As they enter the growth stage of their industry, IPTV operators are moving past their underlying network capabilities and are focusing on real and value-added benefits for their customers. Telco-IPTV operators’ future success will be determined by a wide range of internal and external factors while they manage the expansion stage of their offerings and find their investment needs shifting as they target both existing and prospective customers.

IPTV combined with Multi-Play is reaching a stage where content and service options still matter most, but as network offerings and device options proliferate consumers are also weighing the cost, value and ease of implementation in the home. Operators are only now beginning to offer IT support services to resolve in-home and self-service installation issues raised by subscribers.

ABI Research’s recent study, “Global IPTV Markets” discusses IPTV’s current and future development in detail, covering key IPTV operators and vendors on a global basis. It looks beyond early stage network and head-end build outs and focuses on operators’ infrastructure investment decision-making. It includes forecasts for IPTV subscribers and revenues and IPTV set-top box installed base and shipments, and profiles the primary IPTV operators by world regions.

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