The Information & Communications Technology Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its Exclusive 2006 Quarterly Webinar on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. CDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT.

The major driver behind IPTV or "telco TV" is a response to cable operators' launching VoIP and creating a bundle of video, data and voice services. Initially, the IPTV experience will be similar to the broadcast TV experience in order to attract customers to an enhanced experience and then over time, new applications will be introduced.

In this webinar, we will discuss what is IPTV and what it's not, the drivers behind the services both from a provider and end user perspective, competitive issues regarding offerings and platforms, highlight some players and deployments and provide a market forecast.

"The television viewing experience is changing as television becomes more customized to users' preferences and less of a passive viewing experience," notes Frost & Sullivan Senior Analyst Lynda Starr. "The use of personal video recorders, iPods and other MP3 players, has accustomed consumers to being their own programmers based on a fairly large content selection, which is spurring the IPTV market."

Those interested in participating in the interactive webinar should send an email to Mireya Castilla - Corporate Communications at mireya.castilla@frost.com with the following information: your full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state and country. She will send the registration details via email upon receipt of the above information.

This briefing will benefit vendors offering the various IPTV set-top devices, component vendors (chip sets, boards), service providers evaluating and offering IPTV-based services, content providers (programming networks), consumer electronics retailers and e-tailers, network infrastructure providers ranging from cable and DSL to VoIP softswitches, to name a few.