IPTV Subscriber Base Set for Explosive Growth

IPTV Subscriber Base Set for Explosive Growth

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The worldwide subscriber base for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services is expected to expand by a factor of more than 26 from 2005 to 2010, spurring a competitive battle between video providers both old and new, iSuppli Corp. predicts.

Global IPTV subscribers will grow to slightly more than 63 million in 2010, rising at a stunning Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 92.1 percent from 2.4 million in 2005. The IPTV subscriber base will generate more than $27 billion in overall IPTV services revenue in 2010. While video services will account for the largest portion of these dollars, value-added media services and IPTV operator advertising will combine to represent more than 14 percent of IPTV services revenue in 2010. Furthermore, across all IPTV services, the corresponding content licensing revenue will reach $11 billion in 2010.

"The fight to capture the expanding base of IPTV subscribers will put telecom operators on a collision course with existing pay-TV market competitors and with a new class of broadband video portals as they roll-out progressively more sophisticated offerings," said Mark Kirstein, vice president, multimedia content and services for iSuppli.

iSuppli categorizes market deployment of IPTV services in three phases. The current global IPTV market is early in its first phase: basic service deployment. The second phase will add an array of value-added and interactive services. Phase three will bring dramatic improvements in integration and interactivity.

Thus, in this pending battle for subscribers, providing a competitive video offering is merely the cost of entry for IPTV operators.

For a detailed look at the global IPTV market, read the latest report from iSuppli's Home Entertainment Multimedia Content Service, entitled: IPTV Content and Services: Bracing for the Subscriber Wars.

And for a more detailed version of this press release, including a IPTV subscriber forecast chart, please visit: http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6227&m=8&y=2006

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Source: iSuppli Corporation

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