Europe - Convergence - Triple play and Digital TV - Document Details

During 2007 the triple play model in Europe was expanded dramatically as an increasing number of incumbents and second-tier operators developed services to gain new customers and reduce churn. As a result of mergers and buyouts, the year also saw the first quad-play offers, notably in the UK, with mobile telecoms added to existing bundles of fixed-voice, Internet and TV. Mobile players such as Vodafone have also expanded into broadband and fixed-line telephony in several markets. Triple play offers a number of value-added services including broadcast and specialty TV channels, Video-on-Demand and VoIP. The model requires that combinations of high-bandwidth applications are supported by sufficient network capacity, essentially provided by hybrid fibre / ADSL2+ networks. This report presents key statistics and analysis on media convergence in Europe in 2007, including the delivery of multiple-play services on cable, DSL and fibre platforms. It also assesses Europe’s digital TV market, providing data on the regulatory environment, the main operators, and forecasts for digital TV penetration in coming years.

1. Synopsis
2. The triple play market
3. The digital media market
4. Industry realignments
5. Structural reforms required
6. Developing IP-networks
7. Developing strategies
8. Converging media
- 8.1 Key enablers of convergence
9. European triple play overview
- 9.1 IPTV market growth
- 9.2 Video-on-Demand
- 9.3 Personal TV
10. Triple play in Telecoms
- 10.1 ADSL2+
- 10.2 VDSL
- 10.3 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
11. Triple play developments in Europe – case studies
- 11.1 The UK
- 11.2 Italy
- 11.3 Sweden
- 11.4 France
- 11.5 The Netherlands
12. Digital TV in Europe
- 12.1 Market overview
- 12.2 Regulatory issues
  - 12.2.1 Licensing
  - 12.2.2 Analogue switch-off
  - 12.2.3 Standards
- 12.3 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
- 12.4 DTTV models
- 12.5 Trends and analysis
  - 12.5.1 Content less of a differentiator
  - 12.5.2 Slowing growth of pay TV services
- 12.6 Digital TV platforms
  - 12.6.1 Satellite HDTV
13. Related reports

Table 1 – LLU and shared access lines – 2004 - 2007
Table 2 – Triple play households in Europe – 2005; 2010; 2015
Table 3 – Mobile and broadband (triple play): growth opportunities in selected world regions – 2005 - 2010
Table 4 – Operators’ service bundling offers – Aug 2007
Table 5 – Proportion of bundled services by type – 2006
Table 6 – Bundled offers by operator – 2007
Table 7 – Netherlands - proportion of households with bundled products – 2004 - 2006
Table 8 – Western Europe digital TV households – 2006; 2012
Table 9 – Cable and satellite TV home penetration in selected countries – 2006
Table 10 – European DTTV homes, selected countries (million) – 2005; 2009
Table 11 – Digital TV households and penetration (all platforms) – 2001 - 2007