According to an Instat report entitled Worldwide Electronic Entertainment: Packaged Goods Value And Network-Connected Households -- "By 2009, we believe that nearly 55% of all TV households will be connected to Cable TV (analog or digital), Satellite Pay-TV services, Digital Terrestrial networks, or emerging Broadband TV services. Sales of Hollywood movies on Standard DVDs will experience slowing growth, but the emergence of new formats and new content coming to DVD will drive the value of the total market forward. Worldwide value of all DVD discs will grow from about US$33 Billion during 2004, up to US$76.5 Billion during 2009, a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 18.3%"
The global cloud computing market is undergoing new significant growth, driven by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and the demand for flexible, scalable infrastructure. The recent market study by International Data Corporation (IDC) provides compelling evidence of this transformation, highlighting the accelerating growth in cloud infrastructure spending and the pivotal role of AI in shaping the industry's future trajectory. Shared Infrastructure Market Development The study reveals a 36.9 percent year-over-year worldwide increase in spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments in the first quarter of 2024, reaching $33 billion. This growth substantially outpaced non-cloud infrastructure spending, which saw a modest 5.7 percent increase to $13.9 billion during the same period. The surge in cloud infrastructure spending was partially fueled by an 11.4 percent growth in unit demand, influenced by higher average selling prices, primari