Birds-Eye.Net Broadband Video on Demand (VOD) Market Research

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Video on Demand (VoD)
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VoD market research provides guidance for operators and opportunities for hardware, software, and content vendors

By: Bruce Bahlmann - Contributing Author (your feedback is important to us!)

Public companies to watch related to VoD
Birds-Eye.Net Analysis
- Introduction to VoD from a broadband perspective
- Information vs. entertainment quality video
- Challenges faced by broadband service providers
- Billing obstacles
- Electronic program guide (EPG) interfacing
VoD deployment snap shot
Market research data related to VoD
Market research data related to PPV
- Background on PPV
- History of PPV challenges and similar anticipated VoD obstacles
Broadband online movie service (streaming IP video)
Digital Rights Management: Microsoft, Sony (Passage)
Packaged media video distribution business (Blockbuster, Netflix, McDonalds, Walmart, etc.)
Broadband service provider plans for VoD
Content providers views of VoD
VoD vendors
- Vendor information Artel, Broadbus, Callis, Concurrent, Exavio, Harmonic, InfoValue, Kasenna, Midstream, Movidis, nCube, SeaChange, SGI, Streambox, Streaming21, Sun Microsystems
- Out of business or winding down operations: DIVA, Manticom Networks
CLEC & ILEC implementation of VoD
- Introduction of Switched Digital Video (SDV)
- Comparisons of telco and cable approaches to VoD
PVR and Tivo
Significant events shaping VoD landscape (legal and other)
Content licensing issues

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Check out these other Birds-Eye.Net papers/products regarding Video on Demand (VoD):

Brushing the Dust Off Long Tail Video on Demand (VoD) Titles - Addressing the problem of accessibility in ever growing VoD libraries
Consumer Appetite for High Tech Television - From HDTV, to Video on Demand (VoD), and perhaps to a la carte
Video on Demand (VoD) Reinventing Itself - How technology and competitive shifts within VoD are defining next generation solutions
VoD Market Research - VoD market research provides guidance for operators and opportunities for hardware, software, and content vendors
VoD No Match for DVD Portability and Standardization - Predicting the outcome of competition between VoD and packaged media

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