Research and Markets has announced the addition of IPTV Market Leaders Report - March 2008 to their offering. This IPTV Market Leaders Report identifies which IPTV systems and software companies (vendors) are leading each of the six IPTV markets globally and within the four regional markets (or twenty-four segments all totaled) tracked by the report. Market position is measured using estimates and actual numbers of active IPTV subscribers that are using (or being supported by) each company’s products for all product segments except the Video Headends. For the Video Headends we have measured market position using the reported number of IPTV channels that are to be provided using each company’s products. Since a Video Headend may support two thousand or two million subscribers, the number of channels is a much better measure of each company’s market position. These methodologies give a good measure of the relative position of each company, as well as, the prospects for future growth.

The total subscriber count also includes a small number of subscribers served by systems we have verified, but where the suppliers have not been identified. Using these totals for each regional segment, therefore, the top 5-10 companies are ranked. Subscriber counts are verified by tri-angulating reports from multiple vendors, public announcements and direct contact with the IPTV Operators.

Growth Prospects

In addition, the growth prospects for each company is rated based on the number of large IPTV service deployments the company is participating in. This includes tables that show the number of significant deployments for each company globally and within each region.

A significant deployment is one that has been announced and is expected to be one of the world’s top 25 systems by number of IPTV subscribers in 2011. Over 80 companies (or company departments) are included in this Market Leaders Report.

This report includes the Asian, European, North American, and Rest of the World regions.