The US photobook market is on track for healthy growth this year, with demand projected to reach nearly 17m units this year, up from close to 12.5m in 2008, according to a new US Photobook Market Report from Futuresource Consulting.
“In value terms, the US photobook market is establishing itself as a significant contributor to industry [...]

Now more than ever 3D is coming to the fore, with backing from all major sectors of the entertainment and consumer electronics industries. 3D movie production is intensifying, cinemas all over the world are investing in 3D technologies and feedback from audiences has been highly positive, with encouraging ticket sales. Yet the ultimate goal is [...]

The digital photo frame (DPF) market is on track to reach a trade value of nearly 750m Euros across Western Europe this year, up from less than 700m Euros in 2008, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
Hot on the heels of last month’s market assessment for 2008, Futuresource’s new Digital Photo Frame [...]

Despite the economic downturn, global shipments of Blu-ray players, excluding PS3, are expected to total nearly 12m units this year, according to the new quarterly ‘Blu-ray Hardware Performance’ tracking service from Futuresource Consulting.
“We carry out in-depth research on an ongoing basis, obtaining inputs from a wide range of companies operating in the global Blu-ray hardware [...]

Futuresource Consulting is delighted to announce the return of Driving Digital Content, the two-day event focusing on the business opportunities presented by digital content delivery, taking place in London on 4-5 June 2009.
Without doubt, digital delivery of entertainment content is gaining traction as a lucrative and sustainable revenue stream with online, mobile content and the [...]

The professional camcorder market experienced a groundswell of activity in EMEA last year, with incremental growth outstripping the previous year’s performance by nearly three to one, according to a recent Pro Camcorder Quarterly Market Update from Futuresource Consulting.
“In 2008 we saw the development of a pure non-tape pro camcorder segment at the lower end of [...]

Close to 600,000 Interactive Whiteboards were sold worldwide last year, generating nearly US$1bn of revenue, according to a new market report from Futuresource Consulting.
“Across the globe, the Interactive Whiteboard phenomenon is really taking hold,” says Colin Messenger, Senior Consultant, Futuresource. “Driven by continued technological developments, our projections show that one in six classrooms will be [...]

Research from Futuresource Consulting reveals that consumers are on target to buy in excess of 100 million Blu-ray discs (BD) across the USA, Western Europe and Japan this year, with sales of High Definition capable LCD and plasma TVs and continued dramatic reductions in BD player prices continuing to fuel interest in packaged HD content [...]

London, UK – January 2009 – Futuresource Consulting, the specialist research and analysis house, and Rivers Run Red, creators of the Immersive WorkspacesTM solution, are delighted to announce the joint development of Futuresource Campus, a real-time virtual research environment built on the world-leading Second Life Grid platform.
Futuresource Campus allows people to meet and do business [...]

The consumer camcorder market remains one of the most complex and dynamic CE categories to date despite witnessing fairly modest unit growth in recent years. Now, the emergence of a new breed of low-cost, back-to-basics pocket video camera is connecting with a fresh base of consumers, opening the market to a host of non-traditional camcorder [...]