Reports - MRG Multimedia Research Group Inc.

Large U.S. CATV Operators (MSOs) are developing bandwidth-saving strategies to support new services in 2007 to 2010, as a means to anticipate new competition from Satellite, IPTV (or Telco TV) and Internet Video. Using Digital Simulcast, Switched Video, Statmuxing, G-QAM Usage, Reclaiming Analog Channels, and Node-Size Reduction as part of their arsenals, MSOs have already installed testbeds and trial operations as a means to enhance their operational and revenue-generating capabilities. The new report from MRG, “CATV Infrastructure: Assessing Strategies & Forecast” provides in-depth analysis and unit/revenue forecasts for strategic cap-ex outlays anticipated by US MSOs using these and other strategies.

CATV Infrastructure: Assessing Strategies & Forecast — March 2007
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U.S. Digital Cable TV Advertising Analysis & Forecast 2006-2009 – June 2006

Cable MSOs in the US are being confronted by new challenges this year that relate to maintaining and increasing revenue streams and profitability. Because of the increased pressure from Satellite, the telcos (IPTV) and even Internet service companies like Google and Yahoo, this study sets out to understand the technical and strategic priorities of the top U.S. MSOs (Multi-Systems Cable Operators), as a means to understand where Advanced Digital Advertising (DA in this report) is going. At the same time, we set out to understand how underlying infrastructure and underlying service development will (or will not) assist in promoting the digital advertising trials and deployments.

US Digital Cable TV Advertising Analysis & Forecast 2006-2009 — June 2006 is 150 pages and the report is $1,995 for printed version and $2995 for a PDF departmental license. Report owners can have access to sample clips for an additional $300. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at 408-453-5553 or rsmith@mrgco.com. California orders please add 8.25% sales tax.

US MSO Triple Play Service & IP Infrastructure Report - 2005-2008
A Triple-Play Series Report - February, 2005

This report tracks the strategies, plans, implementation schedules and anticipated new revenues of over twenty new services; and the associated IP Infrastructure upgrades needed to support their new cable services.

Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553 for more information on US MSO Triple Play Service & IP Infrastructure Report - 2005-2008 A Triple-Play Series Report - February, 2005.

Cable Telephony Business Case and North American Forecast – 2004 to 2007 Describes how the leading Cable Companies will move to commercial deployment in 2005, while simultaneously rolling out telephony in new regions. Based on two different rollout-strategies, the cable telephony market could blossom to as many as 21.2 million subscribers and over $8.1 billion in System Revenue by 2007. This report outlines in detail these two rollout strategies and their impact on ROI.

The report also investigates how Cable Companies can aggressively adopt the outsourcing deployment approach (Strategy #2), and significantly improve their telephony penetration.

Figure 1-1: Forecast for System Revenue for Cable Telephony in North America

Cable Telephony Business Case and North American Forecast – 2004 to 2007. This 160-page report available at $2,995 USD for the print version. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553.

Triple Play vs. Home Run/Telco vs Cable: The Battle for the Multi-Services Market

• What role will HDTV play in each Cable company's digital strategy?
• How will Cable fare in Europe and Asia against the emerging TelcoTV services?
• What are the new Triple-Play strategies for North American Cable in 2004 and beyond?
• How are the Telcos responding with their own Triple-Play strategies?
• What are the main vulnerabilities Cable must overcome to implement its Triple-Play strategies?
• What will drive Cable’s all–digital strategy, and what are the critical success factors?
• What role does the DVR play in each Cable company’s drive toward digital services?
• What price bundling is Cable using to secure HSD (High Speed Data) dominance?
• How much will HSD and VoIP (Voice over IP) drive Cable’s all-IP strategy for its last-mile architecture?

Triple Play vs. Home Run/Telco Vs Cable: The Battle for the Multi-Services Market is a 105-page report and is available for $1,995 USD For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553.

This report was written by Principal Analyst Gary Schultz and Senior Analyst Bob Larribeau.

