Digital Media Distribution: Market Update

• Publication date: January 2012

This report analyzes global markets for consumer TV services around the world, including terrestrial, cable, satellite/DTH, and IPTV services. It examines service provider activities and trends in developed and emerging regions, competitive positioning, and changing regulations. The report includes forces that impact current offerings, including OTT video services, multiscreen services, VOD, and many others. The report also includes global foreca...

This report analyzes global markets for consumer TV services around the world, including terrestrial, cable, satellite/DTH, and IPTV services. It examines service provider activities and trends in developed and emerging regions, competitive positioning, and changing regulations. The report includes forces that impact current offerings, including OTT video services, multiscreen services, VOD, and many others. The report also includes global forecasts for television services through 2016.
“Economic, technological, and competitive forces have impacted the television services market like never before,“ said Brett Sappington, director, research, Parks Associates. “While developed markets in North America and Western Europe are pushing advanced TV services to stave off competition and loss of subscribers, emerging markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia are seeing high levels of pay-TV growth. Several trends are becoming evident across markets. New opportunities are available to those service and solution providers who know how to find and leverage them.”

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Table of Contents

The Bottom Line
1.0   Report Summary
1.1 Purpose and Scope of Report
1.2 Data Sources
1.3 Definition of Global Regions
2.0   State of the Market
2.1 The State of Global Television
2.2 North America
2.2.1    United States
2.2.2    Canada
2.3 Western Europe
2.3.1    Germany
2.3.2    France
2.3.3    United Kingdom
2.3.4    Italy
2.3.5    Spain
2.3.6    The Netherlands
2.3.7    Other Western European Nations
2.4 Asia / Pacific
2.4.1    China
2.4.2    India
2.4.3    South Korea
2.4.4    Japan
2.4.5    Australia
2.5 Emerging Markets
2.5.1    Eastern Europe
Russia
2.5.2    Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Colombia
2.5.3    Southeast Asia
2.5.4    Middle East / Africa
3.0   Global Television Service Trends
4.0   Forecasts
4.1 Global TV Services Forecast
5.0   Glossary and Index
5.1 Glossary of Terms
5.2 Index

List of Figures

Companies Interviewed for the Report
Global Forecast Regions
TV Service Growth Areas by Region
U.S. Pay TV Content Features
U.S. Operator DVR Services
Viewing Device Ownership in US Broadband Homes
Top Video Source among U.S. Cord Shavers
U.S. Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Canadian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
German Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Appeal of Multiscreen Service Features in Western Europe
French Service Provider Subscriber Figures
U.K. Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Italian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Spanish Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Dutch Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Other Western European Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Chinese Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Indian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
South Korean Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Japanese Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Australian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Eastern European Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Russian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Brazilian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Mexican Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Argentine Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Colombian Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Southeast Asia Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Middle East / Africa Service Provider Subscriber Figures
Television Services Forecast Methodology
Global TV Households Forecast – By Region
Global TV Services Forecast – By Technology
Global IPTV Subscriber Forecast - By Region
Global Satellite/DTH TV Subscriber Forecast - By Region
Global Cable TV Subscriber Forecast - By Region