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September 14, 2005
IPTV report released
According to a report, IPTV: Broadband meets broadcast by London-based Lovelace Consulting, TV will become more like the web as IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is introduced within the next ten years. The report says that IPTV, the delivery of digital television and other audio and video services over broadband data networks using the same basic protocols that support the internet, will "transform television". Traditional scheduled broadcast channels will be replaced by a choice of "millions of programmes" available on-demand or for download.
Dr William Cooper, co-author of the report, believes that the disruptive power of the internet will be used to change the form and function of television. Mr Cooper said: "Broadband television will ultimately adopt the attributes of the web, providing access to an almost limitless selection of programmes."
Graham Lovelace, the co-author of the report said: "In this new and massively fragmented environment, control will flow from the supplier to the consumer, as viewers construct their personalised schedules from a vast array of international providers, and watch programmes whenever and wherever they want."
A report published in August by analysts at Informa Telecoms & Media suggested that the global IPTV market would be worth $10bn by 2010. It said there are currently around 2.5m IPTV subscribers, but this figure is expected to grow tenfold to 25m by 2010.
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