Digital Media Asset Management & Workflow Management in the Broadcast Industry: Survey & Analysis – 2004

An industry survey report that focuses on the production operations of primary assets. The overall primary focus was to understand the extent and success of use of Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems and, where applicable, Work Flow Management (WFM) systems.

Through the use of profiles or case studies, the survey examines how these solutions are used by major broadcasters and media production centers, and what changes are needed to address the evolving needs of the end users.

Four types of broadcasters are interviewed in this study: News/Sports; Broadcast/Internet; Feature Film; and Episodic Television. Each of these types illustrates a different perspective on the broadcasters’ intentions and decision processes.

With the use of in-depth, structured interviews of over one hour per broadcaster, extensive insight was gained into the operations of these facilities. This industry survey is differentiated by the breadth and depth of input provided by each of the respondents.

Digital Media Asset Management & Workflow Management in the Broadcast Industry: Survey & Analysis – 2004 is an 85-page report and is available for $1,495 USD. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553.

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Home Gateway Report: Worldwide Multi-Carrier Digital Settop & Services Analysis & Forecast 2003-2006 covers all major digital video carriers including Satellite (DTH), Digital Terrestrial (DTT), and Digital Cable. The Telco-based video market is covered in another report, IP/Broadband Video Business Case & Global Forecast – 2003-2006, also published by MRG, Inc.

Digital video households, while still far fewer than analog video households worldwide, represent one of the fastest growing sectors in electronics today. Anticipated growth from 2002-2005 is approximately 67% worldwide, meaning a potential windfall for infrastructure, receiver, display, and content suppliers.

The development and distribution of digital video content has grown beyond regionalism to reach an international scope. International standards like MPEG-2, Gigabit Ethernet, Internet Protocol, MPEG-4, MHP, DVB, OCAP, plus caching and storage products being formed into regional SANs (Storage Area Networks), all help to hasten the move toward a new kind of multi-channel economics for digital video services.

The traditional multi-channel video broadcast model is beginning to move into maturity. In its place, a more precise point-to-point model is emerging because broadcasting hundreds or thousands of unused “channels” no longer makes economic sense. Meantime, consumers of digital video will find an increasing array of choices including High Definition (HD), Digital Video Disc (DVD), Personal Video Recorder (PVR), home networking, and video file sharing. Therefore, video content providers, manufacturers, and service providers alike must stay ahead of the pack in this changing environment, taking care to offer only new services that consumers will buy.

This report is intended to help industry executives to exploit opportunities related to new technologies and emerging market forces. This report is also intended to help executives make profitable decisions today that will stand up in this fast-changing environment for years to come.

Video On-Demand vs. PVRs - US/Canada Cable
In North America in 2003, VOD/SVOD (Video on Demand/Subscription Video on Demand) should continue for the second year as the US cable industry’s most important new video service after high-end digital channels like HBO. With the capital cost per VOD stream dipping to below $200 (for networks already upgraded to HFC), subscribers with digital STBs can be activated (or enabled) easily from the headend. Because no changes have to be made (typically) to the digital STB in order to enable the VOD, the expensive “truck-roll” installation is eliminated. Only the headend and/or hubs need additional VOD technology.

By the end of 2002, the US and Canadian (North American) cable market had over 19 million digital cable subscribers, with an expected 36 million digital subscribers to be in place by the end of 2005. Of that, about 3.85 million subscribers, or 20%, were VOD enabled in 2002, growing to an anticipated 18 million, or 50% of digital cable subscribers will be VOD enabled in 2005. Worldwide growth and revenue for both VOD and PVRs also are reflected in Chapter 3 of this report for digital terrestrial, cable, and digital satellite, showing how VOD and PVRs will work together to provide new on-demand services.

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Help stay ahead of the Home Digital Settop & Home Network market by ordering a copy of Home Gateway Report: Worldwide Multi-Carrier Digital Settop & Services Analysis & Forecast 2003-2006. This 150-page report is available for $1,995 USD each (first copy). For a PDF electronic version (view-only, building level), consult MRG, Inc. California orders will be assessed 8.25% sales tax. Registered US mail delivery included in price worldwide. For special shipping, add cost to price. (For individual printed chapters, contact MRG, Inc at 408-453-5553 or info@mrgco.com.)

