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OddJob
03-25-2010, 02:28 AM
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March 24, 2010

According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, the IPTV
market continues to expand, with global IPTV subscriptions reaching 29.7
million at the end of 2009, up from 19.4 million a year earlier.

In particular, IPTV has started to win significant share in several emerging
markets and has made inroads into some developed mid-sized ones, albeit at
a slow pace.

The number of quarterly net new subscriptions, or net additions, for
broadband-based TV services from telecoms operators and ISPs reached a
record high of 3.2 million in the last three months of last year. Only four
countries accounted for nearly two-thirds of all IPTV subscriptions: France,
the US, China and South Korea.

“IPTV still has a long way to go. The technology had only 5 percent of the
multichannel-TV market and less than 2 percent penetration of the world’s
households, despite services being available in over 50 countries.

In many markets, services have simply struggled to make progress against
cable, satellite and terrestrial TV competition,” comments Rob Gallagher,
Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. “But the potential for
delivering broadband-based services to the TV should not be underestimated.

Despite the low number of success stories for conventional IPTV, the
underlying technology is increasingly being embraced by cable, satellite and
terrestrial TV providers as well as Internet firms, media groups and consumer
electronics manufacturers.”
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C_4
03-25-2010, 04:28 AM
iptv is increasing for sure. :jumprope: