As an industry, delivery of television programming into the home over broadband connections is barely off the ground, but it’s already showing signs of consolidation. A continuing series of acquisitions in the IP video market will ultimately result in a smaller number of vendors, according to a report released by ABI Research on Wednesday. Worldwide, there are only about three million subscribers to broadband TV services, compared to hundreds of millions watching TV through cable, satellite and broadcast connections, thus it has been a market dominated by startups.
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Broadband TV Market Shows Consolidation Signs
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 2, 2006 08:04 AMAs an industry, delivery of television programming into the home over broadband connections is barely off the ground, but it’s already showing signs of consolidation. A continuing series of acquisitions in the IP video market will ultimately result in a smaller number of vendors, according to a report released by ABI Research on Wednesday. Worldwide, there are only about three million subscribers to broadband TV services, compared to hundreds of millions watching TV through cable, satellite and broadcast connections, thus it has been a market dominated by startups.