Cisco Dominates the Growing Next Generation Internet Market

Cisco's Next Generation Internet Strategy: Current Status, Opportunities and Challenges uncovers Cisco Systems' strategy for delivering its Next Generation Internet (NGI) network equipment. An in depth industry overview includes projected market growth from 2001 - 2006 for the US NGI market. An analysis of Cisco's successful mergers and acquisitions strategy follows a review of this industry leader's newest NGI products.

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This 125-page report is available US $1,495 USD in an English or Japanese language edition. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553.

This report updates the IPTV Global Forecast for Asia, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World. It adds a forecast for System Integration and Professional Services to the other six segments normally included – Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-on-Demand Servers, Set-top Boxes, Middleware, along with Content Protection/Digital Rights Management.

IPTV Global Forecast: 2008 to 2012 — April 2008
77 pages
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This report tracks the top IPTV vendors in 24 sub-sectors that are leading the IPTV market globally and in four regions worldwide based on their deployments and installed base in over 674 IPTV Service Providers (SPs) worldwide. It also identifies which companies are positioned for strong growth. It ranks and evaluates the position of companies that provide Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand servers, Set-top Boxes, Content Protection, and Middleware.

It also anticipates upside growth potential of each of the top 25-30 vendors in the industry, based on the twenty-five largest and fastest-growing Service Providers in four global regions in which these vendors have deployed products.

IPTV Market Leaders Report — March 2008
73 pages
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This report reveals how effective Home Networking (HN) strategies can improve the competitiveness of an IPTV Operator against Cable and Satellite, reposition the IPTV Operator in the growing battle against the PC and CE (consumer electronics) industries, and can reduce operational expenses (OpEx) through use of best-practices for installing and managing the Home Network. By improving their monitoring and management of the Home Network, IPTV Operators can position themselves for future converged services while reducing OpEx today.

IPTV Home Networking Strategies — Feburary 2008
67 pages
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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging IPTV Test, Measurement & Monitoring (TM&M) category of technologies and products. IPTV Service Operators and their suppliers have gone far in developing an infrastructure to deliver IP video services to residential broadband subscribers, and have begun to focus more on refinement. This report reviews the requirements associated with video quality, QoS and QoE, provides a taxonomy of the TM&M solutions, recommends best practices and identifies the suppliers, products and emerging standards associated with this important area.

Monitoring & Managing QoS/QoE for IPTV - 2008 — January 2008
252 pages
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IPTV Global Forecast: 2007 to 2011— October 2007
79 pages
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This report tracks the top IPTV vendors in 24 sub-sectors that are leading the IPTV market globally and in four regions worldwide based on their deployments and installed base in over 620 IPTV Service Providers (SPs) worldwide. It also identifies which companies are positioned for strong growth. It ranks and evaluates the position of companies that provide Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand servers, Set-top Boxes, Content Protection, and Middleware.

IPTV Market Leaders Report — September 2007
71 pages
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This report provides a guide to IPTV operators and suppliers on how to exploit and compete with “Over-the-Top” Internet Video providers who offer Video over unmanaged IP networks. By using managed IPTV networks, IPTV operators can leverage their quality advantage to create new revenue streams, reduce churn, and offer high-value local content through the use of Internet Video content and technologies described in this report.

Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers — June 2007
134 pages
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IPTV Middleware Ranking Report: Rapid Scaling of Subscribers & Services —
June 2007

This report defines and describes the software category known as IPTV middleware and provides a comprehensive view of the status of this important technology category, and in-depth views of the vendors participating in the category and their products. It also provides trends and conclusions about the “four generations” of IPTV middleware, ranks category leaders by a variety of criteria, and recommends best practices for service providers evaluating these platforms as the foundation of their IPTV deployments.

