The Digital Music Market Outlook

Introduction

This report examines developments across the rapidly evolving digital music industry. It analyzes the evolving value chain and business models; provides market sizing and forecasting by segments, paid users and geography; underlines key players strategies and industry stakeholders’ initiatives to curb piracy; and provides actionable insight on how to best approach this fast-changing market.

Features and benefits

* Gain a comprehensive understanding of how market trends are impacting on the digital music industry and record music industry as a whole.
* Predict the key growth areas in the digital music market, arising from changing consumer preferences to access music anywhere and on multiple devices.
* Gauge the size of the digital music market opportunity, gaining an insight into the business potential of online, mobile and subscription services.
* Learn from the strategies of leading digital digital music stakeholders in order to target future growth sectors effectively.
* Benchmark your performance against the major digital music download retailers and music streaming companies.

Highlights

Business Insights anticipates that global digital music revenues will more than double from $7.4bn in 2010 to 20.1bn by 2015, growing at a CAGR of 22.1% over the period. Subscriptions will be the fastest growing segment, growing at CAGR of 60.8% over the forecast period.
In terms of market value, the US, Japan, UK, France, and Germany are the key digital music markets, together accounting for 79.5% of the global market in 2010. India, China, and Mexico are the upcoming digital music markets, which present strong growth potential.
Globally, ISPs are entering the battle against music piracy, primarily driven by the collective efforts of music companies and local government’s support. In 2010, France, Ireland and South Korea took steps to curtail music piracy, while others including the UK, New Zealand, and Malaysia are aiming to do so in 2011.

Your key questions answered

* Which factors are driving and resisting the growth of the digital music market and what trends will shape the future of the market?
* What is the industry’s size in terms of value and paid users, which segments and which regions are the fastest growing?
* Who are the key stakeholders in the digital music industry, what are their growth strategies and how have they performed financially?
* How much is the digital music value chain being disrupted, and who are the new digital intermediaries?
* What is the impact of music piracy across major regions? What steps are governments and industry stakeholders taking to curb piracy?
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Executive Summary
The global digital music industry landscape
Key global digital music markets and industry strategies to combat piracy
The digital music value chain and pricing models
Profiles of major digital music players
The future of digital music
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Disclaimer
Introduction
What is this report about?
Who is this report for?
Methodology
Definitions
The global digital music industry landscape
Summary
Introduction
Digital music industry market size by value
Digital music market size by segment
Digital music market by paid users
Geographic segmentation of the industry
Digital music industry drivers
Increasing penetration of broadband and mobile technologies
Expanding online music catalogs and DRM-free strategy accelerate growth
Increasing shipments of portable audio devices drive growth
Substantial growth in music apps fuels mobile consumption
Digital music industry inhibitors
Piracy is plaguing the digital music market
Lack of interoperability inhibits music consumption
Devising effective pricing strategy is a challenge
Key features and trends of the digital music industry
Consumer preference is shifting towards accessing rather than owning music
The industry looks for fresh investment
Consumer interest in music videos is growing rapidly
Music turns social
Rising use of mobile apps to access music
Music on multiple-screens
Artists are directly reaching out to music fans
Strategic partnerships emerging across the value chain
Companies are migrating towards DRM-free tracks
Growing government and industry self-regulation in controlling piracy
Digital music consumption patterns
Digital music is more popular among younger consumers
Consumers prefer ubiquitous access to digital music
Key digital music markets and industry strategies to combat piracy
Summary
Introduction
Developed markets
US
Japan
UK
France
Germany
Emerging digital music markets
India
South Korea
China
Mexico
Global piracy and industry regulations
Major means of piracy
Piracy concerns across countries
Government regulations across countries to curb piracy
Initiatives by industry stakeholders to curtail piracy
The digital music value chain and pricing models
Summary
Introduction
The digital music value chain
The changing role of various players in digital music distribution
Artists
Record labels
Physical retailers
Content aggregators
Digital music retailers
Consumers
Digital music pricing models
Pay-per download or a-la-carte downloads
Subscription model
Innovative pricing models to combat piracy
Ad-supported music services
Music services from ISPs and mobile operators
Music services from handheld device manufacturers
Artist led music distribution
Linking music with various media and entertainment forms
Music streaming services
Flexible pricing
Profiles of major digital music players
Summary
Introduction
Digital music retailers
iTunes Music Store
Rhapsody International
Napster
eMusic
Amazon MP3
7digital
Major music streaming companies
Pandora Radio
Spotify
Last.fm
Comparative analysis of major digital music players
The future of digital music
Summary
Introduction
Digital music market scenarios
Overall digital music
Online music
Mobile music
Subscriptions
Applying consumer technology meta-themes to the future of digital music
Convergence
Mobility
Personalization
Social networking
Simplification
Appendix
Scope
Methodology
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