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Research and Markets: Streaming Media: the Streaming Media Server, Advertising, Subscription Services, and Online Music Shipment Market Expected to Grow to $14.9 Billion by 2009

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Streaming Media: Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2004 to 2009 to their offering.
Streaming media represents an aspect of the Internet that gives it more meaning and more capabilities. It has the potential to increase productivity in every aspect of human endeavour. By promoting the delivery of just in time training, it makes everyone more productive.

Consumers will use streaming media on the Internet to achieve improved access to entertainment. Games, music, movies, and videos can be shared inexpensively. The quantity of media available easily is phenomenal. This will create more demand for broadband wire line and wireless networks.

Streaming media represents an aspect of the Internet that gives it more meaning and more capabilities. It has the potential to increase productivity in every aspect of human endeavour. By promoting the delivery of just in time training, it makes everyone more productive.

Consumers will use streaming media on the Internet to achieve improved access to entertainment. Games, music, movies, and videos can be shared inexpensively. The quantity of media available easily is phenomenal. This will create more demand for broadband wire line and wireless networks.

Enterprise Use of Streaming Media relates to facilitating communication and education via multimedia systems. Servers facilitate content creation and delivery. Access to multimedia is seamless.

Digital media content creation extends the reach of executives and sales people to a new venue. Media connect technology gives compatibility between proprietary devices and ease of access to content stored on the PC.

The broad acceptance of the Internet is creating demand for a means of video and audio media content delivery. Digital media is set to leverage the Internet transmission system. Consumer markets have accelerated demand for sophisticated communications transmission.

Consumer markets drive streaming media. Demand for music online and for more sports coverage is the primary market drivers. Games represent a large streaming media market opportunity.

Productivity gains are huge with streaming media for the enterprise. Meetings can be conducted remotely. Training can be offered on a just in time basis. Internet media consumption is being driven by desires to productively conduct business all over the world. More members of a team can participate in the conduct of business with less travel using streaming media.

Continuing advances in broadband and wireless technology have increased the practicality and popularity of a number of digital technical advances for media delivery formats. Media communications has moved the Internet closer to becoming a mass medium.

The streaming media server, advertising, subscription services, and online music shipment market is expected to grow to $14.9 billion by 2009. Demand for streaming music and movies are primary market drivers. These are delivered on a subscription and download basis.

Server markers are related to content developers needing to format content for the services offerings. Markets are at $577.4 million in 2003.

Companies Profiled- Microsoft- RealNetworks- Apple Computer- Cisco- Loudeye- Macromedia- Matsushita Electric Industrial- MusicNet- Sonic Solutions- ViewpointIn this report, forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary databases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews were conducted for this report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in this segment.

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