Software Ecosystems Could Spur IPTV Growth: Industry Research Report

Software Ecosystems Could Spur IPTV Growth

Published Date: December 2006

Published By: Yankee Group

Page Count: 16

Order Code: R388-2321

Questions About This Report

E-mail a Colleague

Printable Page

Fax Your Order

Description

Table of Contents

Search Inside
this Report

Similar
Products

Building a network capable of delivering IPTV requires service providers to buy a variety of network hardware and software from traditional and nontraditional sources. At a time when those providers are paring their lists of approved suppliers, vendors in the access, aggregation and core layers of the network have responded by creating alliances to pre-integrate turnkey IPTV systems.

This Yankee Group Report explores the development of these ecosystems and the increased importance of IPTV middleware vendors in them. Mapping the most significant relationships among vendors in the IPTV community leads to these conclusions:

Virtually all vendors in the IPTV community have created alliances or partner programs, leading to many similarities in ecosystems.
Few Tier 1 network equipment vendors have signed exclusive agreements with IPTV middleware suppliers. However, at a practical level, most of those vendors are working with only one middleware supplier.
Microsoft’s entry into the IPTV market has legitimized the sector and radically altered the competitive dynamics in the IPTV vendor supply chain.
Cisco Systems will present the biggest challenge to Microsoft’s dominance in the IPTV environment.

Yankee Group believes the development of four to six ecosystems with middleware platforms at the center will be a positive step for the industry by providing a series of baseline packages that service providers can customize.

Similar Products

• WAN Optimization Provides a Bridge for Telcos in Increasing ICT Revenue

Published Jun 2008 by Yankee Group

• EMEA LAN Switch Tracker Summary

Published Jun 2008 by IDC

• Worldwide LAN Switch 1Q08 Market Share Update

Published Jun 2008 by IDC

• Telecommunications: Germany market forecast model (Interactive Model)

Published Jun 2008 by Datamonitor

• Managed Services: Germany market forecast model (Interactive Model)

Published Jun 2008 by Datamonitor

• Worldwide WAN Application Delivery 2008-2012 Forecast