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Is Internet Video a Threat or an Opportunity? Find Out Inside New Report 'Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers'

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 12:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c69650) has announced the addition of new report from Multimedia Research Group Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers to their offering.

Internet Video is a conundrum for IPTV(1) service providers. On the one hand, most IPTV service providers also offer high-speed Internet service, and video sites such as YouTube and Joost fuel a heavy demand for broadband. On the other hand, Internet Video competes with IPTV for viewers, and with the advertising revenues that come from those viewers. So, is Internet Video a threat or an opportunity?

In this report, we come down firmly on the side of opportunity. The fact is that watching video has become an integral part of Internet usage for most people. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project (2):

-The majority of adult Internet users in the U.S. (57%) report watching or downloading some type of online video content, and 19% do so on a typical day.

-Almost three-quarters of broadband users (74%) who have high-speed connections at both home and work watch or download video online. For those who have high-speed access only at home, 66% report online video consumption, compared with 39% of home dial-up users.

-Roughly one in three (31%) Internet users ages 18-29 said they watched or downloaded some type of video on a typical day during the period of the Pew survey. By comparison, 18% of Internet users ages 30-49, 12% of those 50-64 and 10% of those 65 and older watch or download any type of video on the average day.

-In short, Internet Video isn't going away. So, how can IPTV service providers take advantage of that viewership?

There are Internet Video broadcast services in testing and small-scale deployment. Most of these services focus on sending video to PCs, although some are deploying their own set-top boxes. We don't believe that either option will represent a major threat to IPTV service providers for several years, because of the business issues related to distributing high-quality licensed content over the Internet.

In short, Internet Video represents a remarkable opportunity to IPTV service providers to expand their audience, generate more advertising revenues and hold onto subscribers once they acquire them. This report is intended to help IPTV service providers to understand and implement their own Internet Video services.

Content Outline:

1 Executive Summary

2 An Introduction to Internet Video

3 Applications of Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers

4 The Technology of Internet Video

5 Threats and Responses

6 Appendix 1: Current TV

7 Index of Companies

Table of Figures

Table of Tables

Companies Mentioned:

- 24/7 Real Media

- AdJuggler

- Adobe

- Advertising.com

- Akamai

- Akimbo

- Ant

- AOL

- Apple

- aQuantive/Atlas

- AT&T

- Babelgum

- BBC

- BitTorrent

- Brightcove

- Building B

- BurstMedia

- Cablevision

- CBS Panther

- CDNetworks

- Cisco (Scientific-Atlanta)

- CNBC

- Comcast

- Current TV

- Dabble

- Digital Fountain

- Digital Rapids

- DirecTV

- Dish Network

- DoubleClick

- EdgeCast Networks

- Envivio

- E-Planning Thomson/Grass Valley

- Ericsson (Tandberg Television)

- eSolutions AG

- Espial Time

- Everyzing

- Express

- Eyeblaster

- Falk

- Firefox

- Fox

- Google

- Harmonic

- Hewlett Packard

- Intel

- Intermap/VitalStream

- ITVN

- Joost

- Kulabyte

- KyLinTV

- Level3

- Lifetime Television

- Lightningcast

- Limelight Networks

- LiveStation

- Macrovision

- Maven Networks

- Metacafe

- Microsoft

- Mirror Image

- Motorola (Modulus/Tut)

- Mozilla

- MSN

- MySpace

- Nagravision

- NBC

- On2 Technologies

- Operative

- Optibase

- Oxygen

- pownce.com

- RealPlayer

- Revver

- Rhozet

- Roo Networks

- RottenTomatoes.com

- SecureMedia

- Sky

- Sun Microsystems

- Telestream

- Telstra

- The FeedRoom

- thePlatform

- Thruport

- Truveo

- ValueClick

- Veoh

- Verimatrix

- VeriSign

- Verizon

- Viacom

- VideoEgg

- Virage

- Virgin Media

- Vudu

- Warner

- Widevine

- Yahoo

- YouTube

- Zattoo

- Ziddio

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c69650

Source: Business Wire

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