Study: EPGs in Europe 2014

EPGs and TV Middleware Applications: Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2014

For today’s consumer, gaining an overview of the huge spectrum of TV and web TV services is no simple task. If digitalisation of audiovisual content is to succeed, growth in programme variety, number of platforms, and forms of broadcast must be countered with smarter navigation and simpler accessibility.

Just as Google made internet content searchable and accessible, intelligent electronic programme guides (EPGs) allow users to find their way in a world of visual overload.

Published in February 2010 and produced in collaboration by the two companies Goldmedia and Screen Digest, the report comprehensively analyses the market and competitive situation for EPGs in Western Europe. A special focus is the changing role of the EPG: from the electronic equivalent of a programme guide magazine to an interactive, personalized and integrated entertainment guide. The most influential factors for current and future development are analyzed and assessed, including EPG revenue and user potential to 2014.

The study was produced with support from Presse-Programm-Service GmbH - pps, one of the leading European providers of programme information. 

Contents of the study "EPGs and TV Middleware Applications: Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2014":

• Market overviews for the most important online and on-screen EPGs in Western Europe
• EPG case studies
• Market players and business models
• Legal and regulatory aspects
• EPG features and applications
• Aspects of user research
• Forecasts for EPG user levels up to 2014
• Forecasts for EPG revenue potential up to 2014
• Trends for the EPG of the future

The study contains chapters on each of the following countries/regions: Benelux, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, and Spain.

For more information please contact: Dr. Katrin Penzel