China and the Video Surveillance Camera Market: Declining Influence and Increased Market Opportunity

This IDC Market Note highlights the impact of declining Chinese influence on the video surveillance camera market. Chinese video camera manufacturers are facing a number of significant market challenges. These include being blacklisted by the U.S. government and restricted access to advanced chip technology. The result is that the Chinese influence on the video surveillance camera market is declining. Non-Chinese manufacturers are finding increased opportunity, and ironically, the essential market driver now is not cameras at all but video analytics. To increase market share, manufacturers will need to concentrate on the uses to which cameras are employed and deliver the analytics capabilities that will satisfy the increasingly complex requirements of enterprise customers.