IP TV Global Market Report Forecasts 25 Million Subs by 2008

Reprinted from a Market Wire press release

Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG, Inc) has announced its new semi-annual IP TV Forecast, IP TV Global Forecast Update - February 2005 (http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R190-022.html), as part of its year-round IP TV Tracking Service. Projecting growth from 1.9 million subscribers in 2004 to 25.3 million in 2008, for the first time the forecast includes System Integration & Professional Services as part of its global forecast. In addition to the 6 other product sectors broken down by region and country (IP TV Set-Top boxes, Video Headends, VOD Servers, Middleware, Access Equipment, and Content Protection), the report also forecasts IP TV subscriber revenue growth from $635 million in 2004 to $7.2 billion in 2008, also broken down on regional and service-provider levels.

The forecast also identifies the “top ten” (or equivalent) regional service providers in each of four regions (Asia, Europe, North America and ROW), broken down by the seven product segments for 2004-2008. “This granular approach enables system and content suppliers a quick understanding of the service providers that dominate 60% or more of the regional sectors,” states Bob Larribeau, MRG Sr. Analyst.

This report is ideal for professionals and investors interested in the areas of Telecommunications, Streaming Media, Digital Set-Top Products, Access Technology, Satellite, Information Technology and Multimedia. If you would like to know more about this, or other Multimedia Research Group reports, please contact MindBranch, Inc. at 1-413-662-3706.