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[Everyone's Posts - Trender Researchâ™] New Over the Top (OTT) Video Study: Trender Research Predicts 7 ...: “The good news for Pay TV service providers is that the 80/20 rule applies in the case of OTT video,” said Trender Research CEO and Principal Analyst Brian Mahony. “The vast majority of consumers will not consider abandoning the familiarity, comfort, and content of traditional television until several obstacles to OTT adoption are overcome.” Among the OTT obstacles highlighted in the report are limited live TV, sports, and high definition content, and the relative complexity of setting up and using OTT devices and networks.

[Youcompare Pay TV] Your Choice: TiVO BlockBuster Sony PS3 VOD IPTV - Youcompare Pay TV: Although the quality of content (and price for such) is a major factor for IPTV providers to contend with, it still won't stop these type of networks springing up down the track with alternative program viewing. In many cases, much of what you'll see on FTA/Pay TV networks will also be available on  the IPTV based services, as it all comes down to how much a company can afford or what they're prepared to sacrifice.

[Digital Forum] TV Widgets on new LCD TVs- Under IPTV ? or under LCD Flat Panel TV ...: The BlockBuster OnDemand TV widget says right on the website "This product will not work outside United States", not sure if they're banning use outside of USA by looking at your IP address, or by looking at you not having a VISA/credit-card with an american address attached. The CinemaNow website doesn't seem to mention which countries it works on.

[Indiandth.com: Direct-To-Home, IPTV & Satellite Radio News] Indiandth.com: Direct-To-Home, IPTV & Satellite Radio News: Missed ...: "Today Tata Sky has become one of the most preferred DTH platforms in the country for broadcasters to premiere their latest blockbusters as it offers them a much wider reach and, most importantly, enables them to kill privacy," said Vikram Mehra, chief marketing officer of Tata Sky Ltd.

[Digital Forum] Telus TV vs Telus Satelitte - Digital Forum: I loved the idea of Video on Demand but I am not going to spend $8 for an HD rental when I can get a Blu-ray at my local blockbuster for $5 for 2 days instead of Telus' 24 hours. The SD rentals also suck because they are not widescreen, a rental DVD upscaled on my blu-ray player looks 100X better quality wise that Telus SD VOD.

[Electronics.ca Publications: New Market Reports] Internet Protocol Television (iPVT) - A Global Strategic Business ...: China III-95 A.Market Analysis III-95 Outlook III-95 Market Overview III-95 China - An Emerging Market III-95 Immense Potential Lies Ahead III-95 Trouble in Paradise III-96 Table 39: Chinese Market for iPTV (2006): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV User Preferences by Type - VoD, Live TV Broadcast, and Time-shifted TV (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-96 Table 40: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Users in Select Major Provinces - Beijing, Guangdong, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and Yunnan (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Table 41: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Subscribers in Shanghai by Consumer- Existing Broadband users loading iPTV, New Broadband users loading iPTV , New iPTV Customers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Chinese TV Industry - An Introduction III-97 Regulatory Framework III-98 SARFT Favors Digital TV III-98 A Peek into the Broadband Market III-99 iPTV Market III-100 Market Trends III-100 Conformist Regulations Hindering iPTV III-100 2008 Olympics - Nurturing iPTV Market III-100 iPTV- A Young Market III-101 Chinese iPTV Market in Nutshell III-101 Challenges Before iPTV III-102 Competitive Structure III-103 IPTV Solutions of Major Chinese Suppliers III-104 China to Outdo Hong Kong III-104 Product/Service Launches III-104 Strategic Corporate Developments III-105 Key Chinese iPTV Carrier/Operator III-109 China Telecom Corporation III-109 B.Market Analytics III-109 Table 42: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-109 Table 43: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-110 4b. Rest of Asia-Pacific III-111 A.Market Analysis III-111 Outlook III-111 Market Overview III-111 Leading Markets III-111 Hong Kong III-111 A Mature Market III-111 Pay TV Market III-111 iPTV in Hong Kong: A Market Profile III-111 FTTH to Take Front Seat III-112 Competitive Structure III-112 PCCW Leads from the Front III-112 Laggards Losing the Battle to PCCW III-113 Japan III-113 Pay TV Market III-113 iPTV Market III-113 Lack of Subscriber Interest and Regulatory Hurdles Hindering iPTV Prospects III-114 South Korea III-114 An Advanced Market for Broadband Penetration III-114 Table 44: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown of Market Revenues for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Table 45: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom by Number of Subscribers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Pending Regulatory Reforms III-115 Telcos Facing Intense Regulatory Barriers III-115 Undermining Prospects for iPTV III-115 India: Market with Strong Potential III-116 Product/Service Launches III-117 Strategic Corporate Developments III-121 Key iPTV Carrier/Operator in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 PCCW Limited (Hong Kong) III-125 Key iPTV Vendor/System Provider in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 NEC Corporation (Japan) III-125 B.Market Analytics III-126 Table 46: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 Table 47: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 5.

