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• Report: Mobile Content Explosion Makes Memory Cards A Big Money-Maker

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  With more content being created and consumed on mobile phones, an interesting phenomenon has occurred: memory cards have quickly become the biggest money maker in accessory sales, research firm ABI Research reports. It isn't surprising that consumers are scrambling for more storage since many cellphones these days come with...

  Tags: Phone, Memory Card, Mobile, ABI Research, Sales Strategy, Flash Memory, Memory, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Entertainment, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Matt Kapko, SanDisk Corp.

• Number of US Online Households Watching Broadband Video Doubled In One Year, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-26

  NEW YORK -- According to a new ABI Research survey of online households in the United States, the number of consumers watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32% a year ago to 63% today. ABI Research believes this is due to growth...

  Tags: ABI Research, broadband, entertainment, MARKETING, video

• Digital Home Trends Discussed in Webcast by ABI Research's Michael Wolf

  - 2008-06-26

  NEW YORK -- Digital media are transforming our experience of entertainment more profoundly than at any time since the introduction of radio and television themselves. And in industrialized regions, growing numbers of consumers are seeking ways to distribute digital information and entertainment content around the home, creating wired or wireless...

  Tags: ABI Research, entertainment, MARKETING, TVs, Webcast

• ABI Research finds home networking market in transition as Internet-delivered entertainment grows.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2007-02-01

  As new modes of content delivery grow in popularity, the home networking market is set to evolve from one that largely consists of home networking hardware such as routers, to one dominated by networked entertainment devices. Online video will spark growth...

  Tags: ABI Research, entertainment, Internet, MARKETING, network, NETWORKING

• ABI Research Finds Game Consoles Fast Becoming Major Factor in Digital Distribution of Gaming and Entertainment Content

  - 2007-01-25

  NEW YORK -- As increasing numbers of gamers participate in multiplayer gaming and community features enabled by their consoles' online service offerings, a growing percentage of their gaming budgets will go towards the purchase of in-game virtual assets such as maps, game related add-ons, casual game titles, and, eventually, full...

  Tags: ABI Research, console, entertainment, game, game console

• ABI Research sees other devices soon to overtake gaming consoles in networked entertainment markets.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2006-08-01

  The market for networked entertainment devices is currently dominated by gaming consoles. ABI Research estimates that in 2006, 44 million consoles and portable gaming handhelds will ship with network connections. But Mike Wolf, principal analyst at ABI Research, said, "As the market for online distribution of...

  Tags: ABI Research, console, entertainment, Games, MARKETING, network, set-top

• Value of Networked Consumer Electronics and Home Networking Hardware to Reach $85 Billion by 2011

  - 2006-03-30

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- According to a new study from ABI Research, the market for home networking and connected entertainment devices will grow at an astonishing rate over the next few years, as the total value of home networking hardware, gateways, networked storage devices and networked entertainment devices rises from...

  Tags: ABI Research, entertainment, network, NETWORKING

• Not Just Entertainment: ABI Research Finds Rich Media Asset Management Pervasive

  - 2005-05-19

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Say "rich media" and "digital asset management" to most people, and they will most likely think of the entertainment distribution industry, with its massive need to manage picture, sound and video collections.

  Tags: ABI Research, entertainment, rich media

• Since the Head Unit Cannot Keep Up With Consumers' Entertainment Needs, Can Automakers Create an iPod on Wheels?

  BNET - 2005-03-31

  In 2004, over four million Apple iPods were sold globally. When coupled with the notion that aftermarket plug-and-play satellite radio receivers also total shipments well into the millions, it is clear that the traditional head unit is losing its stature as king of automotive entertainment. Consumers are increasingly accessing music...

  Tags: Apple iPod, ABI Research, Satellite, Entertainment, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

• IP-STB Shipments to Outpace Cable, Satellite Boxes by 4X (Electronic News)

  - 2004-10-25

  The market for IP set-top boxes (IP-STB) is expected to grow 60 percent over the next five years, which is at least four times faster than the market for cable or satellite-based boxes, predicted to grow at a CAGR of 13 percent to 14 percent in the same time period,...

  Tags: ABI Research, Cable, Chipsets, Components, entertainment, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, satellite, Semiconductors, TELECOMMUNICATIONS