the year ahead in focus 2011: a positive outlook
Whether its the traditional broadcast sector or the brave new world of Connected TV, there is a real sense of optimism for significant growth during 2011 - right across the globe. Although different regions are predicted to grow at different rates - with the USA surprisingly bringing up the rear - the overall picture looks very promising indeed. Peter White, director general of the IABM, commented: “Although tempered by continued uncertainty in some regions (particularly the Euro zone), confidence in the industry continues to grow. According to the latest IABM Industry Trends Survey, North American respondents in particular are very confident about 2011 as evidenced by increasing investment in research and development as well as headcount. In general, executives feel optimistic about the months ahead, with 46% stating that market conditions will significantly improve by spring. This is borne out by the latest survey, in which the ‘IABM Confidence Ratio’ - which stood at minus three during the height of the recession - is now at a very respectable +11.” The IPTV sector also received some positive news during January, with the new IPTV Global Forecast (December 2010) revealing that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 44 million at the end of 2010 to 111.5 million in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of 26%. The forecast shows that Europe will be the regional leader, with 42% of the worldwide IPTV subscribers total in 2014, maintaining its lead mostly because of the sheer number of large Tier-1 service providers, and because of continued strong IPTV growth in some countries.
Jose Alvear, MRG’s IPTV Analyst, said: “Faster growth is mostly driven by proliferation of triple-play, improved DSL/fibre broadband capacity, accelerated install time, continued improvement in QoS/QoE, and additional premium HD content. The telco TV upgrades, all based on the globally standardised IP protocol technology, are continually improving while costs are dropping or remaining stable, allowing further investments by the operators at an advanced rate.” So here’s to a good year - may 2011 bring you health, happiness,
success...and profit.
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