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IPTV Global Hospitality

(In-Room and In-Flight Entertainment) Markets

Quarterly Technology & Content Report - February 2010


Published by MRG, Inc.
February 2010, 73 pages

Hard Copy Print Edition $1,995 USD
PDF Single-Departmental License $2,995 USD
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The report is available free as part of MRG's IPTV Tracking Service
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Executive Summary — Hospitality IPTV Markets

This hospitality IPTV market report is comprised of In-Room Entertainment (IRE) and In-Flight Entertainment (IFE). This report discloses how large the entire hospitality video market is, what percentage already has Triple-Play or at least video services (Broadcast and on-demand services), and what part of that market is ready to buy (or lease or engage in a partnership) to offer a new or upgraded bundled IPTV service. Technology descriptions and vendor profiles are included.

The report also answers these questions:

  • What are the top 3 market drivers for the hospitality (IRE and IFE) services?
  • What are the main business models that are most popular with “Operators” (such as building owners or managers)?
  • What growth rate can be expected in 2009-2012 on a region-by-region basis?
  • How will market drivers differ in various regions, and why?
  • What can Hospitality Operators (for IRE) in the various regions expect as a return on investment?
  • What are the real costs and benefits of converting to IPTV, including estimated ROI?
  • How do IFE and IRE services compare, and what can be learned from their similarities?
  • What impact is online video likely to bring on the VOD revenues in In-Room Entertainment, and how can hoteliers respond?

 

Global Market for Hotel Video ($US, Million), Revenue and CapEx Combined

Source: Company SEC Filings, MRG, Inc.

This report is part of the IPTV Tracking Service published by the Multimedia Research Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary — Hospitality IPTV Markets
1.1 Historical Background
1.2 Key Findings
   
2 Introduction
2.1 Background
2.2 Pure IP Systems
2.3 IP/QAM Systems
2.4 Definitions of Market for On-demand and Broadcast Services
2.4.1 Hospitality In-Room Entertainment (IRE) Market Segment
2.4.2 In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) Market Segment
2.5 Define Cost/Functional Advantages of IP in IRE and IFE
2.6 Recap Basic Dynamics of IP Hospitality Market
2.6.1 Market Drivers
2.6.2 Market Barriers
2.6.3 Market Opportunities
2.7 Recap Basic Dynamics of IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) Market
2.7.1 Market Drivers
2.7.2 Market Barriers
2.7.3 Market Opportunities
   
3 Market Size and Related Market Data
3.1 Global Hotel Market — Summary (2008-2012)
3.2 Hotel Market Size By Region — Summary (2008-2012)
3.2.1 Asia
3.2.2 Europe/Middle East
3.2.3 North America
3.3 IFE Market Size By Region — Summary (2008-2012)
3.3.1 Global Market
3.3.2 IFE Market By Region
3.4 IFE Market Breakdown By Type of Video
   
4 Technology Definitions
4.1 System Configurations
4.1.1 Pure IP
4.1.2 Hybrid IP/Coax
4.2 Broadcast
4.2.1 Ingest
4.2.2 Distribution
4.3 On-demand
4.3.1 Ingest
4.3.2 Distribution
4.4 Converged Systems (Triple-Play)
   
5 Review of Key Issues
5.1 Advertising
5.2 Use of Fiber vs. Coax vs. UTP vs. Wi-Fi
5.3 System Costs
5.3.1 ROI: Arriving at Break-even
5.4 How to Reduce Costs
5.5 How to Make a Profit When the Host Doesn't Pay
5.6 Business Models That Make a Profit (Basic and Converged Services)
5.7 Use of Widgets and Other Interactive Services
5.8 Case Study of New IP System Replacing Old
5.8.1 IPTV System Replacing Tape-Based Video System
5.9 Future Trends
5.9.1 Hotels
5.9.2 Airlines
5.9.3 Other Segments
   
6 Vendor Profiles
6.1 Hospitality Vendor Profiles
6.1.1 ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcast)
6.1.2 Amino
6.1.3 Anevia
6.1.4 CoreTrust
6.1.5 Drake
6.1.6 Espial (Kasenna)
6.1.7 LG Electronics
6.1.8 MICROS (Fidelio, PMS System)
6.1.9 Motorola
6.1.10 Move Networks (Inuk Networks)
6.1.11 Nighthawk Systems (Eagle Broadband)
6.1.12 Pace
6.1.13 Philips
6.1.14 Samsung
6.1.15 SecureMedia (Recently Acquired by Motorola)
6.1.16 Verimatrix
6.2 IFE Vendor Profiles
6.2.1 ExtendMedia
6.2.2 LiveTV
6.2.3 Row44
6.2.4 Spafax
6.2.5 Thomson
   
7 Turnkey/System Integrator Profiles
7.1 Hospitality
7.1.1 Acentic GmbH
7.1.2 All Day Cinema
7.1.3 BNS (Broadband Network Systems) Ltd.
7.1.4 Bulk TV & Internet
7.1.5 DIRECTV
7.1.6 DOCOMO interTouch
7.1.7 EchoStar
7.1.8 Filmbank
7.1.9 Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
7.1.10 Hospitality Network, A Product of Cox Business
7.1.11 iBAHN
7.1.12 KoolConnect Technologies
7.1.13 LodgeNet (On Command) and LodgeNet Healthcare
7.1.14 NxSystems LLC (NXTV)
7.1.15 PureHD
7.1.16 Skylight Healthcare Systems
7.1.17 Smart Hospitality
7.1.18 SuiteLinq
7.1.19 Quadriga
7.2 In-Flight Entertainment (Turnkey/System Integration)
7.2.1 Lumexis
7.2.2 Panasonic Aviation
7.2.3 Rockwell Collins
7.2.4 Thales
   
