InfoTech Forecasts Worldwide DVD-ROM Title Revenue
Will Exceed $500 Million in 1998
WOODSTOCK, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1998--With the installed base of
DVD-ROM equipped PCs projected to reach 7 million by year-end as PC manufacturers begin
volume shipments of DVD-ROM equipped systems, worldwide DVD-ROM title revenue will rise
from just $3.5 million in 1997 to $567 million in 1998, according to a new InfoTech report, Optical
Publishing Industry Assessment, Ninth Edition.
Royalties from PC and upgrade kit title bundles will continue to contribute the majority of consumer
DVD-ROM title publishing revenue in 1998. By the second half of 1999, when DVD-ROM drives
are expected to become a mainstream PC component, retail will become the dominant distribution
channel for DVD-ROM titles, leading to a sharp increase in title revenue.
By 2003, worldwide DVD-ROM title revenue across both PC desktop and TV set-top platforms is
forecast to exceed $70 billion, as DVD-ROM supplants CD-ROM as the principal delivery format
for all types of packaged interactive media, including applications software, business information,
games, education and computer-based training.
According to InfoTech Chairman and CEO Julie B. Schwerin, "CD-ROM publishing across all
applications and sectors was a $44 billion business worldwide in 1997. As the industry transitions to
DVD-ROM, InfoTech expects packaged interactive media to maintain a compound annual growth
rate of over 10 percent through 2003 even as worldwide Internet usage increases, with DVD-ROM
providing a high bandwidth collectible format that is more complementary than competitive with
online delivery. The imperative now for interactive publishers is to create properties that can migrate
readily from platform to platform in order to maximize revenue opportunities."
The InfoTech Report: Optical Publishing Industry Assessment is a comprehensive, statistical profile
of the worldwide interactive entertainment and digital information industry, providing integrated title
and hardware sales and installed base data by country from 1986 with projections through 2005.
The report is available for $1,295 from InfoTech at 1.802.763.2097 or on the World Wide Web at
infotechresearch.com.
Headquartered in Woodstock, Vt., InfoTech is an independent market research and consulting firm
specializing in quantitative analysis and forecasting of the electronic publishing, information
technology and interactive entertainment industries.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Chart available; Schwerin available for interview. Contact Ted Pine at
1.802.763.2097 or by Internet: info@infotechresearch.com.
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