Since the mid-90s, there has been tremendous hype about telco TV services, much of it never fulfilled. However, with the major carriers now bringing fiber into homes, and VDSL2 services into neighborhoods, the addressable market for HDTV over copper and fiber phone lines is growing close to 30% per year. But as the distribution network for video undergoes dramatic change :
Will satellite providers take bolder action to counter terrestrial CDNs?
How will telcos determine the capacity needs for their access services?
How many homes in each carrier’s service region will be able to order HDTV video service?
In addition to HDTV and SDTV homes passed forecasts, this report looks at how declining broadcast TV viewership is impacting the market for content distribution, and quantifies the impact of the widely divergent strategies used to deliver telco TV services.