Expert analyst teams

Cablevision Most at Threat as Telco TV Footprint Grows
Verizon and AT&T are continuing to roll out video services in the US, putting cable companies under pressure; in the third quarter of 2008, GMI estimates Verizon's FiOS covered 22% of Cablevision's homes passed. We believe Cablevision is more exposed than other cable companies and that the strong technology/quality play, combined with a wide VoD offer, will tempt away many of Cablevision's higher spending customers.
11-Nov-08

Making VoD Pay is UK Cableco's Challenge
Virgin Media, the major cable operator in the UK with 3.5m subs, reported a surging increase in video-on-demand (VoD) views: 45m per month, compared to 23m in Q3 2007. While these results are encouraging, 95% of these views are free and VoD is primarly a value-add service to counter churn rather than a major revenue stream. In GMI's view, Virgin Media needs more and better content and must develop ad-supported VoD to see more of a revenue gain from VoD.
04-Nov-08

Research Article 2008 Third parties provide Nordic IPTV
The prevalence of multi-utility services in Scandinavia makes independent supply of pay TV a viable opportunity
15-Oct-08

IPTV Business Models: Profit and loss in the telco TV space
The report 'IPTV Business models: Profit and Loss in the Telco TV Space', discusses the business models and strategies adopted by IPTV services across Europe, providing an assessment of the potential for profitability from the sector. The report also looks at the evolution of IPTV services and provides by-country data profiles of 26 IPTV markets across the region.
24-Sep-08

Research Article 2008 Slow growth for Canadian pay TV
The internet and telephony are helping to expand the cable sector
23-Sep-08

Research Article 2008 IPTV impact threat for cable in US
Competition between the delivery systems has yet to bite but a battle is in prospect
12-Aug-08

Research Article 2008 US telcos' relentless TV roll-out
Telecom operators are gaining subscribers for TV
15-May-08

Research Article 2008 Cable/satellite PVRs sell on price
Marketing and consumer awareness have little effect on initial uptake of PVRs
23-Apr-08

Research Article 2008 Rapid on-demand growth in Europe
Increased availability of content has changed the pay-per-view landscape
26-Mar-08

Can Microsoft Really Control The Future Of TV?
Microsoft has finally succeeded in expanding into TV with its Mediaroom IPTV product. Although revenues are tiny compared with Xbox content, its market leadership in a fast-growing sector - IPTV - is an important strategic move.
20-Mar-08

Research Article 2008 French IPTV begins its downturn
Meteoric growth that has put France way ahead of the world in IPTV continues but new additions are levelling off
22-Feb-08

Research Article 2008 UK leads West European PVR drive
Cable is left behind as IPTV and satellite race ahead
23-Jan-08

Research Article 2008 Internet protocol TV market
Although IPTV as a platform has yet to achieve a subscriber base to rival that of cable or satellite, it has made serious gains in the years since it first arrived in Europe. France, is, and will remain, the main market for IPTV in Europe, with seven operators and a penetration rate of over 14 per cent. Its market share (now over 50 per cent of Europe's IPTV viewers) will decline as other European IPTV services start to take hold. By 2011, 65 per cent of European IPTV viewers will be outside France.
23-Jan-08

Research Article True video-on-demand market
Cable will dominate the true video-on-demand (VoD) market, even though internet protocol (IPTV) currently holds the lead
01-Dec-07

Research Article Slovenia television market profile
Strong forecast for pay TV growth with cable dominant
01-Nov-07

Research Article Shift in IPTV access technology
ADSL2+ is the most common access technology for internet protocol television, currently providing service to 82 per cent of customers
14-Sep-07

Research Article European IPTV broaches MPEG-4
Demand for services like high definition television is driving the switch to the more expensive but futureproof encoding format
06-Aug-07

Research Article IPTV takes off in China
We forecast that China will be the world's largest Internet Protocol TV market in the world in two years' time and will far outstrip any other territory by 2011. We examine the two current IPTV ventures in Har'bin and Shanghai.
12-Jun-07

Research Article Conditional access in Europe
NDS currently leads with almost half the market, a sign of the extent to which dominant players are emerging in a consolidating sector
12-Jun-07

Research Article European middleware market boom
The switch from analogue to digital services and the development of IPTV have opened up the market, which will double in two years
15-May-07