Research and Markets: IPTV Vendors up The Ante according To This Latest Research Report out Today
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DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bcb812/iptv_vendors_up_th) has announced the addition of the "IPTV Vendors up the Ante" report to their offering. IPTV infrastructure is an overly competitive vendor market today with fourteen companies that can reasonably claim complete solutions. As IPTV moves beyond replicating cable services, fewer vendors will be able to span the expanded skill set needed. Scope: Ovum's research has, for over 20 years been focused at the junction of the technical and commercial domains. Ovum's market reports provide strategic analysis of evolving trends in wholesale, enterprise, consumer, networking, devices, and components markets. Our analysis drills down into market ecosystems and segments, inflection points, competitive landscapes and trends, vendor leadership and best practice. Highlights: One common theme among telcos is clear - they are all looking to provide an efficient next-generation network on which they can offer high-quality value-added services (VASs) to their customers. Telecoms operators are faced with a string of challenges from defending their core fixed revenues to generating growth from new wave services and international operations. Reasons to Purchase: Ovums research helps vendors and service providers accelerate delivery of profitable new revenue streams. Our findings help businesses make more effective strategic and business decisions faster. For more information about how this specific research report can help your business please contact us. Key Topics Covered: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Consolidation likely as IPTV matures Raising the entry stakes * Early market allowed entrants from multiple sides - The game continues to change - Next step is a bigger commitment - Success factors: Ability and will to invest in new competencies - Market is overly competitive today Integrated solution has not proved a differentiator * "Complete end-to-end solution" is unhelpful description - Point solutions aren't the competition - But where are the "ends"? Vendors divided into transport and video camps * Strongest competitors have both: partner up - Addressing video quality issues requires both skill sets - Telecom OEMs have the greatest stake in this market - Transport adding video intelligence - Telecom operators need both types of help and more - Video contribution industry struggling with its own migration - IMS increasing in importance Web stage is a different type of transition * IPTV trying to become a service platform - Applications viewed as the new battlefield - Platform support for third-party applications - IPTV vendors do applications today - Some IPTV middleware may finally justify the name "middleware" - Separating end-user-device and network-side middleware Vendor strategies * IPTV encompasses many angles - Full service versus product in a box - Feature weighting reveals different priorities - Vendors recognize that the customer is the operator, not the viewer - Strategy depends on target customer type List of Tables * Table 1: Vendors who offer both partner and in-house options List of Figures * Figure 1: Ability and will to invest in IPTV competitiveness * Figure 2: IPTV middleware vendors by customers and total end users * Figure 3: Categorization of IPTV vendors by breadth of offerings * Figure 4: Extended IPTV infrastructure including video processing and video-aware broadband transport * Figure 5: Vendors ranked by breadth in transport and video * Figure 6: Transport vendors by relative strength in wireless vs. wireline and synergies between IPTV and wireline transport and IMS * Figure 7: Feature weighting based on vendor messaging * Figure 8: Feature set focus, operator versus subscriber For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bcb812/iptv_vendors_up_th Source: Ovum Research and Markets Laura Wood Senior Manager Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 press@researchandmarkets.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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