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IPTV Middleware Ranking Report: Rapid Scaling of Subscribers & Services -- June 2007
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Abstract
Executive Summary
This report defines and describes the software category known as IPTV
middleware and provides a comprehensive view of the status of this important
technology category, and in-depth views of the vendors participating in the
category and their products. It also provides trends and conclusions about the
"four generations" of IPTV middleware, ranks category leaders by a variety of
criteria, and recommends best practices for service providers evaluating these
platforms as the foundation of their IPTV deployments. In March 2007,
Multimedia Research Group ranked the leading middleware vendors based on their
actual deployments.
Middleware Offerings Covered By This Report
In alphabetical order by company, the IPTV middleware vendors and platforms detailed in this report are:
- Alcatel-Lucent MiViewTV,
- Cascade QualiTView,
- Espial Evo,
- Kasenna LivingRoom,
- Microsoft Mediaroom (formerly Microsoft TV IPTV Edition),
- Minerva Networks iTV Manager,
- Nokia Siemens Networks' Myrio platform,
- Orca Interactive RiGHTv,
- Quative TV Service Delivery Platform,
- SeaChange TV Platform,
- Thomson SmartVision TV,
- UTStarcom RollingStream.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
- 1.1 IPTV CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY STAKEHOLDERS
- 1.2 METHODOLOGY
- 1.2.1 Selection Criteria
- 1.2.2 Survey Tools
- 1.2.3 Data Gathering Process
- 1.2.4 Analysis & Development
2. Executive Summary
- 2.1 IPTV MIDDLEWARE: CATALYST FOR CONVERGENCE
- 2.2 IPTV MARKET SITUATION
- 2.3 PLATFORM LEADERSHIP CRITERIA
- 2.4 MIDDLEWARE OFFERINGS COVERED BY THIS REPORT
- 2.5 IPTV CATEGORY TRENDS
- 2.6 IPTV MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM TRENDS
3. Overview: What is IPTV Middleware?
- 3.1 DEFINITION: IPTV MIDDLEWARE
- 3.2 CATEGORIES OF IPTV MIDDLEWARE
- 3.2.1 Full Client-Server IPTV Middleware Systems
- 3.2.2 Limited IPTV Client-Server Platforms
- 3.2.3 Client Middleware
- 3.3 IPTV MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY: A GENERATIONAL VIEW
- 3.3.1 Generations of IPTV Middleware
- 3.3.2 Basic (First-Generation) Features
- 3.3.3 Intermediate (Second-Generation) Features
- 3.3.4 Advanced (Third-Generation) Features
- 3.3.5 Convergence (Fourth-Generation, but with Limited Support in Some 3rd-Gen Platforms)
- 3.4 EXAMPLES OF BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE VIDEO SERVICES DEFINED BY IPTV
MIDDLEWARE
- 3.4.1 Interactive TV Main Menu
- 3.4.2 TV Program Information
- 3.4.3 Interactive Program Guide / Electronic Program Guide (IPG / EPG)
- 3.4.4 Video-on-Demand (VOD)
- 3.4.5 Personal Video Recorder / Digital Video Recorder (PVR / DVR)
- 3.4.6 Web-on-TV (also known as "Walled Garden" or "TV Portal")
- 3.4.7 Games-on-TV
- 3.4.8 Caller-ID on TV
- 3.4.9 Personal Media on TV
4. Elements of IPTV Middleware Within the End-To-End Delivery Ecosystem
- 4.1 IPTV MIDDLEWARE WITHIN THE IPTV DELIVERY ECOSYSTEM
- 4.2 DETAILED VIEW OF IPTV MIDDLEWARE FUNCTIONALITY
- 4.2.1 IPTV Service and Feature Creation
- 4.2.2 Subscriber Definition and Management
- 4.2.3 Media Content Definition and Management
- 4.2.4 Software Content Management
