by Paul Joseph
June 22, 2011
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According to research commissioned by the Broadband Forum, China’s IPTV user base grew 55% year-on-year to reach 9.83 million in Q1. This figure is just one million away from France’s 10.6 million. Although Europe remains the largest region for IPTV with over 21 million subscribers, Asia is fast gaining ground with 18 million users. Taiwan made the Top 10 chart for the first time with 850,000 users, while South Korea and Japan, which stood at third and fourth place, had 3.98 million and 2.87 million users respectively. The global figure for IPTV now stands at 48.2 million. The technology enjoyed 34% year-on-year growth globally, and 1.4 million of the 2.9 million new subscribers added in Q1 hailed from Asia. Asia remains the fastest growing broadband region, with a 16.21% increase over last year. Subscribers in Asia now comprise 42% of the global total, up from 40% last year. The first three months of the year saw 42% of global net additions come from China, Hong Kong and Macau. “Asia is doing a bang up job for broadband growth. “India’s broadband usage grew 6.4% in Q1 alone to reach 10.7 million users, which is remarkable.” Other fast growing countries in Asia were Thailand and Indonesia, which registered yearly growth rates of 66.53% and 39.4% respectively. Although DSL continues to be the most widely used broadband technology with 64% of the global total, the Broadband Forum observed impressive growth for fiber usage, which included various hybrid DSL cum fiber rollouts. The subscriber base for fiber grew nearly 20% in the past year to hit 76.2 million. Source: TelecomAsia
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by Paul Joseph
June 13, 2011
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Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is a system through which Internet television services are delivered using the architecture and networking methods of the Internet Protocol Suite over a packet-switched network infrastructure, e.g., the Internet and broadband Internet access networks, instead of being delivered through traditional radio frequency broadcast, satellite signal, and cable television (CATV) formats. IPTV services may be classified into three main groups: 1) live television , with or without interactivity related to the current TV show; 2) time-shifted programming : catch-up TV (replays a TV show that was broadcast hours or days ago), start-over TV (replays the current TV show from its beginning); 3) video on demand (VOD) : browse a catalog of videos, not related to TV programming. IPTV is distinguished from general Internet-based or web-based multimedia services by its on-going standardization process (e.g., European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and preferential deployment scenarios in subscriber-based telecommunications networks with high-speed access channels into end-user premises via set-top boxes or other customer-premises equipment. Market The number of global IPTV subscribers is expected to grow from 28 million in 2009 to 110 million in 2014. Europe and Asia are the leading territories in terms of the over-all number of subscribers. But in terms of service revenues, Europe and North America generate a larger share of global revenue, due to very low average revenue per user (ARPU) in China and India, the fastest growing (and ultimately, the biggest market) is Asia. Although IPTV is in the very nascent stages, the future of IPTV in India is promising. Check out the following view point . IPTV: A hope for the Indian Market? (PDF) Future of IPTV in India a detailed analysis. ( Good read )
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