By Telecom Lead Team: IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06 percent in the third
quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. IPTV continues to grow
steadily, generating significant additional revenues as service providers work
hard to make IPTV an integral part of their product package.
France is the top ranked country in IPTV market.
(Chart on Top 10 IPTV markets based on subscribers in the
world is given at the end of the article)
Asia, once again, is the fastest growing region for
IPTV but European markets are strengthening on an individual basis and while
some saturation is taking place there is fundamental strength in the market
which has driven the region to a three year high in quarterly net additions,
according to a Broadband Forum a report prepared by Point Topic.
The top 10 countries for IPTV all reported strong growth.
Russia is the major success story, entering the Top Ten for the first time and
immediately occupying eighth place. Growth in France, the current world leader,
is still very strong, in spite of the already high penetration rate, but China
will soon take over the top spot, by sheer force of market size.
Overall broadband growth during Q3 2011 is 17.4 million
lines, bringing the global total to 581.3 million, a quarterly increase of 3.08
percent – and an annual growth rate of 12.89 percent.
Asia dominates with over 10.3 million more subscriber
lines added in Q3 2011, higher than in Q2 and the same quarter in 2010. With
over 246 million lines in total, Asia has 42.34 percent of the total market
share in broadband.
Of the top ten countries, strongest growth continues to
be in China, although strong growth in Russia has seen it improve its ranking
to seventh place, fuelled partly by increases in IPTV adoption which has
brought Russia into the IPTV top ten rankings for the first time.
Top 10 IPTV markets based on subscribers in Q3 2011
|
Rank |
Country |
|
1 |
France |
|
2 |
China |
|
3 |
US |
|
4 |
South Korea |
|
5 |
Japan |
|
6 |
Germany |
|
7 |
Belgium |
|
8 |
Russia |
|
9 |
Taiwan |
|
10 |
Netherlands |