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Portugal - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV Highlights How Portugal Has Seen Considerable Development in the Converged Services Market

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 09:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9a4dbe/portugal_converg) has announced the addition of the "Portugal - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV" report to their offering.

Portugal has seen considerable development in the converged services market. The incumbent's upgraded DSL network provides a range of triple play services, while the main cableco, Zon Multimedia, sold by Portugal in November 2007, has a fully digital network delivering IPTV and Video-on-Demand. A second satellite service was launched in June 2007, while Portugal Telecom, divested of its TV Cabo subsidiary, announced plans to launch a competing service in 2008. The digital TV platform lags behind the rest of Europe but should be completed by 2012. A licence for Free-to-Air services was awarded to Portugal Telecom in May 2008 while a licence for pay-TV is pending. This report assesses the major elements of the Portuguese market for converged media in 2008, presenting statistics on the cable, digital and satellite TV markets and an analysis of the major players and service offerings

Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Overview of media convergence

3. Key general trends

4. Triple play models

5. Digital TV (DTV)

5.1 Digital Terrestrial TV

5.1.1 Licence awarded

5.2 Free-to-Air (FTA) TV

5.3 VoIP services

5.4 TV-over-DSL (IPTV)

5.5 Cable TV (CATV)

5.6 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments

5.6.1 Digital satellite TV

6. Related reports

Table 1 - Broadcasting statistics - 2006 - 2008

Table 2 - Subscribers to bundled packages - July 2007

Table 3 - VoIP subscribers - 2006 - 2007

Table 4 - VoIP provider market share - 2006

Table 5 - ZON Multimedia financial data - 2007

Table 6 - ZON TV, broadband and telephony subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 7 - ZON TV broadband and TV ARPU - 2005 - 2008

Table 8 - Statistical overview of cable TV market - 1998 - 2008

Table 9 - Cabled households by region - 2006 - 2008

Table 10 - Cable TV subscribers by region - 2007 - 2008Table 11 - Satellite and cable TV subscriber households - 1998 - 2008

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9a4dbe/portugal_converg

Source: Business Wire

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