Asia - Digital Media and Convergence

Synopsis

There has been an increasing interest in exploiting the potential synergies between the traditionally separate industries of broadcasting and telecommunications. The push towards convergence, using common infrastructure and architecture has gained more momentum with the huge improvements in technology. This has led the market to actively explore the concept of converging services involving the combined provision of TV/video, telephony and Internet services. A number of the more highly developed economies in Asia have been moving into the area of convergent networks. This report looks at how both operators and governments in the Asian markets are responding to this challenge.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Market Overview
• 3. Japan
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Broadband TV / IPTV
    • 3.2.1 IPTV
  • 3.3 VoD
    • 3.3.1 YouTube
• 4. South Korea
  • 4.1 Broadband convergence Network (BcN)
    • 4.1.1 Problems with BcN
  • 4.2 IPTV
  • 4.3 VoD
• 5. China
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Convergence and regulatory issues
  • 5.3 IPTV
    • 5.3.1 IPTV forecasts
  • 5.4 VoD
  • 5.5 Interactive TV (iTV)
• 6. Hong Kong
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Quadruple play models
  • 6.3 Interactive TV (iTV)
  • 6.4 Convergent service operators
    • 6.4.1 i-Cable
    • 6.4.2 Hong Kong Broadband Network Services (HKBN)
    • 6.4.3 PCCW
• 7. Singapore
  • 7.1 Convergence
    • 7.1.1 StarHub/SCV merger
  • 7.2 IPTV
• 8. Taiwan
  • 8.1 Convergence
  • 8.2 Chunghwa Telecom
  • 8.3 Interactive TV
• 9. Other Markets
  • 9.1 Malaysia – iTV
  • 9.2 Thailand – Broadband TV (IPTV)
  • 9.3 India - Broadband TV (IPTV)
• 10. Related reports