Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "IPTV Global Forecast: 2011 to 2015 Report" report to their offering.

The February 2012 IPTV Global Forecast - 2011 to 2015 is the latest revision of the earlier edition published by MRG, Inc. in August 2011. It incorporates the most recent information on current IPTV deployments around the world, as well a forecast for IPTV subscribers, service revenue, and system revenue from 2011 to 2015.

In total, this report breaks down the IPTV ecosystem into nine industry segments: DSL Subscribers, IPTV Subscribers, Access Systems, Video Headend Encoder Systems, Video-on-Demand Server Software Licenses, Set-top Boxes, Middleware Software Licenses, Content Protection/Digital Rights Management Software Licenses, and System Integration and Professional Services.

The new forecast indicates that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 53 million at the end of 2011 to 105.1 million in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 18.7%.

The service revenue for the global IPTV market is US$21.8 billion in 2011 and is forecasted to grow to US$45.3 billion in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 20%. By 2015, Europe and North America will generate a larger share of the global revenue, due to very low ARPUs in Asia. New and innovative services of key Operators are also described here, as a means to show how Operators are competing with other local Pay-TV Providers.

MRG Report Shows IPTV Growth Outpacing Cable and Satellite TV

The service revenue for the global IPTV market was US$21.8 billion in 2011 and is projected to grow to US$45.3 billion in 2015, a CAGR of 20%. By 2015, Europe and North America will continue to generate a larger share of the global revenue. New and innovative services of key Operators described in the report reveal that IPTV Operators are aggressively developing these new services to compete with other local Pay-TV Operators.