Heynen's comments are based on Infonetics Research latest report, "Broadcast and Streaming Video Equipment and Pay TV Subscribers," which tracks pay-TV subscribers and video equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable and satellite providers.
Broadcast and Media Streaming Video Market Highlights
- The global broadcast and streaming video equipment market topped $2 billion in 2012 and is forecast by Infonetics to grow about 12 percent in 2013
- Projected to grow by more than 1/3 by 2017, adaptive bitrate (ABR) origin and packaging servers are key components in the efficient delivery of over-the-top (OTT) content, especially as more pay-TV providers and content
- delivery networks move to ABR streaming
- More and more, transcoders are being used to prepare linear broadcast and file-based content for distribution directly to subscribers
- Telco IPTV subscribers have the highest 2012-2017 CAGR (17 percent) of any pay-TV subscriber segment
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