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The living room reinvented: trends, technologies and companies to watch

Summary:

The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks to new ways of creating, viewing, bundling, distributing and selling content. The goal of this report is to help readers understand the different technologies driving this shift. We asked four Pro analysts to identify key trends reshaping their market and to name key players and technologies that will ultimately be counted among the winners.

  1. Table of contents                                                                                                           
  2. Introduction – by Michael Wolf, Research Director, GigaOM Pro    
  3. Opportunities for living room application platforms – by Patrick Moorhead  
    1. Current market overview
    2. Trends and technologies to watch over the next five years                             
    3. Companies to watch                                                                                               
    4. The future                                                                                                                  
  4. Future prospects for the set-top box – by Mari Silbey                      
    1. A brief history                                                                                                             
    2. Snapshot: the current market
    3. Trends and technologies to watch                                                                       
    4. Companies to watch
    5. Outlook                                                                                                                       
  5. Over the top: the television industry’s future? – by Larry Gerbrandt      
    1. OTT’s three economic models                                                                             
    2. OTT and the cord-cutting phenomenon                                                              
    3. Companies to watch 
    4. Where to from here?                                                                                               
  6. Next-generation interfaces and remotes – by Alfred Poor              
    1. The current state                                                                                                      
    2. Trends and technologies
    3. Companies to watch                                                                                               
    4. The future of the user interface in brief                                                                
  7. About the authors                                                                                                  
  8. About GigaOM Pro                                                                                                    
  9. Further reading