Trend 1: Inter-device wireless streaming will soon be a standard Hi-Fi feature

Thanks to the standard-setting Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), GIA expects to see rapid boosts of wireless synchronization between media devices such as smartphones, PC’s, hard drives, stereo amplifiers, game consoles, set-top boxes and televisions. 

Source: DLNA

Growth of DLNA can be attributed to drastic, functional diversification of media devices today, cloud-based content streaming and widespread WLAN/ Bluetooth availability.

This means that devices that used to be dedicated to specific functions e.g. Blu-ray players, digital cameras, TVs and mobile phones can increasingly perform a similar variety of media programming such as video playback, photo displays, media storage, etc. Consumers in turn demand the ability to share, transfer or switch media content and playback in between different connected devices. In a typical scenario, a user may start a movie or song on one device, e.g. a smartphone, and continues viewing the same material on a larger TV screen.

Today the DLNA boasts over 200 contributor members from OEM/ODM manufacturers to cable and network operators from around the world. According to the organization, there are now more than 9,000 certified TVs, Blu-ray players, DVRs, PCs, mobile phones, printers, and other products. 

For media broadcasters and content developers, this trend brings fundamental impact on how digital content should be produced to cater to new consumption patterns of the 21st century end user.

Read more: http://www.globalintelligence.com/insights-analysis/bulletins/10-transformative-technology-trends-for-2011-2012#ixzz1bcpMzGYF