According to the Yankee Group, IPTV subscribers will grow to 9 million in the U.S. by 2011
. IPTV is essentially broadcast TV delivered over a managed network (such as through telcos) and includes services like AT&T’s U-Verse and Verizon’s FiOS TV.
Currently, IPTV is gaining more traction in Asia and Europe. France has the largest number of telco-TV customers, including Free and Orange. France Telecom’s Orange TV has over 1.2 million subscribers.
Here in the U.S. Verizon is leading the way, however they are using a hybrid IPTV delivery system, which many experts say isn’t true IPTV. Verizon uses standard cable-TV delivery for its broadcast system, and IP-based video for its VOD. Its FiOS TV service now has over 1 million subscribers in the U.S., which beats AT&T. Their service has about 250,000 subscribers as of the end of 2007.
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