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IOL signs agreement with BSNL for IPTV services
By Chitti on July 20, 2009
IOL Broadband has tied up with state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) to provide IPTV services. IOL has also signed a revenue sharing agreement with Anytime, a consortium of Hollywood studios such as Walt Disney, FOX, Warner Brothers, and Universal for providing access to films.
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The agreement will allow IOL IPTV subscribers to view latest Hollywood blockbusters without commercial breaks, months before satellite TV broadcasts. IOL has already started trial services of IPTV on BSNL's broadband network in Bangalore. The launch in Bangalore is scheduled for January 14, followed by other cities.
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The viewer's TV connects to a set-top box that decodes the IP video and converts it into standard television signals.
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BSNL has over 700,000 Broadband ADSL subscribers across the country and this subscribers base is growing at a compound rate of over 100% every year
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The Centre has set a target of building a base of 20 million broadband users by 2010. It is predicted that by 2008, 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services.
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Reliance to launch IPTV services by 2008
By Chitti on July 20, 2009
Reliance Communications will launch internet protocol television (IPTV) in 10 Indian cities, including four metros, by the end of 2008 fiscal. By the time Reliance Communications launches its IPTV services, Tata and Bharti Airtel would have already launched their IPTV network. MTNL has already launched IPTV and BSNL is about to launch its services soon. As per Research, Asia-Pacific IPTV market revenues are projected to cross the $3-billion mark by 2013, from about $353.4 million in 2006.
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New year's first IPTV forecast
By Chitti on July 20, 2009
As per California-based market research firm iSuppli, the number of subscribers to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services worldwide is expected to nearly triple in 2007.Since IPTV transition is occurring simultaneously around the world, every region will see an increase in subscribers
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Global IPTV subscribers will reach 14.5 million in 2007, up 192.4 per cent from 4.9 million in 2006, iSuppli predicts
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By 2010, worldwide IPTV subscribers will amount to 63 million, with IPTV service revenue forecasted to reach $ 38 billion in the year 2009 (worldwide IPTV subscribers are forecasted to reach 53 million in the year 2009)
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The Americas and Western Europe are expected to be the biggest markets in terms of revenue per user basis
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The Asia Pacific region will lead the global revolution in IPTV in terms of subscribers, service revenue, infrastructure etc. The region's broadband penetration, supportive regulatory framework, will fuel the growth
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IPTV market potential varies highly across the world depending upon the local Pay-TV market and regulatory conditions
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China will be the future IPTV dragon due to rapid urbanization, fast growing economy and expanding middle class
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The US will be a more difficult market for IPTV, due to high existing pay-TV penetration, and stiff price and service competition that is likely to come from the entrenched operators in the cable and satellite sectors
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