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Opportunities For Telcos In Two-Camp Digital Rights Push
Oyster Bay NY (SPX) Jan 31, 2005 The industry devoted to digital rights management (DRM) is shaping up into two camps with differing value chains and business alliances, according to studies conducted by ABI Research. Ten years ago, whether a consumer received audiovisual content via cable or satellite, the situation was homogenous: service providers allying with equipment vendors to ensure that access was provided only to those who paid for it. Today, NDS, Nagra, Irdeto take advantage of their existing relationships in the DRM market place. But now that group of traditional alliances has been joined by another: DRM vendors such as Microsoft, RealNetworks and Apple that work closely with the content-owning community to address the need for legal, downloadable materials that can be accessed through broadband networks. In time this channel will begin to become end-device agnostic. These two camps, says director of broadband and residential entertainment technologies Vamsi Sistla, strive for the same goal - the greatest number of consumers purchasing the rights they control - but are approaching it from different directions. Global DRM revenues will grow by at least 28% in 2005, Sistla forecasts, and the highest growth opportunities are among telcos, broadband, mobile and in portable markets. It is here, where DRM vendors partner with content owners and distributors, that the last decade's profound changes in global networking show their fullest impact. The ABI Research study "Conditional Access & Digital Rights Management" considers global trends in revenue and shipments across cable, satellite, terrestrial, IP/telco, mobile and portable content technologies. For each platform, detailed segmentation is provided, including mobile content protection and portable devices content protection. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ABI Research SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Satellite-based Internet technologies
iPod Dominance A Mirage
Chicago (UPI) Jan 09, 2006Though Apple Computer has reported remarkable success with its iPod - sales rose by 250 percent during the last fiscal year - there is some competition coming this week for the developer of the world's most famous, legitimate music downloading network, experts tell United Press International's Networking. |
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