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2002 Pro DVD Usage & Products / Brands Report

Data for the report was derived from extensive surveys of broadcast and pro audio/video digital media facilities, worldwide. The report contains data in total, as well as by eleven vertical market groups, as follows: TV / Cable stations; Video Production; Post; Multimedia; Corporate/Communications; Institutional (education and govt.); Independant Producers; Pro audio; Animation; Computer Servicers/Internet; Other

The report covers the following questions:

Pro DVD Usage Trends

  • By when, if you are not already, do you expect your facility to engage in DVD-authoring?
  • What level of DVD authoring is your facility engaged in?
  • How many DVD titles do you expect you or your facility to produce per month in 2002?
  • Did your volume of DVD titles increase, decrease, or remain the same in 2002 vs. 2001?
  • Do you see your volume of DVD titles increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same in 2003 vs. 2002?
  • By when do you expect your facility to be engaged in Web-DVD, DVD with interconnects to the web?
  • By when, if at all, do you expect your facility to engage in mass distribution of DVD video material?
  • Do you currently, or expect mass distribution of DVD video material to be done in-house or via a service bureau for replication and/or fulfillment?
  • By when, if at all, do you expect your facility to engage in DVD nearline Robotics-based jukebox storage systems?
  • By when, if at all, do you expect your facility to be putting ATSC streams on DVD discs and using for presentation applications?
  • By when, if at all, do you expect your facility to engage in DVD-audio?
  • By when do you expect HD-DVD-authoring to be commercially available?
  • By when do you expect editing applications for DVD authoring (i.e. enabling DVD output to be added into editing applications) to be commercially available?
  • If you are currently/expect to be engaged in mass production of DVDs, do you do/expect to do this in-house or via a service bureau?
  • Which DVD format/s you currently use and expect to use by 2004:
    (DVD-R; DVD-RAM; DVD-RW; DVD+RW; DVD+R; Other-specify)
  • Which applications do you currently use or foresee using DVD production for? (Movies;
    Movies Trailers; Training; Corporate Communications; Education; Medical; TV Programming Exercise Videos; Sales & Marketing; Screening Dubs; Product Brochures; Financial News; Product Launches; Replication; Other - specify)
  • How do you currently output, or foresee outputting, DVD for distribution?
    (DVD Drive on PC for rewrite; DVD-R for general use to service bureau or replicator; DVD-R for authoring use using the cutting master format; Internal duplication using multiple DVD-R drives; Digital Tape for replication; Other - specify)
  • How important is the difference in low-end vs. high-end DVD authoring systems (in terms of authoring ability and visual quality) to the work your facility produces?
  • How important do you think the difference in low-end vs. high-end DVD authoring systems (in terms of authoring ability and visual quality) is to your clients?

DVD Products / Brands Purchase Trends

  • What is your total equipment budget for DVD Authoring and Encoding for 2002?
  • Did your budget increase, decrease, or remain the same in 2002 vs. 2001?
  • Do you see your budget increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same in 2003 vs. 2002?
  • Which of the following products does your facility own, which did your facility purchase in 2001 and which did you purchase/ plan to purchase in 2002. Which brands do you own/plan to buy?

Products / Brands Tracked:

  • PC DVD recordable drives
  • Set top DVD recorders
  • DVD-authoring systems/software costing less that $3K?
  • DVD-authoring systems/software costing $3-K - $10K?
  • DVD-authoring systems/software costing more than $10K?
  • DVD-Camcorders &/or Cameras
  • DVD Duplicators
  • Video compression encoders for DVD authoring
  • Blank DVD recording media

DEMOGRAPHICS TRENDS

  • Vertical Enduser market composition -- 11 vertical markets included in the analysis as follows: Animation/Graphics/Fx; Broadcast; Computer/Internet ServicesCorporate, Communications; Freelancer/Independent; Institutional (Educational and Govt.); MMedia/Games; Post Produciton; Pro Audio; Video/Film Production; Other
  • Geographic composition: USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, ROW (Rest of World)

COST

  • Pro DVD Usage Trend: $1,750
  • Per question - $150

  • DVD Products / Brands Reports (9) - $1,450
  • Single Product / Brand Reports - $275

  • Full Set -- All Usage and Products/Brands Reports -- $2,450

    Payment via credit card (Amex, MasterCard, Visa) or company purchase order.

DELIVERY

Via e-mail as attached Microsoft Word file/s (zip format).

To order or for more information, contact Toby Beyer at: tbeyer@digitalmedianet.com

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