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Germany’s triple play and digital TV market has grown strongly on the back of excellent DSL infrastructure and cable. Digital TV has undergone regulatory and licensing processes, and successful roll-outs will have extended the service to about 90% of the population by 2009. The digital dividend from analogue switch-off promises bandwidth which can be used for advanced wireless services extending and enhancing the reach of converging media. The incumbent, Deutsche Telekom, has invested in a national VDSL deployment to meet consumer needs for converged applications, while the consolidated cable operators have invested heavily in upgrading their networks to 860MHz capacity. In this report we provide an overview of convergence in Germany in 2008, 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 Overview of media convergence
    
  • 2.2 Key general trends
    
  • 2.3 Triple play models
    
    • 2.3.1 Operators
      
  • 2.4 Regulator issues
    
    • 2.4.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
      
    • 2.4.2 Fragmented legal framework
      
    • 2.4.3 Digital TV
      
• 3. Digital TV
  
  • 3.1 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
    
    • 3.1.1 Analogue switch-off
      
  • 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 Arcor
      
    • 3.4.4 Other developments
      
  • 3.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
    
    • 3.5.1 T-Online
      
    • 3.5.2 Premiere
      
    • 3.5.3 Arcor
      
    • 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 arena
      
• 4. Related reports
  

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