EL SEGUNDO, CA – Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in Canada is rapidly gaining momentum at the expense of incumbent cable and satellite services, with IPTV’s share of pay-TV subscriptions in the country rising to nearly to 10 percent in the third quarter of 2012. IPTV accounted for 9.6 percent of Canadian pay-TV video subscriptions in the third quarter, according to IHS Screen Digest Television Intelligence, from information and analytics provider IHS. This is up from [...]

SINGAPORE – The g​lobal pay-TV market added nearly 47 million subscribers in 2012 reaching a total of 864 million subscribers, according to ABI Research, a provider of in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity. “The growth in satellite, cable, and IPTV markets was strong, although digital terrestrial TV growth was flat in 2012. ABI Research expects that the pay-TV market will continue to grow in 2013 to reach 907 million subscribers,” said [...]

BOSTON — Many operators see the proliferation of OTT as a threat to their established IPTV business models. They fear that OTT will subvert their role in the pay-TV value chain and cannibalize revenue. Not according to Pyramid Research’s new report, “OTT Growth Sparks Innovation Multiscreen Video Business Models.” “We’ve found that the opposite is just as likely to be true,” says Pyramid analyst Daniele Tricarico. “We argue that OTT is serving as an innovation [...]

CAMPBELL, CA – By 2016 satellite TV revenue will overtake cable TV revenue for the first time, according to Infonetics Research, whose November 2012 Pay TV Services and Subscribers report has just been released. The report forecasts and analyzes the telco Internet protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video services markets. “Ongoing challenging economic conditions in the key revenue-generating markets of North America and Western Europe have resulted in slowing subscriber and revenue growth [...]

NEW YORK — Empire State Development (ESD) approved funding for two SLIC Network Solutions projects to bring FTTH to currently unserved St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties. Slic Network Solutions, Inc. (SLIC) is a for-profit company located in Nicholville, New York that was formed in 1995 as an ISP. SLIC has previously developed and managed last-mile fiber networks in Canton, Potsdam and Massena to provide voice and data services primarily to commercial customers. The company’s customers [...]

Telcos will lead the next stage in pay-TV services as the number of IPTV subscribers in the U.S. rises from 8.8 million in 2011 to 18.6 million in 2017 according to new research from Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. According to the research, telcos are leveraging their fiber-based broadband offerings to attract new customers. As a result Parks Associates predicts that by 2017 satellite’s [...]

Telcos will lead the next stage in pay-TV services as the number of IPTV subscribers in the U.S. rises from 8.8 million in 2011 to 18.6 million in 2017 according to new research from Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. According to the research, telcos are leveraging their fiber-based broadband offerings to attract new customers. As a result Parks Associates predicts that by 2017 satellite’s [...]

LONDON — As of the end of March 2012, there were 612.6 million fixed broadband lines around the world, according to a new report from research firm Point Topic and the Broadband Forum. This represents a 2.7 percent growth in the first quarter of 2012 and 11.5 percent in the 12 months since Q1 2011. The rapid rate of growth is primarily due to the addition of new broadband markets, where penetration grows more quickly [...]

Despite pioneering in the IPTV field, latter day Qwest wasn’t much on the idea of getting into the TV business, repeatedly insisting they supported the idea of an “over the top” solution. Granted that was partially because Qwest spent the last few years shopping itself around, and made debt reduction its first priority. In contrast, new Qwest owner CenturyLink offers an IPTV service dubbed Prism, but only in select markets. Initially the telco balked when [...]

Google’s 1 Gbps residential fiber service is officially underway in Kansas City, with consumers expected to be up and running sometime in the second half of the year. Building on earlier rumors that Google was planning to add an IPTV service into the mix, the company is reported to have applied for an FCC license back in December allowing them to run the antenna farm necessary to get into delivering television. Additional evidence has been [...]