IPTV to Reach 111.5 Million Subscribers in 2014

DUBLIN: New forecasts indicate that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 44 million at the end of 2010 to 111.5 million in 2014.

This represents a compound annual growth rate of 26 percent. The global service revenue is $17.8 billion in 2010 and is forecast to grow to $47.9 billion in 2014, a compound growth rate of 28 percent. By 2014, Europe and North America will generate a larger share of the global revenue, due to very low ARPUs in China and India, which are the fastest growing in Asia.

The faster growth is driven by proliferation of triple-play services, improved DSL/fiber broadband capacity, accelerated install time, continued improvement in the quality of service and experience, and additional premium HD content, said Jose Alvear, IPTV analyst at Multimedia Research Group (MRG).