Skip to main content

Growth for Conditional Access Technology

Conditional Access (CA) technology -- the protection of multimedia content by requiring consumers to meet certain criteria for access -- is set to generate revenues approaching $1.4 billion this year.

A new study from ABI Research forecasts CA revenues to fluctuate in a stable range slightly below that figure as far as 2013, with telcos taking an increasingly large slice of the pie at the expense of the cable and satellite industries.

According to industry analyst Zippy Aima, "Cable and satellite aren't going away, but the options now offered by new deployments of telco TV -- including interactive and on-demand content, time-shifting and place-shifting -- are generating a buzz that drives demand for their premium content to a wider audience."

A number of factors are converging to drive this market. The increasing prevalence of broadband networks and the ease with which digital media can be cloned and distributed combine great opportunity and great risk for the owners of premium content, raising security to a high priority.

In Asia, with its high rates of piracy, this is of concern to governments too, and they are beginning to take action. The gradually increasing ability, in wealthy households, to distribute content to multiple devices around the home intensifies the need for conditional access and digital rights management (DRM).

Meanwhile, other forces impede CA's market development. The process of digitizing the world's content backlog, as well as new products, has been slow, because the levels of investment required are high. A lack of standards has impeded market growth, and in some areas government regulation has acted as a brake as well.

Consumers naturally prefer unprotected content, too. Aima warns, "Players in this market need to create more awareness about content protection mechanisms and the advantages they offer. They should also develop solutions that seamlessly integrate with content delivery mechanisms and do not interfere with the rights of the consumer."

The new study examines the role of conditional access technology in the pay TV market. It also covers factors driving and restraining the growth of the market.

The report discusses the available solutions as applicable to cable, telco and satellite, and profiles the vendors offering those solutions. Pricing trends and market forecasts, which include forecasts by region and market segment, are also included.

Popular posts from this blog

Global Digital Business and IT Consulting Outlook

Across the globe, CEOs and their leadership teams continue to seek information and guidance about planned Digital Transformation initiatives and the most effective enterprise organization change management practices. Worldwide IT and Business Services revenue will grow from $1.13 trillion in 2022 to $1.2 trillion in 2023 -- that's a 5.7 percent year-over-year growth, according to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC). The mid-term to long-term outlook for the market has also increased -- the five-year CAGR is forecast at 5.2 percent, compared to the previous 4.9 percent. Digital Sevices & Consulting Market Development IDC has raised the growth projection despite a weak economic outlook, because of vendor performances across 2022, growth indicators from adjacent markets, increased government funding, and inflation impacts. The actual 2022 market growth was 6.7 percent (in constant currency), which was 87 basis points higher than forecast last year, alth

Why Instant Issuance Payment Cards Evolved

The global financial services sector continues to grow as more progressive organizations seek to gain a meaningful competitive advantage from their digital transformation initiatives. Across the globe, many regions are seeing a significant rise in 'instant issuance' activity from a physical and digital perspective, from both traditional and emerging innovative banking institutions. Digital Payments Market Development Customers increasingly demand instant access to banking services, with physical instant issuance enabling them to leave their branch equipped with a ready-to-go payment card. According to the latest worldwide market study by ABI Research, the market for instantly issued physical payment cards will increase from 243.2 million shipments in 2022 to a forecast of 471.1 million in 2027. "Critically, instant issuance of payment cards is no longer limited to the physical," said Sam Gazeley, industry analyst at ABI Research . Indeed, the growing digitization of p

Digital Talent Demand Exceeds Supply in Asia-Pac

Even the savviest CEO's desire for a digital transformation advantage has to face the global market reality -- there simply isn't enough skilled and experienced talent available to meet demand. According to the latest market study by IDC, around 60-80 percent of Asia-Pacific (AP) organizations find it "difficult" or "extremely difficult" to fill many IT roles -- including cybersecurity, software development, and data insight professionals. Major consequences of the skills shortage are increased workload on remaining digital business and IT employees, increased security risks, and loss of "hard-to-replace" critical transformation knowledge. Digital Business Talent Market Development Although big tech companies' layoffs are making headlines, they are not representative of the overall global marketplace. Ongoing difficulty to fill key practitioner vacancies is still among the top issues faced by leaders across industries. "Skills are difficul