What They Say
Advanced TV published a forecast from Kagan for internet-connected video devices in the US that predicts a CAGR of 2.3% from 2021-26 with around 8.5 devices per household remaining broadly static over the period.
- SmartTVs have the highest growth potential while
- Consoles have the highest chance of declining
- The market for smartphones is saturated, so is limited by population growth
- Smartphones and tablets continue to eat into the share of notebooks and PCs
- Streaming media devices are seeing slowing growth
- There are now more than a billion devices in the US
What We Think
Apologies, I mis-filed this article which was published a couple of weeks ago. If you are interested in these devices, the longish article is worth a read. There’s not much new, but it is a good summary. I checked around our house (just two of us) and we have 12 connected devices + 2 in the annexe that we rent as an AirBNB. That we’re above average in this is not really a surprise!
I remember a similar excercise years ago when we looked at the number of CD-drive mechanisms in the home. At the time, we had three teenagers still at home but with all the PCs, CD players, CD walkmen etc, we had over twenty! (BR)
