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Internet-Based Video-on-Demand Won't Arrive Until 2005

Stamford, Conn. -- Internet-based video-on-demand services, which let
consumers choose movies they want to watch and pay for them to be streamed
or downloaded to their computers, will not be a significant distribution
channel until 2005, according to a report released Thursday by
Connecticut-based analyst firm Gartner G2. The study points out that
today, only 10 percent of the U.S. has the broadband connection necessary
to deliver Internet video-on-demand, and only 2 percent of the 156 million
adult U.S. Internet users say they have purchased or downloaded a digital
movie or video. Gartner also predicts that even three years from now,
Internet-based video-on-demand delivered by companies such as Intertainer,
Movielink and Movies.com will account for only 2 percent of total movie
distribution revenue. The report did not, however, take into account the
growing number of cable and satellite-delivered video-on-demand services
being developed by the major operators in these areas.
http://www.gartnerg2.com/research/rpt-1201-0203.asp