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Research and Markets: The Global Market for Connected and Smart CE Devices
[June 05, 2012]

Research and Markets: The Global Market for Connected and Smart CE Devices


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/46pnb9/the_global_market) has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Connected and Smart CE Devices" report to their offering.



Connected devices are devices that have the ability to connect directly to the Internet or to a home network and can deliver IP-based video content. This report forecasts the market through 2016 for connected devices in six regions. This report also includes a forecast of smart devices, a subset of connected devices that have the ability to access content from outside a controlled, walled garden. Smart devices are also forecast through 2016 in the same six regions and for the same CE devices. Forecasts are for shipments and installed base by device and by region.

With this report clients can - Determine worldwide broadband subscription data - Track regional population growth trends - Develop strategic marketing plans based on regional shipment forecasts by connected device type - Create product roadmaps based on worldwide installed base of smart CE devices The consumer electronics devices included in this forecast are: - All types of digital set top boxes - Digital video recorders - Blu-ray players/recorders - Video game consoles - Streaming media players Executive Summary: This report includes a comprehensive analysis of the market for connected and smart CE devices in the home, including set top boxes, personal video recorders, Blu-ray players and recorders, digital TVs, video game consoles, and streaming media players. It provides a five-year market forecast for device shipments, connected and smart device shipments, and the connected and smart device installed base for six geographic regions: North America, Caribbean and Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific.


In Addition, the Report Provides: - A definition for connected and smart devices and segments the market into three different distinctive groups: STBs, media devices, and computing devices. It also provides a brief discussion of the main trends in each of these segments and sub-segments that affects its competitive positioning in the smart connected device market.

- Global demographics for six geographic regions, including population, households, and average number of people per household.

- Forecasts for multiple communications technologies in the home by technology and region, including broadband, pay-TV, and home networking.

- The addressable market for connected and smart devices.

- A discussion of the key battlefronts, which belie inherent tensions between different industries competing in the connected and smart device market, including pay-TV STBs vs. CE vendors, non-TV CE vendors vs. TV vendors, CE vendors vs. computing vendors, and the home digital media network vs. the home computing network.

- It provides shipment and installed base forecasts for consumer computing and network-attached storage devices for the home.

- It establishes the key conditions that will affect the growth of the market with respect to consumer adoption and usage.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/46pnb9/the_global_market CONTACT: Research and Markets, Laura Wood, Senior Manager.

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