
    • J. River
    • Macrovision
    • PacketVideo
    • Syabas
    • Wyplay
• 4.3 Silicon - Media Processing and System on Chip
  • Broadcom 35xx and 74xx series
  • Intel CE 3100
  • Mediatek MT5xxx, MT8xxx, and MT13xx
  • Micronas
  • NXP 225 and TV550
  • Sigma Designs 86xx series
  • STMicroelectronics STi71xx
• 4.4 User Interfaces
• 4.5 Security and Content Protection
  • Content Protection and Rights Management Entities of Note
  • Coral Consortium
  • Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE)
  • Digital Transmission Licensing Authority
  • DVD Copy Control Assocation
  • Marlin Community
  • Open Market Initiative (OMI)
  • Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
  • New Efforts in Conditional Access
  • Verimatrix
  • Widevine
• 4.6 Bringing Web Services to the TV
  • Accedo Broadband
  • ActiveVideo Networks
  • Adobe
  • Alitcast
  • AnySource Media
  • AwoX
  • chumby®
  • ClearLeap
  • DivX
  • Dreamer
  • FrameMedia
  • GridNetworks
  • Mediafly
  • MediaMall Technologies
  • MediaMelon
  • Move Networks
  • Opera Software
  • Oregan Networks
  • Personal Web Systems
  • Rallypoint
  • SEN-CE
  • sofatronic
  • Sonic Solutions
  • Syabas
  • SyncTV
  • Verismo Networks
  • Vuze
  • WhereverTV
  • Windows Live FrameIt
  • Yahoo!

5.0 Connected Consumer Electronics Forecasts

• 5.1 Connected TVs
• 5.2 Cloud Media Set-top Boxes
• 5.3 Connected Game Consoles
• 5.4 Connected Blu-ray Players
• 5.5 Network-attached Storage Devices
• 5.6 Multi-room DVR
• 5.7 Digital Media Adapters

6.0 Conclusions and What to Watch

Figures

• Worldwide Data Networks and RG Forecasts
• Stages of Home Networking Development
• Applications Enabled on the Home Network
• Monthly Users of Premium Online Video
• Media Server Concept for Connected CE
• Cloud Media Concept for Connected CE
• Portable Media Device Penetration
• Millions of Internet Video Users: U.S. and Western Europe
• DVR Penetration and Downloading Online Video
• Gigabytes Needed for Household Digital Media
• Watching VoD Movie and Streaming Online Video
• Cloud Media Services and CE
• Forecast for U.S. and Western European Online Video Consumption
• U.S. Households with Networked Consumer Electronics
• Interest in Networked Applications
• How are Game Consoles Used?
• Internet-connected Game Consoles, by Country
• Growth of Broadband-connected Game Consoles: U.S.
• Growth of Xbox LIVE Registered User Accounts
• Xbox LIVE Revenue Sources
• Type of Video Watched on Xbox LIVE
• Identifying Xbox LIVE Paying Video Users
• Game Consoles and Internet Video Content
• Media Center PC-to-TV Connection
• Multimedia Users for the Media Center PC
• Multi-room DVR Deployments: U.S.
• Appeal of Multi-room DVR, by Countries
• Appeal of Networked Set-top Boxes and Willingness to Pay
• What Do Consumers Want from STB-to-PC/Internet Convergence?
• Place-shifting Applications at the Set-top Box
• Appeal of Place-shifting Features, by Countries
• Notable Digital Media Adapter
• Media Center Extenders
• Digital Media Adapter Adoption and Purchase Intentions
• How do Consumers Backup Content?
• NAS Adoption and Purchase Intentions
• Network Attached Storage Media Servers
• Appeal of External Storage for DVRs
• DVR Storage Expanders
• Premium Video-on-Demand Use: Digital Cable Households
• Preference for Receiving VoD Content
• TiVo Subscribers
• TiVo Capabilities
• Interactive Services Accessed via TiVo
• Cloud Media Set-top Boxes
• Connected TV Product Announcements
• Appeal of Television Features
• Value of Connected Television Features
• Stand-alone Blu-ray Players Sold in U.S.
• U.S. Theatrical Box Office and DVD Revenues
• Connected Blu-ray Players
• Appeal of Blu-ray Player Features
• Value of Connected Blu-ray Features
• Networked Audio System Penetration and Purchase Intentions
• Networked Music Systems
• Appeal of Digital Photo Frame Features
• Key Players in the Connected Photo Frame Market
• Recent Connected Photo Frame Announcements
• U.S. Home Network Node Growth
• Network Media Market Share
• Home Networking Deployments by Service Providers
• Consumer Electronics with Certified Networking
• “No-New-Wires” Networking Solutions
• “Single-chip” Standards Efforts
• Wi-Fi® Certified Products
• Performance of Wi-Fi® Standards
• Wi-Fi Enhancements for Consumer Electronics
• Next-generation Wireless Solutions
• Extending the Interface
• DLNA Vision
• DLNA Interoperability Stack
• DLNA Certified Product Categories
• Connectivity/Media Server/Media Player Software
• Connected TV System-on-Chip Solutions
• Content Protection/Rights Management Solutions of Note
• Content Protection and Rights Management Entities of Note
• New Efforts in Conditional Access
• Web-on-TV Solutions
• Annual Sales/Net Additions: Connected Consumer Electronics
• Connected TVs: Unit Sales
• Millions of Households with Broadband and No Wireline Pay TV Service: Europe and Asia-Pacific
• Cloud Media Set-top Boxes: Unit Sales
• Current Generation Game Console Annual Sales
• Households with Connected Consoles
• Connected Blu-ray Players: Unit Sales
• Network-attached Storage: Unit Sales
• Multi-Room DVR: Net Additions
• Digital Media Adapters: Unit Sales