IntroductionThis databook provides top level data charts & tables to highlight digital rights management opportunities and trends across the media sectorScopeForecasts revenue growth for digital music and mobile content to 2009.Considers the increasing propensity for DRM to be integrated into mobile devices.Forecasts the number of IPTV households in Europe and the US to 2009.HighlightsDatamonitor expects global mobile content revenues to reach increase significantly by 2009, driven by the deployment of more robust DRM solutions.Digital sales will help to arrest the global music industry slump; almost a quarter of the revenues received by the content owners will come from digital services by 2009.
However, this will not be possible unless DRM solutions are properly implemented, protecting the rights of content owners while offering flexible services to consumers.IPTV will reach almost 10 million households across Europe and the US by the end of 2009, opening up significant new opportunities for providers of content protection solutions.Reasons to PurchaseUnderstand the importance of DRM with regard to enabling revenue growth across the music and mobile sectors.Identify some of the key trends - notably increasing penetration of IPTV and home networking - that will drive adoption of DRM solutions.