This report begins by explaining how the internet will eventually transform the television industry. The report looks at how television distribution is changing, the emergence of new sources of content and how the television proposition itself is changing.

Next the report explains how commercial television broadcasters view the internet, both tactically and at a strategic threat. The report clearly describes how commercial broadcasters could leverage the internet to their advantage by taking advantage of three key benefits.

The report then provides a very clear definition of what television advertising means in the internet age. The report shows how a single revenue stream from spot ads will give way to a more complex picture where broadcasters will need to manage four parallel sources of advertising revenue.

A clear analysis and explanation is provided as to why the broadcaster's traditional model, which relies on delivering the same content at the same time to very large audiences, will continue to be successful in the future even when internet television has reached a mature phase. The report explains how the internet could be used to enhance the broadcaster's traditional model.

The latter sections of the report provide a detailed explanation of the key assumptions used in the forecast. The report concludes by summarising the key findings and displaying the results of an in-depth forecasting exercise graphically for both the U.S. and the U.K.

Key Benefits

•  Understand how a single source of television advertising revenue will fragment into four separate sources of revenue as the internet transforms the television industry;

•  Appreciate how the internet television model of today, which is a largely focused on the PC, will give way to a TV-centric experience and what implications that will have on the sources of advertising revenue;

•  See how television broadcasters, accused by some in the internet industry of having their heads in the sand, could use internet technology and techniques to dramatically increase the effectiveness of spot advertising;

•  Read what the television industry needs to do to avoid making the same mistake as the music industry, which failed to properly understand the transformative effects of the internet until it was too late.

Who Should Read this Report?

•  Product management and product marketing
•  Product strategy and marketing strategy
•  Executive leadership
•  Market insight and competitor intelligence
•  Business development and corporate development