{"id":2317,"date":"2013-10-10T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T03:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2013-10-10T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T03:51:01","slug":"installed-base-of-internet-connected-video-devices-to-exceed-global-population-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2013\/10\/10\/installed-base-of-internet-connected-video-devices-to-exceed-global-population-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet-connected video devices to exceed global population in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 8 billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from\u00a0 the Broadband Technology Service at IHS Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the Internet\u2014a category that includes diverse product such as tablets, smart TVs, games consoles, smartphones, connected set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, and PCs\u2014will expand to 8.2 billion units in 2017. This will represent a nearly 90 percent increase from 4.3 billion in 2013, as presented in the attached figure.<\/p>\n

With the world\u2019s population amounting to 7.4 billion people in 2017, this means that there will be 1.1 Internet-connected video devices installed for each global citizen.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn average every human being in the world will possess more than one Internet-connected video device by the year 2017\u2014a major milestone for the electronics market,\u201d said Merrick Kingston, senior analyst, Broadband Technology, at IHS. \u201cIn practice, ownership of Internet-connected hardware will be concentrated among users whose homes are equipped with broadband connections. We\u2019re quickly approaching a world where the average broadband household contains 10 connected, video-enabled devices. This means that each TV set installed in a broadband-equipped home will be surrounded by three Internet-connected devices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Internect<\/a>Asia-Pacific gets connected<\/strong>
\nThe number of connected devices in the mature North American and Western European regions will grow at a relatively modest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 percent from 2013 to 2017.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Asia-Pacific will expand at 20 percent during the same period. Driven largely by Chinese demand, Asia-Pacific will add 1.9 billion connected devices to the global installed base between 2013 and 2017.<\/p>\n

On the other end of the regional spectrum, sub-Saharan Africa will contribute 145 million net additions to the total installed base during the next four years.<\/p>\n

Challenges and opportunities<\/strong>
\nIn order to cash in on this massive growth in Internet-connected devices, media companies across the operator, broadcast, consumer electronics manufacturing and over-the-top (OTT) businesses have embraced Internet protocol (IP) video distribution. Big names making a foray into IP video include HBO, Microsoft, DirecTV and Netflix.<\/p>\n

However, all of these companies face a major challenge: how to wrap consumers into their ecosystems, given the proliferation of platforms, high switching costs and strong incentives for consumers to stay with their existing services.<\/p>\n

Back in 2005, PCs comprised 93 percent of all connected devices. By the end of 2017, the base of connected devices will diversify dramatically, with PCs comprising only 23 percent of the connected installed base. Other devices will account for the rest of the market, including smart TVs at 5 percent, consoles\u00a0 at 2 percent, and smartphones and tablets collectively representing 67 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cAddressing the full breadth of the device landscape, and recuperating the development cost of doing so, will pose a major challenge for a number of media firms,\u201d Kingston added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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