IPTV Middleware Ranking Report: Rapid Scaling of Subscribers & Services —
June 2007
344 pages
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This report updates the IPTV Global Forecast for Asia, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World. It adds a forecast for System Integration and Professional Services to the other six segments previously forecast – Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand Servers, Set-top Boxes, Middleware, along with Content Protection and Digital Rights Management.

IPTV Global Forecast: 2007 to 2011— April 2007
74 pages
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This report tracks the top IPTV vendors in 24 sub-sectors that are leading the IPTV market globally and in four regions worldwide based on their deployments and installed base in over 570 IPTV Service Providers (SPs) worldwide. It also identifies which companies are positioned for strong growth. It ranks and evaluates the position of companies that provide Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand servers, Set-top Boxes, Content Protection, and Middleware.

The report demonstrates the extreme volatility in the IPTV industry, with half the number one market leaders changing position since the previous report.

It also anticipates upside growth potential of each of the top 25-30 vendors in the industry, based on the twenty largest and fastest-growing Service Providers in four global regions in which these vendors have deployed products.

IPTV Market Leaders Report — March 2007
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This report report addresses how to acquire and maintain the highest video quality throughout the IPTV distribution network and in the home using both MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2 technologies. It provides both operational and technical insight into how to design, test, operate and monitor an IPTV network for the sake of achieving the highest quality SDTV (Standard Definition TV) and HDTV (High Definition TV) using a bandwidth-budget that is shared with other triple-play services. The report also focuses on large, medium and small IPTV systems, and reveals answers to Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) issues in the planning, development and operational stages of IPTV services.

IPTV Video Quality QoS and QoE — February 2007
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This report discusses how IPTV Service Providers should deploy Advanced Advertising strategies that can add significant new sources of revenue and significantly differentiate IPTV services from cable and satellite services. This report discusses the Advanced Advertising strategies of the U. S. cable companies and then discusses in detail how the IPTV service providers can take advantage of their inherent technical and business advantages to establish success for Advanced Advertising strategies.

Advanced Advertising for IPTV Services — November 2006
56 pages
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This report updates the IPTV Global Forecast for Asia, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World. It adds a forecast for System Integration and Professional Services to the other six segments previously forecast – Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand Servers, Set-top Boxes, Middleware, along with Content Protection and Digital Rights Management

IPTV Global Forecast: 2006 to 2010 — October 2006
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Based on over 470 IPTV Service Providers, this report lists the companies that are leading the IPTV market globally and in four regions worldwide. It also identifies which companies are positioned for strong growth. It ranks and evaluates the position of companies that provide Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-On-Demand servers, Set-top Boxes, Content Protection, and Middleware.

IPTV Market Leader Report — September 2006
56 pages
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This report analyzes the global and regional markets for IPTV Set-top Boxes (STBs), including market positioning of over 20 STB suppliers and market forecasts for global and four regional IPTV STB market sectors over a five-year period.

Global IPTV Set-top Box Forecast & Market Leader Report — July 2006
33 pages
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This report discusses how the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) architecture and SDPs (Service Delivery Platforms) will add a whole new range of services to IPTV networks that will increase subscriber spending and decrease churn. IMS and SDPs will each reduce both the cost of developing and of operating a large set of new applications. This report shows that service providers and network infrastructure companies need to include IMS and SDPs as a key part of their IPTV strategies.

IMS and SDPs in IPTV Networks— August 2006
46 pages
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Content is an important tool that IPTV service providers can use to increase the competitiveness of their services and to increase customer spending. Content is the essence of these services; consequently, better content will improve the experience of the viewer and the attractiveness of the service.

Content strategies must be developed with local market conditions clearly in mind. The content of competitive services and the viewer’s willingness to pay are important factors that will determine the success of an IPTV content strategy.

Winning IPTV Content Strategies — May 2006
81 pages
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In forecasting four major regions and seven product/service categories, this forecast includes growth projections (by region) of the top 65% Service Providers (SPs) in 2006 –2009. Since the last IPTV (IP TV) Forecast in September 2005, including subscriber growth from 4.3 million to 36.8 million in 2005-2009; and system (cap ex) revenue growth from $740 million to $4.3 billion in 2005-2009.

