IDC's Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets helps consumer electronics vendors, PC manufacturers, home networking companies, pay-TV operators, content owners, music service providers, component companies, software providers, online gaming service providers, and investors, navigate these rapidly evolving markets and capture growth opportunities. This service tracks the products, services, technologies, vendors, and end users in the consumer markets around the APEJ region. It provides forecasts, competitive analyses, demand-side surveys, and assessments of these rapidly evolving markets.

This service covers the following segments of the Consumer market in Australia, India, Korea, PRC, Singapore, Taiwan and the rest of Asia:

• Compressed audio (MP3) players
• IP-based and mobile music service providers
• Digital Set-Top Boxes (STBs)
• IPTV services
• Internet video
• LCD TV and Plasma
• Media center PCs
• Consumer attitude towards and usage of home networks
• Consumer interest in, intent to buy, and ownership of audio and video products and services
• Online gaming
• Videogame hardware and software

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Future outlook for digital audio devices, services, and content
• Development of content distribution technologies
• Accelerators and inhibitors facing each market segment
• Impact of technology convergence on consumer devices and home networking
• Consumer usage/ownership, awareness, and intent to use/purchase audio and video devices, services, and content
• Consumer awareness, understanding, adoption of and interest in home networking and connectivity equipment, applications, and services

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What are the hot and emerging audio and video opportunities in Asia/Pacific?
2. How are the interests of pay TV operators, content owners, CE vendors, and PC companies intersecting?
3. What are the key drivers and inhibitors in Asian markets for digital audio and video devices, and which form factors are likely to receive the greatest acceptance?
4. How do consumers access and share digital audio and video content across multiple devices and usage environments?
5. What are the realistic business models for selling music via online and mobile services, and which players will be most influential in the emerging online market?
6. 6. Which companies and business models will drive the gaming market?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Consumer Markets service examines how consumer electronics vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the consumer devices and services market. This service reviews product strategies, competitive positioning, and overall strategic direction of major providers in the consumer markets, including:

Aigo, Archos, Apple, Agere, Belkin, Broadcom, Buffalo, Cowon, Creative Labs, Dell, Disney, EMI, Hitachi, Hynix, HP, Intel, Lenovo, LG, Lite-On, Linksys, Microsoft, Matsushita/Panasonic, MSI, Motorola, Netgear, Newman, Nokia, Philips, Pioneer, Reigncom/iRiver, Samsung, SanDisk, Scientific Atlanta, Sharp, Sony, Sony BMG, Tatung, TCL, Trigem, Toshiba, Universal Music, ViewSonic, Yahoo!, and Warner Music.

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Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

This study is a forecast and analysis of the Asia/Pacific market for compressed audio (MP3) players and provides a detailed breakdown by different form factors.

These studies separately forecast users and revenue for IP-based and mobile music services in the major APEJ markets and provide analysis of key players and trends in those markets.

This study examines trends in the Asia/Pacific digital camera market and provides five-year forecasts by major countries, by different form factor and device resolution.

This study presents forecasts and analysis of the digital STB market. The forecast includes cable, satellite, and IPTV boxes. STB evolution is also part of the analysis as the penetration of high-end boxes starts to grow.

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• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
• Around-the-clock access to our market intelligence on idc.com, IDC's personalized Web experience
• A view of the market's future with 12 months of continuous intelligence about its direction and the reasons behind it, along with actionable advice for taking advantage of existing and emerging opportunities
• Special client discount pricing on purchases of research from other services
• Complimentary invitations to monthly executive telebriefings, interactive forums designed to provide you with insights about research and strategies directly from IDC analysts

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