The Global Market for Online Video is Projected to Reach US$66 Billion by 2022

Massive Shift to Online Entertainment Brought About by Smartphones Drives the Growth of the Online Video Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA launches comprehensive analysis of industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size and demand forecasts on the global Online Video market. The global market for Online Video is projected to reach US$66 billion by 2022, driven by changing consumer behavior and attitudes to entertainment and media brought about by the rapid proliferation of Internet enabled smartphones and tablets.  

Globally, there has been a steady increase in the acceptance of online video with people across all age groups watching videos on Internet-connected devices on a regular basis. A host of factors are contributing to ongoing surge in video volume growth. Huge increase in Internet-connected population, expanding user base of mobile devices, proliferation of dedicated video platforms, penchant for video distribution among communication services providers (CSPs), and favourable demographic and socio-economic factors are some of the key factors encouraging growth. Internet has proliferated the world and a huge portion of world population is accessing Internet for various purposes, with video being one primary application. At the same time, soaring penetration of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, which have become entertainment devices of choice for modern consumers, is paving the way for huge consumption of online video. Currently, a significant portion of online video viewed is accounted for by mobile devices, and the share of mobile video as a proportion of total video viewed is poised to increase further in the coming years.

Emergence and evolution of Internet video platforms such as YouTube, Netflix and Hulu has a major bearing on online video consumption trends. The market is benefiting from significant improvements in video broadcasting and technologies which allow delivery of quality video content to various devices including desktop PCs, laptops, smartphones, tablets and Internet TVs. Growing inclination among CSPs towards video integration in their portfolios is also creating a conducive growth environment. The market is also gaining traction through favourable demographic and socio-economic factors such as rapidly expanding urban households, increasing consumer affluence and rising living standards. Although online video has become ubiquitous in the Internet domain, revenue generation potential of video remains largely below expectations mainly due to reluctance among users to make paid subscriptions and wider availability of free content. However, there is a growing shift towards paid video content in several parts of the world. Paid subscriptions are already popular in developed countries including the U.S. and Western Europe, and there has been a marked increase in the number of video subscribers in developing countries such as China, in recent years. Along with paid subscriptions, online video market is sensing high-potential opportunities coming in its way through newer revenue channels such as ad-funded/ad-supported video, copyright licensing, Over-the-Top TV (OTT TV), and joint operation of online gaming and e-commerce portals.

As stated by the new market research report on Online Video, Asia-Pacific represents the largest market worldwide. With a projected CAGR of 25.8% over the analysis period, Asia-Pacific ranks as the fastest growing market led by factors such as robust development of telecommunication and Internet services market, rapid urbanization and the ensuing digitalization of lifestyles especially of the affluent middle class population; falling tariffs for mobile broadband on the back of maturing 2G and 3G technologies; robust increase in Internet speeds and the resulting increase in appetite for media and entertainment that demands low latency and high speed network connections; and innovative development of content for various types of videos such as Live Action, Screencasts, Motion Graphics, Slideshows and Live Streaming etc.  

Major players covered in the report include Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Baidu Inc., Brightcove Inc., Hulu LLC, JW Player, Kaltura Inc., Netflix Inc., Ooyala Inc., Panopto, Piksel, Sohu.com Inc., Tencent Holdings Limited, Vimeo, VOOT, Wistia, Youku Tudou Inc., and YouTube LLC, among others.

The research report titled “Online Video: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and projections of revenues for all major geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America (Brazil and Rest of Latin America) and Rest of World.



Global Industry Analysts, Inc. 6150 Hellyer Ave., San Jose CA 95138, USA, All Rights Reserved.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Global Market for Surfing is Projected to Reach US$9.5 Billion by 2022

The Global Market for Private Tutoring Services is Forecast to Reach US$227 Billion by 2022