8 Conclusions
8.1 Winning Services
8.2 What IP Brings That Competition Can't
8.3 Risks
8.4 Opportunities
   
9 Addendum #1: Glossary of Terms
   
10 Index of Companies

 

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Table of Figures

Figure 2-1: The "guestLINK" Product
Figure 2-2: Types of Devices Guests Bring to Hotels
Figure 3-1: IRE Total Hotel Rooms and Video-enabled Rooms Worldwide
Figure 3-2: Global Market for Hotel Video ($US, Million), CapEx and Revenue Combined
Figure 3-3: Asia Hotel Market for Video ($US, Million)
Figure 3-4: EMEA Hotel Market for Video ($US, Million)
Figure 3-5: North America Hotel Market for Video ($US, Million)
Figure 3-6: North America Hotel Market By Technology Type (Rooms [000])
Figure 3-7: North America Hotel Entertainment Revenue Per Room, Per Month
Figure 3-8: Global Revenue for New IFE Systems ($US, Millions)
Figure 3-9: IFE IPTV Systems Revenue Breakdown By Region ($US) — 2009-2010
Figure 3-10: Video System Breakdown By Selected Airline
Figure 3-11: Total (Selected Airline) Breakdown of Video Systems By Seat
Figure 3-12: Total (estimated) Breakdown of Operational Airline Seats and Video-enabled Seats
Figure 4-1: Typical IP Video System Architecture
Figure 4-2: Motorola's High-speed (In-Room) Ethernet System
Figure 4-3: Drake's QAM-Based System For Video Distribution
Figure 6-1: ADB's Set Back Box, Model 4820C
Figure 6-2: Amino's AmiNet110H STB Hospitality Model (Overall View)
Figure 6-3: Amino's AmiNet110H STB Hospitality Model (Rear Connections)
Figure 6-4: Row 44's GUI with Space for Advertising Inserts
Figure 7-1: Skylight Systems' Interactive TV System
Figure 7-2: Virgin America's Red IFE Interface



Table of Tables

Table 2-1: Equipment Cost Sharing (U.S.)
Table 5-1: Break-even/ROI Scenarios for In-Room Entertainment Systems ($USD)

 

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Index of Companies

ABC KoolConnect Technologies, Inc.
Accor Korea Telecom (KT)
Acentic GmbH LG Dacom
ADB LG Electronics, Inc.
(LG Electronics USA, Inc.)
ADB Group LiveTV LLC
Adtec Digital

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation
(OnCommand)

Advocate Lufthansa
Air AsiaX Lumexis Corporation
Air Canada Maritim
Air France Marriott
AirOne Marriott International
AirTran Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
All Day Cinema, LLC Mexicana Airlines
American Airlines MICROS Systems, Inc.
(MICROS-Fidelio International)
Amino Communications Ltd. Microsoft
Amino Technologies PLC Motorola, Inc.
(SecureMedia)
Anevia Move Networks, Inc.
(Inuk Networks Ltd.)
Apple Inc. (iTouch) Mövenpick
Arab Media Corporation (AMC) Netflix, Inc.
Archos Nighthawk Systems, Inc.
(Eagle Broadband)
Ascension Health Nintendo
Asiana NxSystems LLC (NXTV Inc.)
AssetHouse Pace
Aurora Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Banner Health Panasonic Corporation of North America
Bell Canada Park Regis
Benchmark Capital ProSieben
Blonder Tongue PureHD Inc.
Blue Wings Quadriga
BNS Ltd. (Broadband Network Systems) RealNetworks, Inc.
British Airways Reeltime Infotainment
Bulk TV & Internet Rockwell Collins
Cavalier Telephone Rosari IT Services (RIS)
China Data Broadcast Row 44
Cisco Systems, Inc. Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands
Comcast Samsung
Continental Airlines, Inc. Sharp Healthcare
CoreTrust, Inc. Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Cox Enterprises
(Adify Corporation, AutoTrader.com, Cox Business Systems, Cox Communications, Inc., Cox Media Group, Inc., Cox Radio, Inc., Cox TMI, Inc., Kudzu.com, Manheim, Inc.)

Smart Hospitality Corporation
Crown Macau Smith Travel Research
CWI Sol Melia
DIRECTV, Inc. Sony
(Sony Pictures Releasing)
DISH Network LLC Southwest Airlines
DOCOMO interTouch Pte Ltd. Spafax
Dorint St. Mary's Hospital
Drake Starwood Hotels & Resorts
EchoStar Corporation (Sling Media, Inc.) Starz
Empire Hotel Steamboat Ventures
Espial (Kasenna) SuiteLinq, Inc.
ESPN Sutter
Etihad Swank Hospitality
ExpressJet Televisa
ExtendMedia Thales
Filmbank Thales Group
Fox Thomson
Frontier Airlines TiVo Inc.
Fullerton Hotel United Airlines
guestLINK US Airways
Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. Verimatrix
Hawaiian Airlines Videotree
HBO Virgin Airlines
Hilton Virgin America
Holiday Inn Express Virgin Atlantic
Hotel International & Terminus Virgin Blue
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Warner Bros. Entertainment
Hyatt WestJet
iBAHN World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA)
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Wyndham Worldwide
Japan Airlines XM
JetBlue Airways Corp.  


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IPTV Global Hospitality (In-Room and In-Flight Entertainment) Markets (February 2010) is 73 pages and is available in a printed English language edition for $1,995 USD, a PDF single-departmental license for $2,995 USD, and a PDF corporate license is available for $3,995 USD. It is available free as part of MRG's IPTV Tracking Service. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at 1-408-453-5553 or rsmith@mrgco.com.

 

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