The market growth for IPTV is crucially dependent on the economic viability of its business models according to a study by Berlin-based consulting company Goldmedia. It says the construction and operation of an independent IPTV platform is economically viable only for telecom companies with at least 2.5 million broadband customers. Revenues from TV services alone […]
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has ordered BSkyB to pay all legal costs derived from Sky's attempts to fight the Compeition Commission's original decision that it must sell its 17.9% stake in ITV down to a maximum of 7.5%. The bill will include the costs of the Competition Commission, ITV, the Secretary of State for […]
The membership of the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has been reinforced by the addition of four significant new members. British Telecom, Pirelli, Netgem and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have joined the effort to develop open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV; based on existing technologies and open standards
Australia's free-to-air TV networks have called on the federal government to impose tough new regulations on future Internet TV services to prevent them grabbing premium sport and other content. Free TV Australia, representing the Seven, Nine, Ten, ABC and SBS networks, argued the anti-siphoning content rules for pay-TV should include IPTV. In its submission on […]
The Broadband Forum has published the latest broadband and IPTV statistics, which show impressive growth in the face of the global economic downturn. Its report, prepared for the Forum by industry analysts Point Topic, shows that global broadband grew by 16.6 million lines in the first quarter 2009 alone, while IPTV subscribers approach 24 million, […]
Australia's free-to-air TV networks have called on the federal government to impose tough new regulations on future Internet TV services to prevent them grabbing premium sport and other content. Free TV Australia, representing the Seven, Nine, Ten, ABC and SBS networks, argued the anti-siphoning content rules for pay-TV should include IPTV. In its submission on […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The “New Media: Challenges and Opportunities of Development for the Italian Market” study from Ernst & Young has revealed that IPTV penetration remains low, with only 600.000 users in Italy, compared to the estimated 5 million for DTH platform Sky Italian and DTT pay-TV operator Mediaset Premium. According to Ernst […]
The chief executive of BT Vision, Dan Marks, has quit to pursue his own interests. IPTV service BT Vision is at the heart of the UK telco’s efforts to move beyond traditional phone services. But Marks warned that without an acceleration to Ofcom’s review of the pay-TV sector, enabling BT to access BSkyB’s premium film […]
According to UBS Research, AT&T is slowing the deployment of their “next-generation” VDSL IPTV service, U-Verse. UBS initially expected AT&T to pass 11 million homes in 2009, but has 're-guesstimated' that AT&T will pass just 4-5 million homes this year. That would be down from 9 million in 2008. AT&T admits there’s been a recession-related […]
Italian telcos Fastweb, Telecom italia and Wind have partnered to launch a website providing consumer information on IPTV services, intended to fuel subscriber growth to their respective IPTV services. The site also provides information to Italian consumers in the run up to the digital switchover in 2012. The site offers information on IPTV platforms, the […]