Research and Markets has announced the addition of IPTV Global Forecast: 2005-2008 Semiannual IPTV Global Forecast Update to their offering.

Growth projection will be from 1.9 million subscribers in 2004 to 25.3 million in 2008, for the first time the forecast includes System Integration & Professional Services as part of its global forecast. The report also forecasts IP TV subscriber revenue growth from $635 million in 2004 to $7.2 billion in 2008, also broken down on regional and service-provider levels.

The forecast identifies the "top ten" (or equivalent) regional service providers in each of four regions (Asia, Europe, North America and ROW), broken down by the seven product segments for 2004-2008. This granular approach enables system and content suppliers a quick understanding of the service providers that dominate 60% or more of the regional sectors.

Regional changes revealed and analyzed include:

-- Plans by SBC and BellSouth to deploy large IP TV networks in the U.S.

-- Plans by Verizon to use IP TV technology for Video On Demand services to supplement its RF based broadband video service over its Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) access network.

-- Introduction of Video On Demand IP TV services by China Telecom.

-- Broad deployment of IP TV services in many countries in Europe.

-- Continued growth of subscribers by the major established IP TV service providers such as, Free in France, PCCW in Hong Kong, and FastWeb in Italy.

The report is broken down as follows:

-- Executive Summary

-- Global Outlook for IP TV

-- Global IP TV Market Forecast

-- Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendations

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19272.