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Mobile Music (4th Edition)
Published: June 2006
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Mobile Music is forcasted to generate over US$13 billion by all forms of mobile music
Mobile Music report discusses and concentrates on the regulatory issues that are important and under current debate in the mobile music industry.
Key Coverage
- Mobile Music report discusses DRM considerations - DRM issues have brought the usual interoperability and standards debate to this market and efforts to develop cross-industry standards have been predictably constrained by disputes amongst all parties involved.
- Case Study which looks at the French Parliament open standards/iPod debate - The French parliament are trying to force iPod crator Apple to make its DRM open to all industry players if it wanted to remain in the European market.
- Pricing is still a hurdle to overcome - since consumers continue to be able to purchase cheap and legal downloads for less than the cost of delivery to handset. The advent of wholesale data pricing, coupled with a greater number of real-tones available, is expected to help drive down costs in Europe.
Mobile Music provides you will the tools to undertake strategic planning, and identify future investments in the mobile industry
Market Data
Mobile Music examines:
- The issues and challenges faced by manufactures, operators and record companies
- Developments in technology
- The mobile music value chain
- Informa Telecoms and Media's Mobile Content Survey results, as completed by industry peers.
Forecasts
Mobile Music forecasts for 2006-2011:
- Ring-tones - monophonic, polyphonic, real tones, voice tones, ring-back tones
- Streaming - both audio and video
- Full track downloads
A large proportion of the estimated US$13 billion that will be generated by all forms of mobile music, is still derived from ring-tones, with ring-back tones (RBTs) making significant contributions to this growth. The steady growth in full-track downloads (FTD) and streaming audio services are also helping to raise the profile of the mobile phone as a credible music device.
For a comprehensive listing of al the mobile music forecasts contained in this report, please download the Table of Contents.
Key Issues Addressed
- Learn about regional differences in relation to take up of mobile music services; what impact do cultural preferences have on the provision of regional business models?
- What is the importance of long-tail content In relation to music services and why this off-portal debate a key part of future for mobile music?
- Which models will mobile operators opt for; distribution pipe or full integrated mobile content provider
- Understand why the mobile phone will not cause the demise of the iPod, and why the iPod will not prevent growth of mobile music
Countries / Sectors / Companies Covered
- Coremedia
- NTT
- DoCoMo
- O2
- Groove Mobile
- Orange
- Loudeye
- SanDisk
- Monstermob
- Sony NetServices
- Musiwave
- Sprint
- Nokia
- Vodafone
Who should read this report
- Record Companies - gain insight into the strategies employed by major record labels to successfully enter this market and optimise revenues. Learn how to best work within the mobile industry
- Mobile Operators and vendors - understand the challenges facing mobile players when entering the mobile music market and learn from real life experiences of your major competitors
- Mobile application developers and service providers - examine the role of all the players within the mobile music value chain, evaluate business models, partnership and revenue opportunities and be best placed to invest in the lucrative industry
- Industry analysts and investors - with forecasts to 2011 evaluate where the industry is heading and benefit from insightful commentary from expert analysis
Pricing Information
| Mobile Music: Paper Copy Only | GBP 2495 USD 4491 EUR 3743 |
| Mobile Music: Single User Online PDF | GBP 3743 USD 6737 EUR 5614 |
| Mobile Music: Single User Online PDF + Paper Copy | GBP 4990 USD 8982 EUR 7485 |
| For multi-user licenses please contact our customer service team on +44 (0)20 7017 5537 or email telecoms.enquiries@informa.com | |
