The key issues surrounding digital cable, satellite, terrestrial TV and IPTV.
The 7th edition of the best selling Global Digital TV report guides you through the key issues surrounding digital cable, satellite, terrestrial TV and IPTV, highlighting potential growth areas and pinpointing new opportunities.
Key Coverage
Packed full of data and forecasts, and containing valuable analysis of the current market and insight into future developments, Global Digital TV (7th edition) covers:
- digital cable - 28 million new digital cable subs are forecast to be added in 2007, and this level of expansion is expected to continue for some time, with the total reaching 249 million in 2012. What are the leading cable companies’ strategies for up converting their subscriber base to digital? Which countries are set for a digital cable explosion? What global opportunities are still available for this already dominant sector?
- digital DTH - satellite delivery will account for 36% of the global digital total or 87 million homes by end 2007. Although this will drop to 23% of the global total by 2012 due to the increase in cable, IPTV and DTT, the number of digital DTH homes will rise by 33 million between 2007 and 2012. Which territories are set for the biggest growth? What factors will drive the platform’s digital market share decline? Where will new revenue come from?
- IPTV - 37 million global households will subscribe to IP-based TV signals by 2012 - up from 10 million at year-end 2007. Although IPTV will remain a niche delivery platform - with only 3% of the global total by 2012 - discover where fast uptake is expected and the strategies used to succeed against entrenched competition from established platforms.
- digital terrestrial TV - From 1.4 million homes in 2000, the global total is forecast to climb to 47.8 million by end-2007 and rocket to 97.1 million global households by 2012. What factors are driving this growth? From which regions will the strongest growth come? What new opportunities will DTT growth make available worldwide?
Market Data
Global Digital TV (7th edition) gives you:
- Year-on-year forecasts to 2012 - Global Digital TV (7th edition) uses Informa Telecoms & Media’s highly regarded proprietary databases to forecast all digital TV platforms across 45 countries. Forecasts include TV household composition by DTT, digital cable, DTH and IPTV entertainment.
- Independent analysis - of the global digital TV industry by our highly regarded industry experts. The 7th edition of this report is based on brand new research, to ensure you have the most up to date information available.
- Country-by-country coverage of the global industry, with special focus on the 20 key global digital TV markets, including Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, UK, France and the US.
Essential reading for:
- Platforms: Learn from the groundbreaking digital markets - how have different platforms adapted to digital transmission and how can you benefit from their experience?
- Content owners: Find out which digital delivery platforms are the most popular in each territory
- Broadcasters: Calculate the impact of digital penetration on your audience and advertising share
- Regulators: Discover how different governments plan to achieve analogue switch-off
- Equipment manufacturers: Find out which countries hold the highest potential for digital conversion
Forecasts
43% of TV households worldwide to be digital by end of 2012
"By 2012, 43% of the world’s TV homes will receive digital signals - or nearly 504 million households. More than 264 million digital homes will be added to the total between end-2007 and end-2012. China will be a major contributor to this increase by accounting for 60 million of the extra homes. Other significant rises will come in the US (39 million more), Japan (20 million) and India (23 million)."
Source: Informa Telecoms & Media