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mercredi 9 janvier 2013

Payments the biggest breakthrough in the mobile industry for 2013?

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By Ivory King January 08, 2013 mobile device with credit card inside
The growth of mobile has now reached the point where it is inextricable from the larger digital economy. For 2013, mobile payments should be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the field.

With the number of mobile subscriptions fast approaching the human population in 2013, mobile is becoming a mainstream driver of business productivity and social interaction. The next generation of faster network speeds is making mobile broadband more available in order to further this growth and consumption of data. The Mobile Industry Predictions Survey from tech and strategy consulting firm Chetan Sharma asked app developers, startup entrepreneurs, and infrastructure, device and mobile operator industry players about the most notable relevant events that occurred last year or can be expected to arise in the year to come. Among these predictions, the biggest breakthrough for mobile is expected to be in payments.
Mobile payments are expected to be disrupted…
Nearly 35 percent of respondents believe that mobile payments will be a breakthrough category in 2013. Besides the expected impact of payments, 31 percent believe that cloud services be the biggest breakthrough in mobile this year. Nearly 30 percent support mobile commerce, 27 percent are for big data, and connected services have about 26 percent of the vote. Expanding the outlook from breakthroughs to newsworthy developments, most plan to follow the continued growth of global mobile data. Other hot topics are the continued competition between Google and Apple, as well as mobile devices’ (both tablets and smartphones) growing dominance in computing.
…And to be most likely dominated by financial corporations rather than tech companies
Industry leaders overwhelmingly expect financial companies such as VISA to dominate mobile payments in growing numbers; from 30 percent in 2011 to 39 percent in 2013. Nobody else came close in presence than that, but PayPal has 13 percent support for presence in 2013. There are many others that are expected to have a small presence in the new year for mobile payments: operators like Isis, startups, and Google. Amazon and Apple did not have any impact on this area in 2011, but entered the scene in 2012 and are both expected to grow this influence this year, though they only have 11 and 6 percent of support from those surveyed, respectively.

mercredi 8 août 2012

The success of IPTVs keep television relevant with connected content

A lire sur:  http://www.atelier.net/node/409105
Par Ivory King 07 août 2012 connected screen with images of programs

Most Americans watch traditional TV, but connected TV purchases are rising. This could increase content consumption but will influence the industry with its increased bandwidth demands.
Despite its veteran status, television still is the main platform for watching content. Americans watch one screen or another for 35 hours each week, 94 percent of which is on a traditional TV. Though much of TV distribution is broadcast or cable, Internet Protocol television - IPTV - is influencing growth in viewing options while still reinforcing the TV’s position as main video device. These devices play regular programming and also connect to home broadband to stream video services from Netflix, Amazon, etc. The spread of IPTV is unique compared to other devices, since its expanded features are built into devices that people have and continued to purchase. As of February of this year, 10.4 percent of homes had an IPTV, up from 4.7 percent at the same time in 2011.
Connected TVs reinforce the television screen…
Instead of cannibalizing another device’s market share, IPTV increases the feature set of traditional TV sets, driving purchases within the category, as Nielsen’s reports. So while television usage remains strong, connected TVs support usage and increase the adoption of streaming features. This directly opposes the trends seen in once essential stand-alone devices; VCR and DVD player sales decreased over the same period. DVRs, however, are now found in 44 percent of homes, so the category of set-top boxes may not yet be a maximized category.
… And make bandwidth a priority for the media industry
Trend confirmation can already be seen from industry support - IP-based devices for watching video are currently being prioritized by media companies. Time Warner Cable is deploying new gateway DVR devices, and increase support to more connected devices, such as IPTVs and video game consoles. This initial move may indicate the next struggle in TV broadcast - the demand for bandwidth will increase dramatically with higher penetration of connected TVs. ValueMarkconsiders the possibility of Google’s ISP offering, which will surpass speeds of 1GBPS. This and other future entries into the industry could finally offer consumers a viable media offering that competes with traditional telecoms.