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Christopher Chute
Research Manager, Worldwide Digital Imaging Solutions and Services

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Christopher Chute is a Research Manager with IDC's Worldwide Digital Imaging Solutions Group. Mr. Chute focuses specifically on the digital still camera, camcorder, camera phone, and network surveillance camera categories, as well as consumer printing and other image sharing technologies. He conducts forecasting, product analysis, and consumer usage identification for these markets, through a variety of supply and demand-side studies.

Mr. Chute is best known for creating IDC's annual Image Bible report series, which tracks revenue and printing opportunities for the global consumer imaging market. Numerous Fortune 500 companies utilize the Image Bible for strategic and product planning purposes. He is also known as the premier source for providing a grounded vision of how consumers truly adopt and use digital imaging technology.

Writers from a variety of publications rely on Mr. Chute for a deep understanding of the imaging market, including Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, San Jose Mercury News, Bloomberg, and The Financial Times. His television and radio appearances include ABC World News Tonight, National Public Radio, and Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline. Mr. Chute also speaks regularly at a variety of international trade shows, including Computex and Photokina.

Mr. Chute received his B.A. in history from Boston College in 1994, and completed his MBA at B.C. in 2005. Mr. Chute joined IDC in June of 2000; prior to that he was a Project Manager for Linkage, Incorporated, a global human resources consulting company.


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Can Cisco Disrupt Kodak Gallery with FlipShare?
Christopher Chute
Dec 2009 - Doc # lcUS22102709      IDC Link
On December 2, Cisco announced the availability of FlipShare 5.0, its latest user generated content (UGC) ecosystem/management software solution. Along with this announcement was another introducing FlipShare TV, a device for sharing UGC fr ...
Will the iPhone 3G S Do for Video Capture What Apple Has Done for Everything Else?
Christopher Chute
Jun 2009 - Doc # lcUS21879609      IDC Link
On Monday, June 8, at Apple’s WWDC, the next version of the popular iPhone was introduced. Dubbed iPhone 3G S, of particular note on the imaging side was the increase in camera resolution to 3MP with autofocus, and more importantly, the add ...

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2009 U.S. Consumer Digital Camera Imaging Usage Survey
Christopher Chute
Jan 2010 - Doc # 221583      Survey
This IDC study contains results from a top-level study of U.S. digital camera owners. The 2009 U.S. Consumer Digital Camera Imaging Usage Survey contains results from a top-level study of U.S. digital camera owners. The ...
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2009 U.S. Camcorder and Video Capture Usage Survey
Christopher Chute
Jan 2010 - Doc # 221587      Survey
This IDC study discusses the 2009 U.S. Camcorder and Video Capture Usage Survey containing results from a top-level study of U.S. camcorder, digital camera, and camera phone owners. The survey focuses on key consumer vid ...
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Appearances

IDC at PMA 2010 - Digital Photography 3.0: The Convergence of Camcorders and Content
Anaheim, CA United States
February 22, 2010

Monitoring the Network Surveillance Market Value Chain
Framingham, MA United States
June 04, 2009

IDC at PMA 2009
Las Vegas, NV United States
March 04, 2009

State of Fear Redux: A Look Back and a Look Ahead at the Digital Camera Market
Framingham, MA United States
February 25, 2009