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Middleware Solutions Provide the Glue for Multimedia
Home Networks
Over one-third of U.S. Internet households recognize the value of a
multimedia home network specifically as it relates to music, according to
Unifying Home Media Platforms & Content, a forthcoming Parks
Associates report dedicated to the middleware/software market in consumer
entertainment. Of these households, 39% see high value in the ability to
search for and play individual songs from a variety of different devices
on the network, and 32% value these abilities in regard to full-length
albums, in both cases emphasizing broad access to locally stored content.
“Consumers understand the value proposition of a multimedia home
network that connects various PCs and consumer electronics and allows easy
access to digital content,” said
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, a senior analyst at Parks Associates. “These
conditions will create market demand for multimedia network solutions such
as connected digital media servers, digital media adapters, and consumer
electronics with integrated networking capabilities.”
On the industry side, the formation of the DLNA (Digital Living Network
Alliance) and Intel® NMPR (Networked Media Product Requirements)
guidelines will help grow this industry and promote the development of
interoperable software/middleware solutions, according to Unifying Home
Media Platforms & Content.
“Software and middleware solutions provide the glue for a multimedia
home network, but for the most part, solutions from different vendors can
talk only to the PC and not to each other,” Cai said. “Recent events,
including the formation of the DLNA, are encouraging and indicate the
industry is serious in addressing these problems.”
Unifying Home Media Platforms & Content will identify the
essential product categories, important functionalities, applicable
platforms, and key players for consumer-oriented media middleware/software
solutions. It will also provide an analysis of total available market for
middleware solutions and consumer perspectives regarding media content
storage, control, distribution, and management. For more information about
this study, please visit
http://www.parksassociates.com or contact Parks Associates at
972-490-1113 or
sales@parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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