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Microsoft, Sony eat into Apple's movie provider share in 2010
The iTunes online digital media store went from 74.4 percent market share in 2009 to 64.5 percent in 2010. The Zune Video store grew the most (apparently due to increased Xbox sales thanks to the Kinect explosion): jumping from 11.6 percent share in 2009 to 17.9 percent in 2010. Sony took third place by growing from 5.7 percent in 2009 to 7.2 percent in 2010. Amazon VOD and Wal-Mart's Vudu service were in the remaining "Others" category, which grew from 8.3 percent in 2009 to 10.4 percent in 2010.
"The iTunes online store showed remarkable competitive resilience last year in the U.S. EST/iVOD movie business, staving off a growing field of tough challengers while keeping pace with an dramatic expansion for the overall market," Arash Amel, research director of digital media for IHS, said in a statement. "Apple faced serious competition from Microsoft's Zune Video and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Store, as well as from Amazon and—most significantly—Wal-Mart. However, iTunes managed to grow because of the introductions of the iPad and the second-generation Apple TV, which have spurred the company's movie rental offerings and have invigorated the iTunes multi-screen ecosystem. We expect that in the United States, Apple's strong performance in iVOD will allow it to continue to bypass the video on demand services offered by many major cable operators."
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princeton said:
Wow. 10% is a pretty big drop for apple.
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The market share gets bigger every day so 64% new maybe even a bigger number of sales than the 74% of last year represented. Market share is not what drives apple profitability is and of course creating great products.
Remember that Apple is also one of the few profitable computer companies and they have been for several years. Market share means nothing.
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princeton said:marioestrada said:
creating great products.
That's debatable on so many levels. And wrong on many others.
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marioestrada said:
Market share means nothing.
Hmmmm........ that doesn't seem right????
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aj_the_kidd said:marioestrada said:
Market share means nothing.
Hmmmm........ that doesn't seem right????
Yeah, Apple can do THAT to people.
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