Technology meets people.
New Over the Top (OTT) Video Study: Trender Research Predicts 7 Percent of Households Will “Cut the Cord” on Pay TV Subscriptions by 2012
Full announcement here: http://www.trenderresearch.com/page/ott-video-report
Thanks to everyone who provided data and perspectives for this report. I think you will find this the most comprehensive analysis of this fast-moving industry.
Westford, MA, — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a consumer technology market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced a new strategic analysis of the over the top (OTT) video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market. The report, entitled “Pay TV and the Growing Over the Top Video Threat”, analyzes the major trends of online video consumption and how they are changing the business models for cable, satellite, and IPTV service providers as well as the video rental market. The study provides a strategic analysis of major OTT players, looks at current and potential Pay TV responses to the OTT threat, and predicts likely winners and losers. The 80-page report also includes a model for estimating the percentage of households that will “cut the cord” from their Pay TV subscriptions based on limited, realistic, and aggressive adoption scenarios. Based on the realistic scenario, Trender Research predicts that 7 percent of households will forgo their Pay TV subscriptions by 2012 in favor of some combination of OTT services and free over-the-air (antenna-based) television.
“The good news for Pay TV service providers is that the 80/20 rule applies in the case of OTT video,” said Trender Research CEO and Principal Analyst Brian Mahony. “The vast majority of consumers will not consider abandoning the familiarity, comfort, and content of traditional television until several obstacles to OTT adoption are overcome.” Among the OTT obstacles highlighted in the report are limited live TV, sports, and high definition content, and the relative complexity of setting up and using OTT devices and networks. “However, the OTT market is moving fast,” continued Mahony. “Judging by the rapid growth of online video consumption on sites like Hulu, and the plethora of enabling devices such as Roku, Xbox, and a range of new HDTV models, our projection may be conservative.”
* Pay TV has some cards that have not fully been played, including price reductions, bandwidth caps, and hybrid solutions (e.g. TV Everywhere; Project Canvas)
* But... Pay TV is definitely on the defensive, suffering "a thousand cuts" as content moves online and more and more devices enable the bridging between the Internet and home TVs.
* The big question is: how fast will mainstream consumers adopt technology and services that may seem foreign to them right now?
* Our "aggressive" scenario, which assumes certain market events fall into place, predicts a much larger "cord-cutting" trend over 3-5 years (you'll have to read the report to see our prediction and assumptions)
Partial list of companies and technologies mentioned in the report:
3-D TV, ABC, ActiveVideo Networks, Amazon, Amimon, Apple, AT&T, Blockbuster, Broadband Network Systems, BBC, Boxee, Cables to Go, Canoe Ventures, CBS Interactive, Comcast, Cox, Crackle, DirecTV, Disney, Discovery Channel, DOCSIS, EchoStar, EBIF, enableTV, Entone, Espial, ESPN, EZGear, HBO, HDMI, Hillcrest Labs, HomePlug, Hulu, Intel, IOGEAR, Jaman, Klickable, LG, Metacafe, Microsoft, MLB.TV, MoCA, NBC Universal, Netflix, NFL, Nintendo, Overlay.TV, Panasonic, PeerTV, Popcorn Hour, Powerline, Project Canvas, Pulse-Link, Qwest, Redbox, Research in Motion, Roku, Rovi, Samsung, Sezmi, SiBeam, Silicon Mountain, Sky, Sling Media, Sony, Thomson, TimeWarner, TiVo, Toshiba, tru2way, TVAnywhere, TV Everywhere, TVBlob, Ultrawideband, Verizon, Vizio, Vudu, WHDI, WiFi, Wireless HD, Yahoo, YouTube, ZeeVee, ZillionTV
The cost of the report is $2,499 for a department license and $3,999 for an enterprise license.
Contact Tim Fedish for a study synopsis or ordering information (bmahony@trenderresearch.com, 774-262-4222).
Thanks to everyone who provided data and perspectives for this report. I think you will find this the most comprehensive analysis of this fast-moving industry.
