IP Media Monitor: P2P - reports

Microsoft Gets into the Groove for Peer-to-Peer Collaboration

IDC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This IDC Flash takes a quick look at Microsoft's plans, announced on March 10, 2005, to acquire Groove Networks for an undisclosed amount and examines what this will mean for Microsoft and Groove - and for customers and competitors. ...

The Online Music Market: Own vs. Rent - Will Consumers Buy Into It?

In-Stat — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Technology - IP 4 - Streaming Media and Conferencing

Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Skype's New Premium Services Can Form Threat to Mobile Roaming Charges

IDC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This IDC Flash looks at the (beta) launch of two new premium services by VoIP provider Skype. This Luxembourg-based company forms an interesting challenge to the traditional telephony model, not only because of its underlying architecture and technology (peer-to-peer and VoIP) but also because basic calls between users are free. ...

Napster Lets the Cat out of the Bag (and the PC) with

IDC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This IDC Flash discusses the launch of Napster 's ' Napster To Go' portable subscription music service. ...

The Value of Intellectual Property

Butler Group — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The numbers and percentage figures vary, but it is generally accepted that around 70% of security breaches come from insider activity, yet most of the protection systems that we put in place protect against external attacks.

However, the majority of good quality e-mail protection and management systems now include protection against outbound data leakage, using rules-based interrogation facilities to ensure that critical corporate data can be protected. This is now also the case with a number of the blended - protect against everything - solutions that are finding significant favour within the security arena. Having said that, most of the outbound protection services are reasonably new and immature and may not cover all communications channels.

You can after all only block off those channels that you know about - e-mail etc. - but what about the use of Instant Messaging (IM) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P), most organisations do not have adequate management and protection systems in place.

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The Online Music Market: Own vs. Rent ~ Will Consumers Buy Into It?

In-Stat/MDR — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The online music market has come a long way in the past few years. More than 200 sites offering digital downloads are now available. While Peer-2-Peer (P2P) and piracy issues have not entirely disappeared, consumers are showing heightened awareness and interest in legitimate online music services.

Today's online music services offer users the ability to pay per download, buy a monthly subscription, or a combination of both. However, companies involved in the market may not all have music sales as their primary goal. With increased competition between sites this year, differentiation will be key. Services hope that creating interesting ways for users to discover music will help increase interest in new music, as well as the bottom line.

The report reviews business models and trends in the industry, as well as market drivers and challenges. The report also includes results and analysis of an online survey about the online music market and forecasts worldwide revenues for the industry.

Digital Rights Management: Selecting the key influencers of a nascent market

Datamonitor — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With the growing penetration of wireless networks in households, consumers are seeking to share their rich media content between their audio/visual devices (including PCs). This report analyzes the nascent market for digital rights management (DRM) technologies which will protect the rights and manage the distribution of such content.

Today the market is focused on copy protection technologies for CDs, DVDs and online music e-tailers. But this is only a small subset of DRM. True DRM solutions will enable consumers to share their rich content between their audio/visual (including PC) devices, regardless of brand. More advanced versions of DRM will enable 'super-distribution', which will permit consumers to legally share content with their friends (the friend will be seamlessly billed if they agree to access the content) - thus the consumer also becomes a node of distribution.

"...The studio executives who once sat high up in their glass towers watching with mere fleeting interest as P2P networks ravaged the music industry have been shocked into action by the arrival of 1, 2, 3 or higher Mbps broadband pipes..."

Key report findings and highlights

- The growth of wireless home networks is encouraging consumers to seek to share their rich media content between devices. At present consumers are limited because there are not effective DRM solutions available. But if the content industry does not act soon consumers will seek potentially non-legal alternatives.
- The DRM market participants appear to have come to the same conclusion: the DRM market will be larger if they co-operate and develop interoperable systems, than if they seek to develop their own proprietary technology. This should be good news for consumers, content owners and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers.

Reasons to purchase this report

1. Analyze the key influencers in the DRM market. It is crucial for content owners and CE manufacturers to pick the right partners
2 Examine how this market should develop information key to content owners/distributors, CE/PC vendors and DRM solution vendors
3. Assess the dramatic impact of DRM on consumer media consumption and how
it will alter the landscape for content owners/distributors and CE/PC
manufacturers

"...Back at the height of the dot.com boom, the leading DRM IP holders viewed the future of DRM as akin to a license to print money, the more conservative period of investment since 2000 has introduced an era of more realistic expectations..."

Blogging, RSS, and Social Networking Rising Steadily, according to New Data Unveiled at ...

Forrester Research, Inc. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The number of consumers who are tuning out traditional media and advertising, and using consumer-to-consumer communication like blogging, mobile messaging, comparison shopping sites, word-of-mouth marketing, and peer-to-peer networks continues to rise. These technologies will have a significant impact on the way companies uncover consumer insight and accelerate the innovation of products, services, and design.

Global - Services - Online Music

Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Music will always be popular, and the ability to access it online has also proved to be extremely popular. The ease of sharing files on the Internet, and recent advances in file formatting have led to the proliferation of music piracy. This has caused great concern to the music industry which sees the rapid deterioration of its revenues from both sales and royalties, as evidenced by the Napster problems. This report discusses the latest developments in the online music industry, and the question of piracy.

Online Music: Downloads, Streaming, Radio, Mobile

eMarketer — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Online Music report analyzes the recent developments that are rocking the music business down to its foundations.

From vinyl to CD, from CD to MP3, music listeners are once again changing the way they buy, store, share and listen to music. Few industries, over the last 20 years, have had to adapt so quickly and so frequently to technological change as the music industry, but the change that is beginning to occur in 2005, is perhaps the biggest transformation yet.

