To support multiple devices in the home, IPTV Operators move into providing better quality and more choices through streaming and integrated hybrid services enabling Operators with more flexibility necessary to meet new threats from competitive Pay-TV and streaming/OTT services.

Forecasts say the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow at 20.3% CAGR from 54 million at the end of 2011 to 113 million in 2015.

The new report “IPTV Global Forecast: 2011 to 2015” drawn up by MRG Multimedia Research Group, Inc incorporates the most recent information on current IPTV deployments from pole to pole, as well a forecast for IPTV subscribers, service revenue, and system revenue from 2011 to 2015. At large, the study breaks down the IPTV ecosystem into nine industry segments as well as splits the market into four regions around the world: Europe, Asia, North America and ROW. The review provides a global market summary by way of identifying over 900 service providers across the globe offering IPTV services.