Westford, MA, — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a consumer technology market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced a new strategic analysis of the over the top (OTT) video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market. The report, entitled “Pay TV and the Growing Over the Top Video Threat”, analyzes the major trends of online video consumption and how they are changing the business models for cable, satellite, and IPTV service providers as well as the video rental market. The study provides a strategic analysis of major OTT players, looks at current and potential Pay TV responses to the OTT threat, and predicts likely winners and losers. The 80-page report also includes a model for estimating the percentage of households that will “cut the cord” from their Pay TV subscriptions based on limited, realistic, and aggressive adoption scenarios. Based on the realistic scenario, Trender Research predicts that 7 percent of households will forgo their Pay TV subscriptions by 2012 in favor of some combination of OTT services and free over-the-air (antenna-based) television.
“The good news for Pay TV service providers is that the 80/20 rule applies in the case of OTT video,” said Trender Research CEO and Principal Analyst Brian Mahony. “The vast majority of consumers will not consider abandoning the familiarity, comfort, and content of traditional television until several obstacles to OTT adoption are overcome.” Among the OTT obstacles highlighted in the report are limited live TV, sports, and high definition content, and the relative complexity of setting up and using OTT devices and networks. “However, the OTT market is moving fast,” continued Mahony. “Judging by the rapid growth of online video consumption on sites like Hulu, and the plethora of enabling devices such as Roku, Xbox, and a range of new HDTV models, our projection may be conservative.”
* Pay TV has some cards that have not fully been played, including price reductions, bandwidth caps, and hybrid solutions (e.g. TV Everywhere; Project Canvas)
* But... Pay TV is definitely on the defensive, suffering "a thousand cuts" as content moves online and more and more devices enable the bridging between the Internet and home TVs.
* The big question is: how fast will mainstream consumers adopt technology and services that may seem foreign to them right now?
* Our "aggressive" scenario, which assumes certain market events fall into place, predicts a much larger "cord-cutting" trend over 3-5 years (you'll have to read the report to see our prediction and assumptions)
Partial list of companies and technologies mentioned in the report:
3-D TV, ABC, ActiveVideo Networks, Amazon, Amimon, Apple, AT&T, Blockbuster, Broadband Network Systems, BBC, Boxee, Cables to Go, Canoe Ventures, CBS Interactive, Comcast, Cox, Crackle, DirecTV, Disney, Discovery Channel, DOCSIS, EchoStar, EBIF, enableTV, Entone, Espial, ESPN, EZGear, HBO, HDMI, Hillcrest Labs, HomePlug, Hulu, Intel, IOGEAR, Jaman, Klickable, LG, Metacafe, Microsoft, MLB.TV, MoCA, NBC Universal, Netflix, NFL, Nintendo, Overlay.TV, Panasonic, PeerTV, Popcorn Hour, Powerline, Project Canvas, Pulse-Link, Qwest, Redbox, Research in Motion, Roku, Rovi, Samsung, Sezmi, SiBeam, Silicon Mountain, Sky, Sling Media, Sony, Thomson, TimeWarner, TiVo, Toshiba, tru2way, TVAnywhere, TV Everywhere, TVBlob, Ultrawideband, Verizon, Vizio, Vudu, WHDI, WiFi, Wireless HD, Yahoo, YouTube, ZeeVee, ZillionTV
The cost of the report is $2,499 for a department license and $3,999 for an enterprise license.
Contact Tim Fedish for a study synopsis or ordering information (bmahony@trenderresearch.com, 774-262-4222).
Views: 87
Comment
Trender Research
Podcasts
Trender Deals at Amazon.com
Internet TV Poll
Videos
-
Jack Using Bertha Robot
Added by Brian Mahony
-
MVI_2022
Added by Joyce Pellino Crane
-
iRobot Looj-Demo Part1
Added by Brian Mahony
Top Tech News
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.
NFL Kicker! iPhone game gets you ready for the Super Bowl (Appolicious)
Appolicious - NFL Kicker! is the sort of game you download innocently enough looking to kill a few spare minutes; then, by the time you finally look up, you’ve spent half an hour devoted to kicking digital field goals. That’s far from a bad thing; rather it feels exciting to have a sports game on a mobile platform feel so immediate and gratifying.Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)
AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)
AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)
Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market.Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …© 2012 Created by Brian Mahony.
You need to be a member of Trender Research™ to add comments!
Join Trender Research™