Presentations

Transactional Movies: The Global Picture in 2012 and Beyond | 14 Mar 13 What are the major trends in the worldwide distribution of transactional movies in 2012? What factors are shaping movie consumption and consumer spending in key markets? What are the catalysts for growth and decline on a regional and global scale and where are they centered?

BVA Research Day | 11 Mar 13 tags › Richard Broughton, Director of Broadband at IHS Screen Digest presented at the British Video Association's Research Day in March 2013. He examined trends in broadband access, and the uptake of home broadband services in the UK, and the status of the UK's online video sector, with a particular focus on the subscription sector, assessing the prospects of services such as Netflix and Lovefilm.

Anytime, anywhere entertainment | 11 Jul 11 Dan Cryan presented at IHS Screen Digest's recent breakfast seminar in Paris looking at the growth in online video, the devices that drive this growth, the pressures that the growth in data puts on ISPs and ISP strategies for addressing these economic challenges.

Cord Cutting: Lessons from Europe (NCTA/Cable Europe breakfast session) | 21 Jun 11 Guy Bisson presented at the recent NCTA cable show in Chicago, highlighting key trends in the European cable industry and benchmarking it against the US cable business. A focus on cord-cutting in Europe looked at competition from DTT and IPTV and lessons that could be transferred to the US market.

The Outlook for Home Entertainment | 14 Jun 11 May 5, 2011 Video analyst Tony Gunnarsson gave a presentation at Foreningen af Danske Videogramdistributorer's annual general meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, which examined the outlook for and trends in global home entertainment. The presentation covers all industry sectors including physical video, digital retail (EST), TV VoD and iVOD (digital rental) as well as 3D. It assesses the continuing dominance of the video business by physical media and explores the current status of and potential for Blu-ray Disc. Tony also examined recent trends in the digital retail and VOD markets and assesses their likely impact on the overall digital landscape globally.

The changing landscape of online television | 14 Jun 11 tags › In this presentation IHS Screen Digest Head of Broadband Dan Cryan and Senior Analyst Marija Jaroslavskaja outline the ongoing transformation of the online television landscape brought on by the proliferation of connected living room devices. As traditional TV players evolve to become multi-screen networks and new entrants emerge, the market is rapidly fragmenting. The presentation discusses the challenges of fragmentation and emerging solutions.

Restating the retailer's value to the video industry | 10 Mar 11 tags › Delivered at the IHS Screen Digest PEVE conference 2011 this presentation examines the part retailers play in the European home video market. It looks at differing trends within the video retail environment across the Europe and at what impact those trends have on their individual markets' performance. Finally examines the principle cause of decline, the retailer's own pricing strategies.

The battle for the connected living room | 25 Nov 10 Chief analyst, Ben Keen, presented at The Future of Digital Media Distribution. This presentation looks at the battle for the connected home as games consoles, CE manufacturers, telcos, pay TV operators and broadcasters all try to develop a role in consumers' digital lives.

Does the movie industry need a new business model? | 21 Mar 10 tags › Presentation given at Screen Digest's PEVE conference by chief analyst Ben Keen on the impact that shrinking windows is having on studio revenues, the growing dispute over windows between exhibitors and distributors, the wildly different strategies deployed by the studios in the digital space, and how windows are impacting title performance on digital platforms such as iTunes.