IPTV subs reach 45 million

Some 40 telcos launched IPTV services in 2010, bringing the number of IPTV providers globally to more than 200, says TeleGeography. The number of IPTV subscribers globally grew 38 percent in 2010, reaching 45 million.

Western Europe remains the largest IPTV market, accounting for 40 percent of global subscribers in 2010. The Asia Pacific region is the second largest IPTV market, accounting for 35 percent of subscribers. However, the number of IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pac region is growing more than twice as rapidly as in Western Europe and will take the top slot before the end of 2011.

France remains the leading country for IPTV (23 percent of the global total), followed by China (16 percent), the United States (16 percent), South Korea (eight percent) and Japan (four percent).

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