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North America IPTV not yet eating from satellite's dish

Dan O'Shea — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:21:00 -0400

While IPTV growth was very strong in North America last year, telcos offering IPTV are not yet taking a significant number of customers away from satellite TV companies, according to market research firm iSuppli. A few telcos, notably AT&T, have had resale relationships with satellite companies that might have driven them to be more careful not to compete with satellite in the past, though the more likely reasons for this lack of IPTV-satellite competition could be that IPTV has not yet extended into markets where satellite adoption has been particularly strong. Case in point: I live in a neighborhood in Chicago where satellite dishes seemingly out-number houses. You can always tell when there is some local interference because half the neighborhood emerges from their homes armed with tools to bang on and re-position their gear. AT&T's U-verse TV service, in any case, is not yet widely available in this particular area, but I have to believe the satellite firms will not rule this area for much longer.

iSuppli shows that while IPTV subscribership actually almost quadrupled last year in North America to reach 1.2 million, many of those subscribers were net addition to the pay TV market as a whole, rather than stolen from satellite (though a couple of cable TV firms and telcos have indicated cable companies didn't get off so easily). Satellite TV adoption continues to grow in North America, iSuppli says, but for how much longer?

For more:
- check out this post at IPTV News

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Metric: 103M IPTV subs by '11

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:00:50 -0400

A recent report from iSuppli predicts that the total number of worldwide IPTV subscribers will total 103 million in 2011, which means the industry is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 92.5 percent. iSuppli puts the worldwide total of IPTV subscribers at the end of 2006 at 3.9 million. The figures translate into a $39.1 billion industry (by revenues), which is up by a factor of 40 from $960.5 million in revenues last year. Article

Another report from Infonetics found that the worldwide IPTV equipment manufacturer revenue spiked 150 percent in 2006, easily passing the $1 billion mark. That market is expected to continue to grow, but at a more moderate pace in the years ahead, possibly doubling or tripling before 2010. Infonetics claimed that there were 7.2 million IPTV subscribers worldwide at the end of 2006. Release

Yet another recent report, this one from Screen Digest, indicates that subscriptions to IPTV service across Europe will rise from 2.9 million in 2006 to 5.6 million in 2007. Article

Metric: VOD worth $13B by 2010

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:01:10 -0400

According to a recent report from iSuppli, the worldwide video on demand (VOD) market will be worth $13 billion by 2010. Just out of curiosity, what's with 2010? Seems like a pivotal, watershed year judging by every report that's come out in recent memory. Anyway, iSuppli dismissed the concerns posed by Apple and Amazon and found that most of the growth in VOD will come from IPTV services. Right now, 90 percent of VOD activity comes from the cable industry, but broadband revenues will grow from $120 million to $4.5 billion by 2010(!) and IPTV revenues will also climb during that period from $13 million last year to $2.4 billion. The cable industry will still lead the pack with cable revenues growing from $930 million to $5.7 billion during that time period.

For more on iSuppli's most recent report:
- see this article from AV Interactive

ALSO NOTED: S. Korea to trial IPTV; More from iSuppli on the VOD report; and much more...

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:00:00 -0400

> South Korea to spend $6 million on IPTV trial. Article

> Entriq unveils new IPTV solution. Release

> More from iSuppli on their VOD report. Q&A

> Juniper and Cisco trick out their IPTV routers. Article

And Finally... Irdeto, Huawei team up for IPTV partnership. Article