- 4.2.5 Subscriber Experience Management
- 4.2.6 Systems Management
- 4.2.7 User Management
- 4.2.8 Reporting
- 4.3 IPTV MIDDLEWARE SERVER ENVIRONMENT
- 4.4 IPTV MIDDLEWARE CLIENT ENVIRONMENT
5. IPTV Middleware Vendor Rankings
- 5.1 FULL CLIENT-SERVER MIDDLEWARE SYSTEMS
- 5.1.1 IPTV Middleware Category Leaders
- 5.1.2 Geographic and Customer Focus for Full Client-Server Middleware Systems Suppliers
- 5.1.3 Middleware Vendor Market Leaders Ranked by Subscribers
6. IPTV Middleware Functional Summary, by Vendor
- 6.1 ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV
- 6.1.1 Introduction
- 6.1.2 Company Summary
- 6.1.3 Alcatel-Lucent Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.1.4 Alcatel-Lucent IPTV Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.1.6 Scalability
- 6.1.7 Product Roadmap
- 6.2 CASCADE (PCCW LTD. QUALITVISION)
- 6.2.1 Introduction
- 6.2.2 Company Summary
- 6.2.3 PCCW/Cascade Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.2.4 PCCW/Cascade QualiTVision Product
- 6.2.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.2.6 Scalability
- 6.2.7 Product Roadmap
- 6.3 ESPIAL EVO IPTV SERVICE PLATFORM
- 6.3.1 Introduction & Company Summary
- 6.3.2 Espial' s Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.3.3 Espial Evo IPTV Service Platform Product Overview
- 6.3.4 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.3.5 Scalability
- 6.3.6 Product Roadmap
- 6.4 KASENNA INC. - LIVINGROOM IPTV MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM
- 6.4.1 Introduction
- 6.4.2 Company Summary
- 6.4.3 Kasenna' s Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.4.4 Kasenna LivingRoom IPTV Middleware Platform
- 6.4.5 ViewNow Content Services
- 6.4.6 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.4.7 Scalability
- 6.4.8 Product Roadmap
- 6.5 MICROSOFT MEDIAROOM (FORMERLY MICROSOFT TV IPTV EDITION)
- 6.5.1 Introduction
- 6.5.2 Company Summary
- 6.5.3 Microsoft Mediaroom Platform Background
- 6.5.4 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.5.5 Scalability
- 6.5.6 Product Roadmap
- 6.6 MINERVA NETWORKS ITV MANAGER IPTV SERVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
- 6.6.1 Introduction
- 6.6.2 Minerva Networks Summary
- 6.6.3 Minerva Networks Marketing Strategies
- 6.6.4 Minerva Networks iTV Manager IPTV Middleware Platform
- 6.6.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.6.6 Scalability
- 6.6.7 Minerva Networks Product Roadmap
- 6.7 NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS - MYRIO PLATFORM
- 6.7.1 Introduction
- 6.7.2 Company Summary
- 6.7.3 Nokia Siemens Networks IPTV Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.7.4 Myrio Platform - Nokia Siemens Networks
- 6.7.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.7.6 Scalability
- 6.7.7 Product Roadmap
- 6.8 ORCA INTERACTIVE RIGHTV PLATFORM
- 6.8.1 Introduction
- 6.8.2 Orca Interactive Summary
- 6.8.3 Orca Interactive Marketing
- 6.8.4 Orca IPTV Product Line
- 6.8.5 Orca IPTV Applications
- 6.8.6 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.8.7 Scalability
- 6.8.8 Product Roadmap
- 6.9 QUATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM (KUDELSKI GROUP)
- 6.9.1 Company Summary
- 6.9.2 Quative Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.9.3 Quative Service Delivery Platform Product Overview
