Germany - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV

Synopsis

Germany’s triple play and digital TV market has grown strongly on the back of excellent DSL and cable infrastructure. Digital TV has undergone regulatory and licensing processes, and successful roll-outs will have extended the service to about 90% of the population by the end of 2009. Digital dividend spectrum, released from analogue switch-off, promises bandwidth which can be used for advanced wireless services extending and enhancing the reach of converging media. A number of operators, led by Deutsche Telekom, have invested in VDSL deployments to meet consumer needs for converged applications, while the consolidated cable operators have invested in upgrading their networks to 860MHz capacity as well as in DOCSIS 3.0 technology providing data at up to 100Mb/s. In this report we provide an overview of convergence in Germany in 2010, including recent developments in VoD, triple play and VoIP services, together with an overview of the digital and satellite TV markets.

1. Synopsis
2. Convergence
- 2.1 Key general trends
- 2.2 Business models
  - 2.2.1 Triple play
  - 2.2.2 Quad play
- 2.3 Regulator issues
  - 2.3.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  - 2.3.2 Fragmented legal framework
  - 2.3.3 Digital TV
3. Digital TV
- 3.1 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
  - 3.1.1 Analogue switch-off
  - 3.1.2 Digital dividend
- 3.2 Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting
  - 3.2.1 Market overview
- 3.3 Public broadcasters
  - 3.3.1 ARD and ZDF
  - 3.3.2 The RTL Group
  - 3.3.3 ProSiebenSat.1
- 3.4 TV-over-DSL (IPTV)
  - 3.4.1 Deutsche Telekom
  - 3.4.2 HanseNet
  - 3.4.3 Vodafone
  - 3.4.4 Other developments
- 3.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
  - 3.5.1 T-Online
  - 3.5.2 Sky Deutschland
  - 3.5.3 Vodafone
  - 3.5.4 Other operators
- 3.6 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  - 3.6.1 BT wholesale VoIP
  - 3.6.2 freenet
- 3.7 Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL)
- 3.8 Voice over Cable
- 3.9 Personal Video Recorders (PVRs)
- 3.10 Cable TV
  - 3.10.1 Kabel Deutschland (KDG)
  - 3.10.2 Kabel Baden-Württemberg (Kabel BW)
  - 3.10.3 Tele Columbus
  - 3.10.4 Interactive TV (iTV)
  - 3.10.5 Other operators
- 3.11 Digital cable TV
  - 3.11.1 Unitymedia
  - 3.11.2 Standards
- 3.12 Satellite TV
  - 3.12.1 Sky Deutschland
  - 3.12.2 arena
4. Related reports

Table 1 – Subscribers to bundled services - 2007 - 2008
Table 2 – End-user access to TV - 2006 - 2009
Table 3 – Proportion of households with access to TV - 2001 - 2009
Table 4 – DTTV penetration - 2002 - 2009
Table 5 – ProSiebenSat.1 Group financial data - 2007 - 2008
Table 6 – T-Entertain lines - 2007 - 2009
Table 7 – HanseNet financial data - 2007 - 2008
Table 8 – Vodafone revenue – 2005 - 2008
Table 9 – Vodafone subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2008
Table 10 – VoIP traffic in minutes – 2005 - 2009
Table 11 – VoIP connections – 2006 - 2009
Table 12 – VoIP traffic as proportion to all voice traffic – 2005 - 2009
Table 13 – Cable TV investment – 1998 - 2009
Table 14 – Cable TV subscribers and penetration rate – 1991 - 2009
Table 15 – Kabel Deutschland subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2009
Table 16 – Kabel Deutschland: TV, Internet and telephony, monthly ARPU – 2005 - 2009
Table 17 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2007 - 2009
Table 18 – Digital cable TV penetration rate - 2001 - 2009
Table 19 – Digital multichannel households (Germany, Austria) - 2004 - 2008
Table 20 – Unitymedia subscribers – 2006 - 2009
Table 21 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 - 2009
Table 22 – Unitymedia ARPU by sector – 2006 - 2009
Table 23 – Satellite pay TV subscribers and penetration rate – 1993 - 2008
Table 24 – Sky financial data - 2006 - 2009
Table 25 – Sky subscribers - 2007 - 2009
Table 26 – arena satellite pay TV financial data by sector – 2006 - 2009
Table 27 – arena satellite pay TV subscribers and monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2009