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• Video Surveillance Dollars Not Just for Security, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-08

  NEW YORK -- Security is the best-known application of video surveillance, but by no means the only one. Transportation systems and retail are both promising markets for video surveillance, where its uses extend to legal liability prevention, customer behavior analysis, and store design. Global spending on video surveillance for...

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• 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...

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• Multi-Channel Video Authority Robert Clark Joins ABI Research

  - 2008-08-28

  NEW YORK -- ABI Research has announced the appointment of Robert Clark as Principal Analyst, Multi-Channel Video. Robert brings a wealth of knowledge to the position, with a particular strength in core network infrastructure. He is the firm's lead Multi-Channel Video analyst, with research coverage focusing on cable, telco IPTV,...

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• Universities Saying "Yes" to 802.11n, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-08-25

  NEW YORK -- Universities, already early-adopters of earlier flavors of Wi-Fi, are also leading the charge towards 802.11n, especially in North America. "Although current penetration of the higher education market is only 2.3%, that still represents a good rate of uptake for such a new, pre-standard technology," says ABI...

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• As Online Video Enters the Living Room, User Interfaces Begin the Transition to Web Based Technologies

  - 2008-07-29

  NEW YORK -- While the rest of the consumer electronics and pay-TV worlds are still stuck in more traditional native code environments, the push for online video and social communities in the living room has resulted in ever-increasing interest in HTML and other web-based technologies on consumer TVs. "ABI...

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• Watch This Space: Video Surveillance Software Revenue to Grow Fourfold by 2013, Says ABI Research Forecast

  - 2008-05-28

  NEW YORK -- Video surveillance systems have existed for many years, but until recently, extracting useful information from them was labor-intensive, time-consuming and tedious. Now, however, the quickening transition from analog to digital video has made it possible to use software for detection and analysis. This can free humans from...

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• More Than One Billion Users Will View Online Video in 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-05-27

  LONDON -- Sparked by increasing broadband penetration and rising connection speeds available to a growing percentage of the world's population, over-the-top video has seen phenomenal growth in very recent years. A new study from ABI Research forecasts the number of viewers who access video via the Web to nearly quadruple...

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• US TV Viewers Embrace High Definition ; Rarely Use Pay-Per-View, According to ABI Research Survey

  - 2008-03-25

  NEW YORK -- In December of 2007 ABI Research conducted an online survey of 1002 television and video consumers in the United States. Its aim was to measure American consumers' viewing and content/service purchasing habits and preferences - information of critical importance to all members of today's video entertainment value...

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• Video Surveillance: A Market Poised for $46 Billion of Explosive Growth, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-03-18

  NEW YORK -- ABI Research believes that the video surveillance market is poised for explosive growth, which the firm forecasts to expand from revenue of about $13.5 billion in 2006 to a remarkable $46 billion in 2013. Those figures include cameras, computers and storage, professional services, and hardware infrastructure: everything...

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• Rental to Lead the Over-the-Top Online Video Pay Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-01-17

  NEW YORK -- As new solutions for bringing online video to the TV flourish, ABI Research believes that rental, download to own and subscription models will all see significant traction. However, the greatest number of downloads will be through rental, in particular for online movie rentals. Overall online pay video...

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