[Broadband TV News » IPTV] Blockbuster to stream to Samsung TV sets | Broadband TV News: Called Blockbuster OnDemand, the new services will be available this autumn and are expected to provide millions of homes across the US access to Blockbuster’s digital library of movies. Additionally, as part of the agreement, the service will have preferred positioning on the Blu-ray interfaces.

[Digital Trends - Most Recent News] IPTV Subscribers Up 64 Pct in 2008: Gartner sees video-oriented Web services like Joost and YouTube making moves in the IPTV arena, along with social networking services like Facebook and MySpace.

[NewTeeVee] Vid-Biz: Blockbuster, GlideTV, Vivu: Amino Communications Develops IPTV Set-top Box; uses the Atom Processor CE4100 and can deliver digital video from any TV source including over the top.

[abovethecrowd.com] Want To Know More About the Future of Internet TV?: Let's Look to ...: Unfortunately, outside of what is shared here, I do not have much detail on exactly how this market is evolving. If any readers have more data, or have perspectives or answers to any of the questions listed above, add them to the comments or send them to me at bgurley@benchmark.com with “Korea IPTV”

[Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog] Catch-up Killed the Video-on-Demand Star? « Andrew Burke's ...: The study was conducted for a consortium including Ofcom, the BBC, Channel 4, BT Vision and Microsoft, among others.  What particularly interested me was the observation that the availability of an archive of programmes in the personal video recorder reduced the appetite for true video-on-demand.  I believe Virgin Media claim that the availability of iPlayer shifted their customers’ viewing habits to circa 40% catch-up.  I also thought about my family’s viewing behaviour - check broadcast to see if anything is worth watching, if not check the PVR for unwatched recorded programmes, if not check Sky Anytime for catch-up content, if not check our DVD/Blue-ray collection for anything appealing and if not look at Sky box office for pay-as-you-go VoD.  We seldom make it to the box office option – maybe once every other month - and if we do then we only pay for an HD version.  If we also had the ability to watch free OTT content on our TV then that would make a paid event even rarer.  So a number of things to contemplate:

[Cell Bharat] Bharti Airtel launches IPTV services | CellBharat.com | Indian ...: The successful launch of DTH by a prominent telecom operator in India, Bharti Airtel, has paved way for the next venture, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services which will be offered to the subscribers of New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida. The subscribers are at their choice to choose from interactive 20, enabling online transaction on TV (like booking movie tickets or ordering for pizza) at one button push.

[Edgar Studios Technology Blog] BT Vision Review « Edgar Studios Technology Blog: I decided that the time has come to part with the traditional method of getting premium TV and that i should look into alternatives to Sky and other satellite based services Don’t get me wrong Sky offers a great service but in the current economical situation, I’m finding out that £40 a month is just to expensive. As you may know I’m always interested in new technologies especially ones that are growing on the market.

[The Business Of Online Video] Breakdown On The Number Of Broadband Enabled Devices Sold In The ...: In order to get massive deployment numbers these technologies are best deployed by cable, telco IPTV, and DTH operators whom can basically put a multifunction box in every single house within a city or region and assure QoS to that house. Deployment on a scale of individual housholds one at a time is a lengthy process.

[Bits] Movies in a Box: Blockbuster Offers Download Device - Bits Blog ...: Through many steps in about 14 months, the bill ultimately rested at $344 per month for the data line, for 4 Analog TV’s at $61.00 per TV per month plus enhanced digital service with roughly $8.00 per month per boxe that we never ordered and they kept sending to us, and we kept sending them back,, at our expense becasue we had complained that they took away Turner Classic Movies and moved it to DIgital and tossed in all kinds of Comcast produced channels for extra value including one with the elderly mom of the President of Comcast doing her best on a Barbara Walters type interview show…and we paid for that?.

[Jon Taplin's Blog] Why Eric Schmidt Had to Leave the Apple Board « Jon Taplin's Blog: There has already been a distressing level of deregulation of wireless spectrum, such that some of the new 802.16 spectrum overlaps with IEEE allocations for satellite and radioastronomy bands, potentially rendering billions of dollars of publicly-funded infrastructure at radiotelescopes useless the minute some loon in Manchester, Parkes or Barstow decides a Wimax network would be a handy-dandy thing to set up. We need to strengthen the role of regulators in preventing further pressure to soften or modify IEEE standards, not remove it to allow “fully open wireless competition”.

[India Broadband Forum Feed] HD Viewing in India for free without DTH/IPTV: Because without DTH & IPTV, the other alternatives are: i)having your own dish or ii) Cable TV. Now one cannot get HD through our existing Cable system, so one needs to go for a TVRO! ...

[itvt] [itvt] Interview: Tara Maitra, VP and General Manager of Content ...: On the one hand, it's important from a business and a status perspective for a content provider to be able to offer "sexy" content like blockbuster movies and TV shows, and we're very interested in continuing to do that. At the same time, what I find particular interesting and satisfying about what we're doing is being able to bring to television content that was previously available only on the Web.

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