USA - Convergence - Digital TV & IPTV - Document Details

Although the FCC extended the date for mandatory analogue switch-off by three years to February 2009, the transition to digital TV continued to gather pace in 2007. Simultaneously, the terrestrial, cable and satellite broadcasters added new high-definition programming to their schedules. The interactive capabilities of digital TV has witnessed the growth of Video-on-Demand services, whilst sales of DVRs and HDTV continues to gather momentum. By early 2008 the telcos’ had started becoming notable participants in the TV market, with Verizon’s FiOS TV making it close to the top-10 in terms of subscriber numbers. The market is thus moving to a triple play model in which the telcos, with their expanding fibre network deployments and new IPTV offerings, are likely to become a major force. The other significant trend is the increasing use of VoD or downloading as a means of video consumption.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview of the broadcasting market
- 2.1 Analysis
  - 2.1.1 Satellite versus cable versus Telco IPTV
  - 2.1.2 High Definition TV (HDTV)
  - 2.1.3 DVRs to impact US TV advertising market
3. Regulatory issues
- 3.1 Analogue switch-off
- 3.2 Franchise laws
- 3.3 À la carte
- 3.4 TV white spaces decision
4. Digital TV
- 4.1 IPTV
  - 4.1.1 IPTV market overview
  - 4.1.2 FttH/FttC/FttN networks
  - 4.1.3 Verizon’s FiOS TV
  - 4.1.4 AT&T’s U-Verse Video
  - 4.1.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
- 4.2 Cable DTV
  - 4.2.1 Overview
  - 4.2.2 Cable statistics
- 4.3 Satellite Direct Broadcasting Service (DBS)
  - 4.3.1 Overview
  - 4.3.2 DISH Network
  - 4.3.3 DIRECTV
- 4.4 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
  - 4.4.1 Overview
  - 4.4.2 HD over-the-Air
  - 4.4.3 National FTA broadcasters
5. Consumer electronics
- 5.1 Digital TV sets and HDTVs
- 5.2 DVRs
6. Related reports

Table 1 – Broadcasting coverage, subscribers, annual change and penetration – 2007
Table 2 – Market shares of major MSO, DBS and telco video providers – 2005; 2007
Table 3 – Homes passed by cable HDTV service and annual change – 2002 - 2007
Table 4 – Cable CAPEX, customer and advertising revenues – 1996 - 2007
Table 5 – Basic cable and digital subscribers – 2000 - 2007
Table 6 – Top 25 cable MSOs ranked by subscribers & market share – June 2007
Table 7 – DBS versus MSO market shares – 2001 - 2007
Table 8 – Satellite DBS subscribers by major network – 2000 - 2007
Table 9 – DISH ARPU, churn and subscriber acquisition costs – 2005 - 2007
Table 10 – DIRECTV ARPU, churn and subscriber acquisition costs – 2005 – Q3 2007
Table 11 – National FTA broadcasters – 2007
Table 12 – Digital TV sets sales and revenues – 2000 - 2008