Overview:
This report considers the market for the digital distribution of filmed entertainment and the obstacles which must be overcome before movie download services become a mass market proposition. Screen Digest predicts that European movie downloading will accelerate from Euro 10m in 2005 to Euro 690m by the end of 2010.
Slowing growth in the physical home entertainment sector has sharpened the focus of Hollywood Studios on the potential of online distribution. Between 2004 and 2005 total trade revenues on retail and rental DVD fell by more than 8% in Western Europe. Key obstacles to the growth of digital downloading including: broadband speeds; rights issues; pricing policies and rights management are all addressed.
The market overview considers: the traditional value chain; VoD delivery options; total broadband subscribers; future value chain and revenues by business model. There is also dedicated analysis of each of the existing online movie service providers and the market as a whole in Western Europe.
Covered in the report:
Historical and five year forecast volume and revenue numbers for 16 Western European markets, including:
Digital retail
Digital rental
A la cart
Subscription
Box office revenue
Video & DVD revenues
Analysis of digital movie download value chain and business models (including pay-per-view, subscription VoD and digital retail)
Market drivers, obstacles and opportunites
Profiles of online movie service providers, including telcos, ISPs, cable and pay tv operators, portals, technology companies, online DVD rentailers, etailers and retailers
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