IPTV Global Forecast: 2006 to 2009— March 2006 is 67 pages
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Part of MRG’s IPTV Tracking Service, ranks about 60 different IPTV vendors in four different regional markets and globally, grouped into six different IPTV product categories. By using a new ranking system, the report gives a separate regional ranking to each company by product category, based on actual numbers of subscribers and video channels supported by that company’s product(s). The report also provides an instant snapshot of the top 30 IPTV vendors, including a quick assessment about each company’s growth prospects in the next two years. The report is based on a database of 370 service providers globally providing over 46 thousand video channels in Europe, Asia, North America, and Rest of World.

IPTV Market Leader Report — March 2006 is 51 pages
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In 2006, multiple new IPTV offerings will be launched across Europe by leaders in telecommuniations and media. With 12 IPTV solutions evaluated for the report, the research yielded critical market insights, best practices on developing services, and an outlook on future developments for providers that are planning to launch new offerings in IPTV. Of the IPTV solutions compared evaluated the top performers T-Online Vision, Sky and Homechoice demonstrated technically advanced functionality, a comprehensive service portfolio and high ease-of-use.

Global IP TV Benchmarks: Learning From Industry Leaders — March 2006
is approx. 180 pages with 75 figures and 25 tables.
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This report describes the strategic importance of the Home Network for IPTV (IP TV) operators. It describes how a Home Networking strategy can improve the competitiveness of an IPTV service against Cable and Satellite services, and position the IPTV operator well in the looming battle against the PC and CE (consumer electronics) industries.

IPTV Home Networking Strategies Report – February 2006 is 67-pages
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Mega Scale IPTV Networks - How to Create Very Large IP TV Networks - November 2005

This report discusses what may happen as IPTV networks grow to support hundreds of thousands or millions of subscribers. It identifies a number of bottlenecks and what can be done about them. It also discusses what IPTV system and software suppliers are doing to prepare for very large IPTV networks.

Mega Scale IPTV Networks - How to Create Very Large IP TV Networks - Nov. 2005
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This report forecasts the seven major IPTV product sectors by region and country (IPTV Set-top Boxes, Video Headends, VOD Servers, Middleware, Access Equipment, and Content Protection). The report also forecasts IPTV subscriber revenue growth from 2005 to 2009. Based on information from over 270 service providers worldwide, it also identifies the “top ten” (or equivalent) service providers in each of four regions (Asia, Europe, North America, and ROW).

IPTV Global Forecast - 2005 - 2009: September 2005
60 pages
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This report discusses the Back Office systems that IPTV service providers are deploying. It discusses how these systems solve immediate business problems as well as resolve long-term strategy issues. It covers middleware, content management, billing and customer service, service fulfillment, and service assurance systems.

IPTV Back Office Systems - July 2005
118 pages
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of IPTV (IP TV) content deployment strategies in four major global markets. It reveals how international and local content developers, aggregators, and consultants are assisting IPTV service providers in the design and deployment of linear video, video-on-demand (VOD), and interactive services. Over 20 IPTV content firms are profiled, including each company’s strategies and outlook for IPTV; broadcast, VOD, and interactive offerings; positions on content protection and digital rights management (DRM); and key customers.

102 pages
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This is a detailed forecast for the IPTV Video Headend market that is based on MRG’s IPTV Forecast & IPTV Global Forecast Update – March 2005. It incorporates the most recent information on IPTV deployments including:

IPTV Market Leader Report - March 2005, part of MRG’s IPTV Tracking Service, measures the competitive position of 62 suppliers for 223 service providers (an increase of 30% over the previous report), serving over 2 million subscribers. The global Report ranks these 62 hardware/software suppliers for their “market position” and “growth opportunity” in Asia, Europe, North America, and the “ROW” in each of six market sectors, including analysis of which service providers buy the most products within each sector.

