Abstract
This IDC study details results from IDC's 2006 Consumer Panel Home Networking
Survey. Home networking has reached the mainstream of broadband subscribers,
and as the market matures, its focus is shifting from PC-centric to
multimedia-centric home networking applications, such as streaming music and
videos from the Internet and PC to the television and home stereo. IDC's 2006
Consumer Panel Home Networking Survey finds strong evidence for accelerating
interest in multimedia networking applications by early adopters, with the rest
of the broadband market following their trail.
"Home networkers are finally embracing the multimedia applications of their
networks. The proliferation of digital multimedia content, not just user-owned
and -created content but online audio and video as well, has helped create a
demand for the ability to send media around the home, and wireless home
networks have proven to be up to the task. However, the devices, services, and
channels for multimedia home networking still have to mesh for home networks to
complete the transition," said Jonathan Gaw, research manager for IDC's
Consumer Markets: Home Networking program.
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