Widespread broadband adoption combined with the digitization of music and the emergence of portable digital music players is fundamentally changing the music industry. While the Kazaas and the Groksters and eDonkeys of the world will continue to be the underground nemeses of copyright holders, legitimate online music services such as iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and others are competing with P2P networks, and an increasing percentage of all music sales are being conducted online.

A genuine online music sector is now emerging, and, as a result, the industry--and its many distribution channels--will never conduct business the same.

See what the changes that are rocking the industry mean for your business, read the Online Music report today.

Key questions the Online Music report addresses:

What is the value of the online music sector?

Where is it heading?

Will digital downloads or subscription services be favored among Internet music users?

What is the status of Internet radio, satellite radio and podcasting?

Will the mobile phone eventually become the premier portable music device?

And much more...

Microsoft Creates Avalanche, a P2P File Distribution Solution

IDC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

During the annual open day of Microsoft's research lab in Cambridge (U.K.) on June 15, 2005, Microsoft shed some light on a P2P file distribution solution, dubbed Avalanche, which it is currently developing. This follows the announcement Microsof...

Online Music: Downloads, Streaming, Radio, Mobile

eMarketer — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Global VoIP - Hosted & Non-Hosted Services: Business & Enterprise Markets, 2006-2010

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This unique study provides a detailed analysis of the evolving market opportunity for VoIP hosted and non-hosted services in the business & enterprise sector. Who will be the winners and losers in the service supply chain and where will the significant revenues rise and fall? This 197 page report covers the next five years and is packed with market figures, industry interviews and intelligent analysis - from technology, security & deployment, to issues covering the impact on telco revenues.

Television 2015 - The Future Of TV Financing In Europe

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This report looks at the future of European television based on an indepth analysis of the industry in 2005 covering competition between TV distribution networks, the emergence of new offerings, the threat from new entrants, gradual changes in media consumption, choices made by advertisers etc.

Digital Music: Legitimising the P2P Model

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Two important trends are emerging from the P2P landscape: firstly, previously unauthorised services such as iMesh are now reinventing themselves as legitimate businesses and secondly - perhaps more significantly - the underlying P2P technology is being scrutinised by companies such as Warner, Bertelsmann and Microsoft for its potential as a digital media distribution solution. Indeed, several commercial digital entertainment services are already being developed that use P2P as a distribution technology, which can lead to cost savings for the service provider. With the legal tide turning against them, practically all of the unauthorised P2P music service players have grudgingly accepted that the only viable path is to convert their ventures into legitimate businesses.

Digital Music: Legitimising the P2P Model

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Market Focus: Digital Rights Management in the Media Sector

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Media companies need to retain greater control over the content they provide the lessons learnt from the illegal P2P music sites are still fresh in the minds of media executives, who are understandably keen to restrict such practices going forwards. DRM technologies offer the potential to protect content rights, while providing consumers with flexible usage of the content that they buy.

Global VoIP - Hardware, Software & Applications: Business & Enterprise Markets, 2006-2010

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This unique study provides a detailed analysis of the evolving market opportunity for VoIP hardware, software and applications in the business & enterprise sector. Who will be the winners and losers in the supply chain and where will the significant revenues rise and fall? This 180 page report covers the next five years and is packed with market figures, industry interviews and intelligent analysis - from security, and spam through to quality of service and deployment issues.

VoiPocalypse Now: How Google, Skype, and Yahoo! Will Change Fixed Telcos Model

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Why is Portal VoIP so dangerous? VoIP has been nothing short of a nightmare for fixed operators. Faced with the onerous choice of losing PSTN revenues to third-party VoIP services, or losing revenues to in-house VoIP, telcos can do little to stem the accelerated decline of voice revenues in an inevitable zero sum game.

Online Paid Content - Global Strategic Business Report

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Online Paid Content in US$ Million. The major product segments analyzed are Personals/Dating, Entertainment & Lifestyles (Music, Video and Gaming), Business/Investment/Finance, Sports & Games, Research, General News & Archives and Others (Includes greeting cards, Personal growth, credit help, community made directories).

North American Enterprise Peer-to-Peer Telephony Solutions

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled North American Enterprise P2P Telephony Solutions provides an overview of the market size, drivers, restraints, and trends influencing the market.

MP3 Player Accessories in the United States

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This report examines the U.S. market for MP3 player accessories, which grew from $50 million in 2001 to $2 billion in 2006, driven by strong sales of MP3 players, increased availability of accessories, lifestyle changes among consumers and continuing product development.

Global Music Industry

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This report provides a comprehensive overview on all aspects of the global music industry. It provides a detailed description of the macro environment of the industry with the aid of the PEST framework. The competitive landscape of the industry has been analyzed using Michael Porter's Five Forces Model. It also gives a brief profile of some major players including UMG, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group. The report also discusses the major issues confronting the industry, such as piracy and copyrights breeches.

European Peer-to-Peer Telephony Markets

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled European Peer-to-Peer Telephony Markets provides an analysis of the P2P telephony products and services markets, with a special emphasis on the enterprise segment. The study includes an overview of key market drivers, restraints and market forecasts for P2P-enabled desk phones.

Australia - Digital Media - Video Comms, P2P, Instant messaging, Blogging, Social Networks

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The key application of digital media will be communication - as in other developments, such as mobile messaging and email. But digital media will include an additional important element, video-based communication, and this will completely transform telecoms, media and IT. Linked to cheap broadband and interactivity, this will also result in over 75% of all new media being generated by the users themselves. And so companies involved in digital media will have to drastically change their business models to allow for user participation and user-generated services and applications.

European Peer-to-Peer Telephony Markets

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00