- 6.9.4 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.9.5 Scalability
- 6.9.6 Product Roadmap
- 6.10 SEACHANGE INTERNATIONAL
- 6.10.1 Introduction
- 6.10.2 Company Summary
- 6.10.3 SeaChange' s Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.10.4 SeaChange TV Platform Product
- 6.10.5 Third-Party Product Partnership
- 6.10.6 Scalability
- 6.11 THOMSON GRASS VALLEY SMARTVISION TV IPTV PLATFORM
- 6.11.1 Introduction
- 6.11.2 Thomson Company Summary
- 6.11.3 Thomson Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition for Middleware
- 6.11.4 Thomson SmartVision TV Platform
- 6.11.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.11.6 Scalability
- 6.11.7 SmartVision TV Product Roadmap
- 6.12 UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM IPTV PLATFORM
- 6.12.1 Introduction
- 6.12.2 Company Summary
- 6.12.3 UTStarcom' s Marketing Strategies and Value Proposition
- 6.12.4 UTStarcom RollingStream
- 6.12.5 Third-Party Product Partnerships
- 6.12.6 Scalability
7.IPTV Middleware Issues
- 7.1 TIME-TO-MARKET ISSUES
- 7.2 SPEED OF OPERATION ISSUES
- 7.3 SCALABILITY AND IPTV MIDDLEWARE DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS SCALING ISSUES
AND SCENARIOS HOW DIFFERENT BY SIZE
- 7.3.1 Scalability Metrics Used in this Report
- 7.4 IPTV MIDDLEWARE SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLES
- 7.4.1 Basic IPTV Server Deployment
- 7.4.2 Midrange IPTV Server Deployment
- 7.4.3 Large-Scale IPTV Server Deployment
- 7.4.4 Mega-Scale IPTV Server Deployment
- 7.5 IPTV MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM SWITCHERS
- 7.5.1 Why are the Switchers Switching?
- 7.5.2 Verizon Communications
- 7.5.3 SureWest Communications
8. Situation, Trends and Analysis
- 8.1 COMPARING IPTV MIDDLEWARE
- 8.2 IPTV CATEGORY DRIVERS
- 8.3 CONSUMER TRENDS THAT AFFECT IPTV PLATFORMS
- 8.4 IPTV OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS
- 8.4.1 Status of Existing Vendors
- 8.4.2 Entry of New Vendors
- 8.5 IPTV FEATURE STATUS, TRENDS AND MEDIA CONTENT SUPPORT
- 8.5.1 Basic IPTV Functionality
- 8.5.2 Intermediate IPTV Functionality
- 8.5.3 Advanced IPTV Functionality
- 8.5.4 Convergence Support
- 8.5.5 Media Content Support
- 8.5.6 The “Wholesale Model” and Other Functions that Enable New Business Opportunities
- 8.5.7 Platform-Level Functionality and Trends
- 8.6 THE EMERGENCE OF STANDARDS
- 8.7 CONVERGENCE IS A LONG-RANGE GOAL BUT IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS ARE
UNCERTAIN
- 8.7.1 Convergence that Matters
- 8.7.2 Convergence for Which the Jury is Still Out
- 8.7.3 IT Challenges that Come with Convergence
- 8.8 SWOT ANALYSIS
- 8.8.1 IPTV Strengths
- 8.8.2 IPTV Weaknesses
- 8.8.3 IPTV Opportunities
- 8.8.4 IPTV Threats
- 8.9 SCALABILITY LESSONS LEARNED
- 8.9.1 How Scalability is Being Confused with Platform Requirements
- 8.9.2 How Wholesale Business Models Relate to Scalability
- 8.10 TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
- 8.10.1 Client (Set-top Box) Cost Containment
- 8.10.2 Platform Integration Cost Containment
- 8.10.3 Software License Costs
- 8.10.4 Additional Easily-Quantifiable Costs
- 8.10.5 Less Easily Quantifiable Costs
9. Conclusions and Recommendations
- 9.1 IPTV MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGY LEADERS
- 9.2 BEST PRACTICES FOR ACTUALLY SCALED SYSTEMS
- 9.3 RECOMMENDATIONS TO OPERATORS
