Dublin, Sept. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qks2lw/the_rise_of_media)
has announced the addition of the
"The Rise of Media Apps in Smart Mobile Devices" report to
their offering.
In 2013, smart mobile device (i.e., smartphones and tablet PCs)
shipments will surpass the total number of computing and digital
media devices shipped. However, the challenge posed by smart media
devices is not about the devices themselves, but rather the
software platforms (i.e., Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows RT and
others) upon which they run. They have become the basis for
establishing a whole new series of media applications that are
fundamentally changing the relationship that consumers have with
their media service providers and the digital content they want to
access.
- They afford consumers more control in managing access of their
overall relationship with digital media content. They allow
customers to manage their pay TV accounts online, and to remotely
control digital media devices in the home to record and store
content.
- They incorporate many of the computing, Internet, cloud and
social media-type application features that help consumers find and
access more of the type of digital content they want to see.
These two phenomena pose a number of threats to the existing media
service delivery business models, but, in particular, they:
- Shift some emphasis from broadcasting digital media over
delivery assets to streaming digital media through over-the-top
distribution assets;
- De-emphasize the use of broadcast and digital media devices
technology as a means of controlling consumer access to digital
media content; and
- Establish a new context for media service providers to create
direct relationships with individual consumers.
This
report is relevant to smartphone and tablet PC device and
software developers, computing and digital media device vendors,
application store and
applications development networks, cloud computing service
vendors, home networking equipment vendors, wireless service
providers, OTT service providers, and players across the entire
media and entertainment value chain, including content creators,
content aggregations, content distribution, pay TV service
providers, and broadcast services companies. The report contains
five-year forecasts for worldwide computing, digital media and
smart mobile device shipments as well as worldwide mobile device
shipments by platform.
For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qks2lw/the_rise_of_media
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