With the growing penetration of wireless networks in consumer households, consumers are seeking to share their rich media content between their audio/visual devices (including PCs). This report analyzes the, nascent, market for digital rights management (DRM) technologies which will protect the rights and manage the distribution of such content.

• This report is primarily focused upon the development of digital rights management (DRM) in the US and Europe.
• Datamonitor spoke to content owners and distributors, DRM patent holders, home networking companies and members of the CE/PC market as research.


Highlights



The growth of wireless home networks is encouraging consumers to seek to share their rich media content between devices. At present consumers are limited because there are not effective DRM solutions available. But if the content industry does not act soon consumers will seek potentially non-legal alternatives.





The DRM market participants appear to have come to the same conclusion: that the DRM market will be larger if they co-operate and develop interoperable systems, than if they seek to develop their own proprietary technology. This should be good news for consumers, content owners and CE (consumer electronics) manufacturers.



Reasons to Purchase


• DRM will have a dramatic impact on consumer media consumption and it will alter the landscape for content owners/distributors and CE/PC manufacturers.
• This report analyzes the key influencers in the DRM market. It is crucial for content owners and CE manufacturers to pick the right partners.
• The analysis of how this market should develop will prove insightful to content owners/distributors, CE/PC vendors and DRM solution vendors.