- 9.3.1 Business Requirements Must Guide Technical Requirements and Platform Selection
- 9.3.2 Implement and Deploy IPTV at a Manageable Rate
- 9.3.3 Refresh the Services Often
- 9.3.4 New Technologies Will Mature
- 9.3.5 The Value of Middleware Will Evolve and Change
- 9.3.6 Retain Direct Involvement in the Deployment
- 9.3.7 Monitor the Evolution of IPTV Standards
- 9.4 RECOMMENDATIONS TO MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM PROVIDERS
10. Appendix 1: Feature Comparison - Major IPTV Middleware Platforms
11. Appendix 2: Supplier Partnerships of the Major IPTV Middleware Platform Vendors
12. Appendix 3: Pre-Integrated End-to-End IPTV Systems
13. Index of Companies
Table of Figures
- FIGURE 4-1: ACQUISITION/INGEST, CONTENT PROCESSING, STORAGE, CONTROL AND
DISTRIBUTION DOMAINS OF A TYPICAL IPTV ECOSYSTEM
- FIGURE 4-2: IPTV DISTRIBUTION, NETWORK EDGE & ACCESS AND CUSTOMER PREMISES
DOMAINS
- FIGURE 4-3: HYPOTHETICAL TIER-1 OPERATOR WITH NATIONAL (SUPER) HEADEND,
REGIONAL AND LOCAL VIDEO FACILITIES
- FIGURE 4-4: IPTV MIDDLEWARE WITHIN THE ATIS IIF NGN ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK
- FIGURE 4-5: GENERALIZED VIEW OF IPTV CLIENT SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
- FIGURE 6-1: ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV OBJECTIVE TO OFFER FULL IPTV SOLUTION
- FIGURE 6-2: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV
PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-3: ALCATEL-LUCENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-4: SCREEN CAPTURES OF ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV USER INTERFACE
- FIGURE 6-5: MYOWNTV PERSONAL VIRTUAL CHANNEL
- FIGURE 6-6: PCCW/CASCADE QUAD-PLAY BUSINESS SUCCESS
- FIGURE 6-7: PCCW/CASCADE DEMAND DRIVERS (AS OF EARLY 2007)
- FIGURE 6-8: PCCW/CASCADE NOW TV PROGRAMMING LINE-UP, ON A PC SCREEN
- FIGURE 6-9: PCCW/CASCADE NOW TV PROMOTIONS, ON A PC SCREEN
- FIGURE 6-10: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF CASCADE QUALITVISION PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-11: SCREEN SHOT OF PCCW/CASCADE NOW GAME - GAMES ON TV
- FIGURE 6-12: SCREEN SHOT OF PCCW/CASCADE NOW SHOP - TV-COMMERCE
- FIGURE 6-13: PCCW/CASCADE NOW TV ON MOBILE CONTENT LINE-UP
- FIGURE 6-14: CASCADE HELPS PCCW LEVERAGE COMMON CONTENT ACROSS TV PC AND
MOBILE
- FIGURE 6-15: PCCW/CASCADE STRATEGIC SERVICES ROADMAP
- FIGURE 6-16: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE ESPIAL EVO IPTV SERVICE
PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-17: ESPIAL EVO IPTV SERVICE PLATFORM: STANDARD IPTV APPLICATIONS
- FIGURE 6-18: ESPIAL EVO CLIENT COMPARISON WITH ITU-T IPTV SG-13 PROPOSAL
- FIGURE 6-19: ESPIAL EVO IPTV SERVICE PLATFORM - EXAMPLES OF INTERACTIVE
PROGRAM GUIDES
- FIGURE 6-20: SCREEN SHOTS OF APPLICATIONS VIA ACCEDO BROADBAND' S
APPLICATION PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-21: ESPIAL EVO IPTV SERVICE PLATFORM - TELEPHONY AND MESSAGING
INTEGRATION
- FIGURE 6-22: ESPIAL EVO SERVER PRE-CERTIFIED END-TO-END IPTV ECOSYSTEM
- FIGURE 6-23: KASENNA PORTAL TV PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-24: KASENNA PORTAL TV MAIN MENU SCREEN-SHOT
- FIGURE 6-25: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF KASENNA LIVINGROOM PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-26: REPRESENTATIVE KASENNA LIVINGROOM SCREEN SHOTS
