IPTV Subs to Top 100 Million By 2014

SAN JOSE: Multimedia Research Group (MRG) forecasts that the number of IPTV subscribers will reach 102 million in 2014, a 25-percent CAGR, delivering revenues of $46 billion.

Europe will be home to 45 percent of those IPTV subscribers, MRG predicts, with 31 percent in Asia, 19 percent in North America and 5 percent in the rest of the world.

Eastern Europe is seen as a key growth area for IPTV, MRG reports. Jose Alvear, IPTV analyst, notes: "As late as 2007, Eastern Europe had only a few IPTV trials or startups. Now, there are 16 fully operating IPTV operators and another three to six in trial. These operators continue to grow their service base, because they have much greater technical and creative control over their service than their cable competition."

About 23 IPTV platforms, mostly in Asia and Europe, will have topped the million subscriber mark by 2014, the report continues.