Accenture IPTV Survey

Found the foll. link on Accenture site

IPTV Monitor - Issue 3

All the 3 issues make a good read especially part 2 and 3.

Overall the picture is that IPTV is still a very experimental technology globally. Many issues and concerns to be ironed out..

Historically convergence has had a greater history of failure than success. I wonder whether IPTV will finally break the jinx or just remain another alternative niche technology.

Enough experiments are done in this domain as of now and many Telcos are ready to launch IPTV services worldwide.Technically, Bandwidth is the only major issue. And Bharati, Reliance are strong enough to handle the traffic on fibre.Basic technical errors like jitter,interpacket delay and zapping delay are minimised with latest telco equipments..Telcos who are already providing broadband services need not to worry about revenue.Coz market is completely open.Operational issues like competition with other DTV and DTH service are considerable.Its an interesting technology and just by a closer look of this domain, you will fall in love with it.....and it will happen with end users as well!keep your fingers crossed!

Yes, but its being built on top of a very mature tech. So no need to be concerned! 🙂

Yeah but I think the time is right.

I am myself, very convinced about, and excited about, the technology. It was when I went through this survey, that I wondered if it will really take off or not. Sometimes, even a GREAT technology gets reduced to a niche audience because of non-technological factors (which is a bummer, but true)Pricing, range and quality of content, and good service (technical and front end) will be critical for IPTV to achieve mass scale. Broadband pricing has continued to remain fairly elitist till date. Range and quality of content - well, this is an Achilles heel for telcos as they are relatively new entrants in this space. We'll have to see what they come up with in that area. Customer service - I'm sure they will address that (though MTNL and Reliance don't give me much hope on that front!)

IPTV for all it's potential to be the best will remain just a wannabe. If iptv has to be successful, the telecom companies need to go full throttle on this triple play thing. Else it doesn't make any sense to opt for iptv when you have dth or cas already. Iptv completely relies on fibre optics so it's scope in the nascent stages will be restricted to only cities with a solid backbone in infrastructure and commercial areas while the relatively remote areas will hop onto the dth bandwagon. Dth has already taken off in a big way imo and once the nagging issues are sorted it will eventually become the leader.

Iptv completely relies on fibre optics so it's scope in the nascent stages will be restricted to only cities with a solid backbone in infrastructure and commercial areas while the relatively remote areas will hop onto the dth bandwagon. Dth has already taken off in a big way imo and once the nagging issues are sorted it will eventually become the leader.

I have a question - is IPTV only deliverable through Fibre Optics? Does MTNL have a complete fibre optic backbone, or copper cable? (I know last mile is only through copper cable). IOL broadband which is tied up with MTNL has a limited fibere optic network in certain parts of Mumbai only (like South Mumbai), in other parts they are leasing the pipe from MTNL.

exactly! But IPTV requires a very good backbone. The network must be able to guarantee 2Mbps per subscriber for a good experience. If not, then it'll suck big time. AFAIK theres a lot of fibre being laid in bombay right now. Also, MTNL's copper is more than capable of carrying an IPTV application!