European Telematics & ITS: Digital music trends and their impact on the automotive industry

SUMMARY

The changes occurring within the music industry have a clear impact on the development of in-car entertainment and connectivity systems. The way in which people discover, purchase and listen to music has been revolutionised by the ability to store large quantities of digital music on portable devices and share files over the internet.

SBD's latest report provides a vital focus on Digital Music Trends and their impact on the automotive industry, giving an assessment of the growth in new digital media types, the adapting business models of selling digital music and the challenges of Digital Rights Management against illegal piracy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Executive summary

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Conclusions
• 1.3 Summary of key points
  • 1.3.1. Moving towards a CD-free car
  • 1.3.2 DRM is still around, but becoming less important
  • 1.3.3 Adapting to a growing number of business models
  • 1.3.4 The growing range of media types
  • 1.3.5 Increasing use of music players on mobile phones
  • 1.3.6 Future outlook - can telematics provide new approaches?

2. The digitisation of music

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Compact discs - not compact enough?
• 2.3 Moving towards a digital age

3. Accessing digital music through PCs

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Downloading music legally
  • 3.2.1. Digital Rights Management and Compression formats
  • 3.2.2 Pay-per-use business model
  • 3.2.3 Subscription model
• 3.3 Downloading music illegally
  • 3.3.1 Status and on-going industry efforts to curb file-sharing
• 3.4 The role of digital music players
• 3.5 Future outlook

4. Accessing music through mobile phones

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 The growing use of mobile phones as music players
• 4.3 Market trends for downloading music directly to mobile phones
• 4.4 Adapting digital music for mobile phones
  • 4.4.1. Dual download services
  • 4.4.2 DRM and audio format
• 4.5 Overview of mobile phone music download services
  • 4.5.1. Music download services offered by mobile phone operators
  • 4.5.2 Music download services offered by handset suppliers
• 4.6 Future Outlook

5. The future of digital music downloads in Europe

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Off-board Storage
• 5.3 New audio formats
• 5.4 Legislation
  • 5.4.1 Format shifting
  • 5.4.2 File sharing laws

List of figures

• Fig 1. Market forecasts for CDs, legal downloads and illegal downloads in Europe
• Fig 2. Business models being considered for the digital music market
• Fig 3. Global digital music revenues
• Fig 4. CD and digital sales growth from 2006 to 2007
• Fig 5. Social networks for discovering music - UK market share
• Fig 6. Accessing digital music
• Fig 7. Legal music downloads in Europe: Format, DRM and market share
• Fig 8. DRM restrictions on songs from iTunes and Napster
• Fig 9. PC-based digital music access - options to users
• Fig 10. Methods of online file sharing
• Fig 11. Illegal music downloading in major European markets
• Fig 12. iPod global sales
• Fig 13. Portable music player penetration in the UK
• Fig 14. Percentage of people listening to music on mobile phones
• Fig 15. Trends for obtaining digital music amongst listeners in Europe
• Fig 16. Comparison of digital music download sources in 2007
• Fig 17. Music download service architectures
• Fig 18. MSP digital music download services in Europe