ABI Sees Growth in Networked TVs Market

SCOTTSDALE: In 2011, some 20 million TV sets offering wireless connectivity—providing direct access to online content—will be shipped worldwide, according to ABI Research.

“North America, Western Europe, and select Asian countries are seen as the next growth markets, and the 2009 holiday season and 2010 will be the watershed periods when vendors will see whether networked TV should trickle down to mainstream models and really take off there,” says analyst Michael Inouye.

He concludes:  “At the end of the day, if the content holders don’t let their content go to this platform in a timely manner, it’s just not going to get anywhere."