The 2000-2002 Global Broadcast & Professional Video Marketplace Trends Report are now available. Data for the report was derived from extensive surveys of broadcast and professional video/film production/post facilities, worldwide.

All data is shown in total and by vertical market (broadcast, video production, video/film post; multimedia, streaming; corporate, institutional; other) and by region (North America; Europe; Asia; Rest of World).

Report includes an extensive analysis, comparing results to the '99 survey and forecasts for the future. Analysis is done by section, by total, as well as by vertical market and region.

The report contains data and analysis covering the following section and questions:

ANALOG TO DIGITAL TRANSITION

• Do you find the analog-to-digital transition confusing?
• By when do you expect to begin purchasing component digital production/broadcast equipment?
• By when do you expect to begin purchasing SDTV modulation equipment?
• By when do you expect to begin purchasing High Definition (HDTV) production/broadcast equipment?
• By when do you expect to be doing component digital production?
• By when do you expect to be doing High Definition (HDTV) production?
• By when do you expect your facility to accommodate uncompressed HDTV (1.5Gb/s)?
• By when do you expect to have an all component digital production facility?
• By when do you expect to have an all High Definition (HDTV) production facility?
• By when do you expect to be doing streaming video production for the web?
• By when do you expect to completely replace analog with digital technology in your facility?

  EDITING TRENDS

• By when do you expect to completely replace linear editing with non-linear in your facility?
• By when do you expect to be using HDTV non-linear editing equipment?

  IMAGE / SIGNAL MANAGEMENT TRENDS

• By when do you expect to purchase a compressed video file server?
• By when do you expect to do transcoding of compressed video streams?
• By when do you expect to be using video asset management?
• By when do you expect to be using low bit video browsing?
• By when do you expect to be using virtual sets?
• By when do you expect to be using virtual graphics?
• By when do you expect your facility to provide MPEG-2 compression with variable parameters?
• By when do you expect your facility to perform multi-pass encoding?
• By when do you expect your facility to provide MPEG-4 compression?

  NETWORKING TRENDS

• By when do you expect to be using a Local Area Network (LAN) for "internal video interconnections"?
• By when do you expect to be using a Wide Area Network (WAN) or "external interconnection" for exchanging information with other facilities on a video-file basis?
• By when do you expect to be using a Storage Area Network (SAN)?
• By when do you expect to be using digital-central casting, where the programming for a group of stations is fed from a central source (TV Stations only)?
• By when do you expect to be using non-linear equipment which is actually operated under networking within broadcast station (excluding analog video and SDI)?

  AUDIO TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

• Which of the following forms of audio do you deal with? (Mono; Stereo; Dual-Channel Mono; Encoded Four Channel Surround Sound; 5.1 Channel Surround Sound)
• By when do you expect to be using Dolby E?
• By when do you expect to be using dual-system audio?
• By when do you expect to be able to measure dialnorm metadata?
• By when do you expect to be able to record dialnorm metadata?

  VIDEO TRANSPORT TRENDS

• Which types of video transport do you use/plan to use in 2000?
• Which types of video transport do you expect to be use by 2002?
• Currently, how much of your in-plant video transport is done as video (%); how much as data (%)?
• By 2002, how much of your in-plant video transport do you expect to be doing as video (%); how much as data (%)?

  COMPUTER PLATFORMS / INTERNET ACCESS

• Which computer platform/s do you use currently for video production/post?
• Which computer platform do you expect to be using for video production/post by 2002?
• Platforms tracked include: BeOS; Digital Alpha; Sun; Mac; Mac OS8/9; Other Mac OS; Linux; Unix; SGI; Windows NT; Windows 95/98/2000
• What type(s) of Internet access do you use / plan to use in 2000?
• What type(s) of Internet access do you use / plan to use by 2002?
• Internet access types tracked include: Dial-up Modem; ISDN; DSL; Partial T-1; Full T-1 (1.5 Mbts); T-3 (45 Mbts)

  VIDEO APPLICATIONS

  Incidence of usage of video applications by:

• Market: Terrestrial Broadcast TV; Cable TV; Satellite Broadcast TV; Educational/Industrial/Business TV; Home Video; Event Videography; Streaming Media (inc. xDCL); MMDS/MVDS/OVS
• Segment: Comedy/Drama; Sports; Live Performance / Events; Commercials / Promos; News; Training; Sales & Marketing; Videoconferencing
• Technology: Studio; Slow-motion Video; Mobile Satellite; Internet; Film; Field; DVD; Computer Graphics; CD-ROM

  VIDEO FUNCTIONS

• Incidence of usage of 32 video functions
• Functions tracked include: 2D/3D Modeling; Ad Insertion; Animation; CD Rom Authoring; Color Correction; Digital Compression; Duplication; DVD Production; ENG/EFP Origination; Film-to-Video Transfer; Forensic Analysis Linear Edit Offline; Linear Edit Online; Mobile Unit Org.; NLE Offline; NLE Online; Paint; Restoration; Special Effects; Still Store; Studio Origination; Titling / CG; Video Composition; Video Compression / Encoding; Video Conferencing; Video Networking / Distribution; Video Storage / Archiving; Video-on-Demand; Video-to-Film Transfer; Virtual Billboard; Virtual Set; Web Streaming
  
  

  VIDEO FORMATS / MEDIA BY MAJOR APPLICATION

• Video formats currently used, by major application
  
• Video formats planned by 2002, by major application
  
• Applications: studio recording, field recording, on-line editing, off-line editing, graphics and effects, web streaming; distribution, on-air play.
  
• Digital Camcorder formats used in 2000
  
• Digital Camcorder formats planed by 2002
  
  

  VIDEO PRODUCTION ACTIVITY & EQUIPMENT BUDGETS TRENDS

• Video production activity - past 12 months
  
• Video production activity - next 12 months
  
• Video equipment budgets - past 12 months
  
• Video equipment budgets - next 12 months
  
• Video equipment budget 2000 dollar value levels
  
  

  DEMOGRAPHICS TRENDS

• Vertical Enduser market composition
  
• Geographic composition
  
  

  COST - WITH FULL WRITTEN ANALYSIS
  (Total, Vertical Market, and Region/Country)

• Full Report - All Sections $3,750
• Per Section - $750
• Per Question - $150

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  (Total, Vertical Market, and Region/Country)

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• Per Section - $475
• Per Question - $95
  
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