From the 2011 IP&TV World Forum in London. Ian Smedley is Altia’s European Product Manager.
After browsing the aisles of this year’s IP&TV World Forum in London, I have synthesized some impressions and thoughts on the mid-term outlook on this market and Altia’s role therein. After a couple days at the show it’s obvious that our product is just as relevant and effective as ever.
According to the Broadband Forum, Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers reached 45 million towards the end of 2010. Last year has since been declared a ‘banner year’ for the IPTV industry. These subscribers benefit from features such as Interactive TV, catch-up TV (like Hulu), video-on-demand, and other emerging ‘connected services’ from companies like Facebook, Google etc. I mean, come on, who doesn’t want to tweet from their TV?!
The growing demand for these capabilities along with general migration to free-to-air HD Digital Terrestrial Transmission–and the impending need to upgrade existing hardware to IPv6 — means that the Set Top Box (STB) market is doing very nicely, thank you very much. “Cutting the Chord” is increasingly possible thanks to new wave of products like the Boxee Box or Roku.
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