The 2001-2003 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).

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

EDITING TRENDS

• By when do you expect to purchase a Noncompressed, HD NLE?
• What is the practical price you expect for a Noncompressed, HD NLE?
• By when do you expect to purchase a compressed (offline) NLE?
• What is the practical price you expect for a compressed (offline) NLE?
• Will you continue to buy “offline” NLEs? Y
• Rate in terms of importance the key buying criteria for a nonlinear editing system: (Reliability, Speed of systems, Cost, Features (editing, audio, effects), Format flexibility (SD, DTV, HD, etc.), Integration with other applications, Platform, ROI, Expansion capabilities (storage, plug-ins, etc), Other
• What platform would you prefer for your NLE?

STREAMING / COMPRESSION TRENDS

• By when do you expect to be doing streaming video production for the web?
• By when do you expect your facility to provide use MPEG-2 compression with variable parameters?
• By when do you expect your facility to provide use MPEG-4 compression?
• What type of information will be streamed?

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 use Network Area Storage (NAS)?
• By when do you expect to be using non-linear equipment (disk-based storage) which is actually operated under computer-type networking within your facility (excluding analog video and SDI)?
• What other applications will be integrated with a SAN?
• What media format will be used to store images on the SAN?
• What images will be stored on the SAN?
• What type of network infrastructure will be part of the SAN?

VIDEO FORMATS / TRANSPORT TYPES

• Which video format/s do you use currently
• Which video format/s do you expect to be using by 2003?
• Which digital camcorder format/s do you use currently
• Which digital camcorder format/s do you expect to be using by 2003?
• Which video compression format/s do you use currently
• Which video compression format/s do you expect to be using by 2003?
• Which type/s of video transport do you use currently
• Which type/s of video transport do you expect to be using by 2003?

  COMPUTER PLATFORMS FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION

• Which computer platform/s do you use currently
• Which computer platform/s do you use expect to be using by 2003?

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 PRODUCTION ACTIVITY & EQUIPMENT BUDGETS TRENDS

• Would you say that your facility's video production activity has increased, decreased, or remained the same in 2001 compared to 2000?
• Would you expect that your facility's video production activity will increas, decreas, or remain the same in 2002, compared to 2001?
• Would you say that your facility's video equipment budget has increased, decreased, or remained the same in 2001 compared to 2000?
• Would you expect that your facility's video equipment budget will increas, decrease, or remain the same in 2002, compared to 2001?
• In 2001, what is your facility's approx. annual equipment budget?

DEMOGRAPHICS TRENDS

• Vertical Enduser market composition
• Geographic composition

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