The use of a home network largely as a broadband-sharing mechanism is just the first of several stages in the evolution of connectivity. For example, while we predict that by year-end 2010, nearly 40 million U.S. households — and an estimated 180 million worldwide households — will have data networking solutions that allow for the sharing of broadband and for communications applications, the market potential for multimedia and entertainment networks is also substantial. Also by the end of 2010, we forecast 30 million households will have multimedia and/or entertainment networking solutions.
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Time Shifting, Whole-House DVRs and the Future of TV
Posted by: Kurt Scherf February 15, 2007 04:00 AMThe use of a home network largely as a broadband-sharing mechanism is just the first of several stages in the evolution of connectivity. For example, while we predict that by year-end 2010, nearly 40 million U.S. households — and an estimated 180 million worldwide households — will have data networking solutions that allow for the sharing of broadband and for communications applications, the market potential for multimedia and entertainment networks is also substantial. Also by the end of 2010, we forecast 30 million households will have multimedia and/or entertainment networking solutions.