Consumers have embraced digital media, primarily content such as music, photos and video. They generate their own content, transfer their analog data to digital formats, and download media from the Internet. The percentage of U.S. households with platforms for image and video capture, as well as music playback, has grown significantly in the past three years. At the same time, the number of “media hubs” — consumer electronics devices that connect to premium content services and can receive and/or store it — has grown tremendously.
Expanding Consumers' Digital Closet Space
Posted by: Jane Shields and Kurt Scherf August 1, 2008 04:00 AMConsumers have embraced digital media, primarily content such as music, photos and video. They generate their own content, transfer their analog data to digital formats, and download media from the Internet. The percentage of U.S. households with platforms for image and video capture, as well as music playback, has grown significantly in the past three years. At the same time, the number of “media hubs” — consumer electronics devices that connect to premium content services and can receive and/or store it — has grown tremendously.