Part of MRG's year-round IPTV Tracking, the forecast now includes System Integration and Professional Services as part of its global forecast.

In addition to the six other product sectors broken down by region and country (IPTV Set-top boxes, Video Headends, VOD Servers, Middleware, Access Equipment, and Content Protection), the report also forecasts IPTV subscriber revenue growth to 2008.

This report discusses how manufacturers, software providers, and professional services companies are helping carriers of all sizes to design, deploy, and operate their IPTV networks.

Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553 for more information on System Integration and Professional Services in IP TV Networks Quarterly Technology & Content Report - February, 2005.

Broadband/IPTV Content Protection and Digital Rights Management Technology & Content Report – July 2004

This report discuses the state of the art of Content Protection and Digital Rights Management for IPTV Systems. It discusses the available systems as well as when and why they should be used

1 Network Environments and Threat Assessments
2 Content Protection
3 Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendations
4 Companies offering IPTV Content Protection Systems

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This report discusses the latest developments in components that will strongly affect the IPTV market in 2005 and 2006. This report discusses components used for VDSL, Fiber to the Premise and Video Compression.

Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553 for more information on IPTV Components: Quarterly Technology & Content Report - November 2004.

This report lists the companies that are leading the IPTV market globally and in four regions worldwide. It also identifies which companies are positioned for strong growth. It covers access systems, video headends, video on demand servers, set-top boxes, content protection and middleware.

Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553 for more information on Market Leader Report - October 2004.

This report updates the IPTV Global Forecast for Asia, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World. It adds a forecast for Content Protection software to the other five segments previously forecast – access systems, video headends, video on demand servers, set-top boxes, and middleware.

1. Global Outlook for IP TV.
2. Global IPTV Market Forecast.
3. Opportunities, Risks and Recommendations.

Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553 for more information on IPTV Global Forecast 2004-2008
Semiannual IP TV Global Forecast Update Report - August 2004.

IPTV Business Case and Global Forecast – 2004 to 2007 is an update to the report IP/Broadband Video Business Case and Global Forecast – 2003 to 2007 report that MRG published in 2003.

This new report will be published in two separate volumes.

Volume I contains the new analyses and forecasts that were produced as part of this study.

Volume II will also contain still-current information from the previous report: Section 2: The Opportunity for IP Video
Section 3: The IP Video Technologies Review
Section 7: The IP Video Hospitality and MDU Market
Appendix I: Service Provider Profiles
Appendix II: IP Video Access Systems
Appendix III: IP Video Set-top Boxes
Appendix IV: IP Video Headend Systems
Appendix V: IP Video on Demand Servers
Appendix VI: IP Video Middleware
Appendix VII: IP Video Content Providers
Appendix VIII: Hospitality Service Providers

The corresponding sections in Volume I contain new and different information; however the information in Volume II is still of value. The profiles in Volume I are updates to the profiles in Volume II, where there is a profile for a single company in both volumes. Both profiles should be read for a complete view of the company’s activities in the IP TV Market.

IPTV Business Case and Global Forecast – 2004 to 2007 Please contact MRG at rsmith@mrgco.com or 408-453-5553.

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Mobile TV: Global Standards Review & Forecast for Infrastructure & Handsets — 2007-2011

This report assesses the spectrum allocation, trials, technology usage & development, content strategies, deployments, business models and global forecasts for the mobile TV subscription growth and the infrastructure build-out for five major regions and over seventy operators. The report also projects which technologies will prevail and in what regions; and shows how “co-operation” between cellular operators and broadcasters plays out over the next five years.

Standards reviews include DVB-H, MediaFLO, DVB-SH, 3G, DAB IP, T-DMB, S-DMB, and WiMAX. Regions covered include the Middle East/Africa, Western & Eastern Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America. Business models include short form & long form content, blended mobile video, subscriptions, and local advertising. This report also projects infrastructure and handset growth based on several key functions including available bandwidth, mobile handset replacement rate, land & building topography, transmission equipment already in place, and variable coverage requirements based on spectrum being used.

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