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The Bottom Line
1.0 Notes on Methodology and Report Focus
1.1 Sources of Data
1.2 Definitions and Descriptions
2.0 TV Services: A Global Overview
2.1 North America
2.1.1 United States
Subscriber Base
Competitive Environment
Business Environment
2.1.2 Canada
Subscriber Base
Competitive and Business Environment
2.1.3 Europe
Subscriber Base
Competitive Environment
Business Environment
2.1.4 Asia-Pacific
Subscriber Base
Competitive Environment
Business Environment
3.0 Defining Television 2.0 Features
3.1 High-definition Channels
3.2 Video-on-Demand
3.3 Home Networking: The Beginning of Multi-platform Content
3.4 Blending the Internet with TV
3.5 Interactive Features and Advertising
3.6 Social Networking and Community Applications
3.7 Summary: Which Features Matter?
3.7.1 First Tier Services
3.7.2 Second Tier Services
3.7.3 Third Tier Services: Portable Device Interoperability, Communications, and Targeted Local Information and Programming
4.0 Television Services Value Chain: From Home to Head-end
4.1 Set-top Boxes
4.2 Middleware
4.3 Other Third-Party Software
4.4 STB Hardware
4.5 Networking Chipsets
4.6 Conditional Access/DRM
4.7 Edge Equipment
4.7.1 VoD Servers
4.7.2 Ad Insertion
4.8 Video Headend and Encoders
5.0 Global Forecasts
5.1 Set-top Boxes and DVRs
6.0 Predictions and Recommendations
6.1 Predictions
6.2 Recommendations for Industry Players
6.2.1 Service Providers
6.2.2 Technology Providers and Consumer Electronics Vendors
Resource Book
7.0 Television Services Value Chain Profiles
7.1 Set-Top Box Manufacturers
7.1.1 Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB)
7.1.2 Cisco Systems (Scientific Atlanta)
7.1.3 Coship
7.1.4 Echostar
7.1.5 Homecast
7.1.6 Humax
7.1.7 Motorola
7.1.8 Pace Technologies
7.1.9 Samsung
7.1.10 Sagem Communications
7.2 Middleware Providers
7.2.1 News Digital Systems
7.2.2 Digeo
7.2.3 Dreampark
7.2.4 Digital Video Broadcast
7.2.5 Espial
7.2.6 Kasenna
7.2.7 Microsoft
7.2.8 Minerva Networks
7.2.9 Myrio (Siemens Communications)
7.2.10 OpenTV
7.2.11 Orca Interactive
7.2.12 Ortikon
7.2.13 Osmosys
7.2.14 Vidiom
7.3 Conditional Access and Digital Rights Management
7.3.1 News Digital Systems
7.3.2 Latens
7.3.3 Motorola
7.3.4 Conax
7.3.5 Viaccess
7.3.6 Cisco (Scientific Atlanta)
7.3.7 Nagravision
7.3.8 Widevine Technologies
7.3.9 Irdeto
7.3.10 Ad Insertion Technology Providers
7.3.11 Adtec Digital
7.3.12 BigBand Networks
7.3.13 BlackArrow
7.3.14 CASTIS
7.3.15 C-COR
7.3.16 Packet Vision
7.3.17 SeaChange International
7.3.18 Tandberg Television
7.4 Video-On-Demand Servers
7.4.1 Anevia
7.4.2 BitBand
7.4.3 CASTIS
7.4.4 C-COR
7.4.5 Cisco Systems
7.4.6 Harmonic Incorporated
7.4.7 Kasenna
7.4.8 Motorola
7.4.9 ORTIKON
7.4.10 SeaChange International
7.4.11 Tandberg Television
7.5 Head-end and Encoder Vendors
7.5.1 Adtec Digital
7.5.2 Anevia
7.5.3 Envivio
7.5.4 Harmonic Incorporated
7.5.5 Tandberg Television