A new forecast from MRG predicts that IPTV subscribers will grow from 24.4 million in 2008 to 92.8 million in 2012, with IPTV service revenue totaling $37.1 billion by 2012.
The global forecast says that while Europe’s subscriber size in 2012 will remain dominant, Asia’s subscriber base will nearly equal Europe’s in 2012, followed by North America.
“While the IPTV industry will continue on its M&A path toward consolidation in certain sub-sectors, such as DRM and Middleware,” said MRG president, Gary Schultz, “there is no question that the IPTV industry will see unique new mergers and partnerships in the next 3 years.”
“We believe strongly that IPTV as a technology and as a business is already having major impact on the entire telecoms world, and will continue beyond 2012,” states Steve Hawley, IPTV analyst at MRG. “The telecoms sector is thriving partially because of distressed sectors like transportation, housing and fuel, while investment continues in advanced communications technologies.”
A report published last week by Analysys Mason said that the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the pay-TV market in Western Europe enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services (see IPTV To Drive Take-Up Of Pay TV In Western Europe).
Analysys added that the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 3.2% from 90.6 million in 2007 to 109.2 million by the end of 2013.
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