- FIGURE 6-27: CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM, KASENNA LIVINGROOM CLIENT
- FIGURE 6-28: KASENNA LIVINGROOM IN A DISTRIBUTED IPTV DEPLOYMENT
- FIGURE 6-29: KASENNA VIEW OF NEAR-FUTURE SERVICE PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS
- FIGURE 6-30: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF MICROSOFT MEDIAROOM PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-31: MICROSOFT MEDIAROOM - LIVE TV WITH CHANNEL BAR AND PIP
- FIGURE 6-32: SCREEN CAPTURES OF MEDIAROOM FEATURES ANNOUNCED JUNE 2007
- FIGURE 6-33: MICROSOFT XBOX 360 VALUE PROPOSITION WITH IPTV
- FIGURE 6-34: PRODUCT ELEMENTS OF THE MICROSOFT MEDIAROOM PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-35: IPTV CHANNEL CHANGE TIME FOR IPTV PROVIDERS IN FRANCE
- FIGURE 6-36: DIAGRAM OF MICROSOFT CONNECTED SERVICES FRAMEWORK (CSF)
- FIGURE 6-37: MICROSOFT "CONNECTED HOME ENTERTAINMENT" ENVIRONMENT
- FIGURE 6-38: MINERVA ITVMANAGER PLATFORM SYSTEM DIAGRAM
- FIGURE 6-39: MINERVA ITV MANAGER PROGRAM GUIDE & EXAMPLES
- FIGURE 6-40: MINERVA ITV MANAGER USER INTERFACE EXAMPLES
- FIGURE 6-41: MINERVA ITV MANAGER VOD-PVR PLAYBACK
- FIGURE 6-42: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS ORGANIZATION
- FIGURE 6-43: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF MYRIO (SIEMENS SURPASS HOME
ENTERTAINMENT)
- FIGURE 6-44: MYRIO USER INTERFACE EXAMPLES
- FIGURE 6-45: MYRIO IPTV INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE AT BELGACOM
- FIGURE 6-46: MYRIO USER INTERFACE CONCEPTS
- FIGURE 6-47: MYRIO SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-48: SIEMENS CONTENT DELIVERY PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-49: MYRIO APPLICATION SERVICE FRAMEWORK
- FIGURE 6-50: ORCA RIGHTV PLATFORM IN THE IPTV VALUE-CHAIN ENVIRONMENT
- FIGURE 6-51: ORCA RIGHTV CUSTOM PROGRAM GUIDE
- FIGURE 6-52: ORCA RIGHTV PERSONAL PHOTO ALBUM ON TV
- FIGURE 6-53: ORCA RIGHTV MUSIC ALBUM ON TV
- FIGURE 6-54: ORCA RIGHTV ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-55: ORCA VIDEO SERVER PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-56: COMPONENT DIAGRAM - ORCA INTERACTIVE RIGHTV & INTEGRATION
FRAMEWORK
- FIGURE 6-57: RIGHTV REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION
- FIGURE 6-58: KUDELSKI GROUP STRATEGIC FOCUS AND PRODUCT LINES
- FIGURE 6-59: QUATIVE SOLUTIONS VISION
- FIGURE 6-60: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF QUATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY
PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-61: QUATIVE TELCO DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-62: QUATIVE HYBRID DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURE
- FIGURE 6-63: QUATIVE SUPPORT FOR TRADITIONAL AND ABSTRACTED SET-TOP BOX
MODELS
- FIGURE 6-64: INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE - QUATIVE STANDARD USER INTERFACE
- FIGURE 6-65: QUATIVE NAGRAGUIDE SCREENSHOTS
- FIGURE 6-66: QUATIVE SDP WITH LYSIS CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- FIGURE 6-67: SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM PHILOSOPHY
- FIGURE 6-68: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-69: SEACHANGE TV NAVIGATOR FOUR - DESIGNS FOR INTERACTIVE
PROGRAM GUIDES
- FIGURE 6-70: SEACHANGE DVD-ON-DEMAND
- FIGURE 6-71: SEACHANGE GAMENOW USER INTERFACE
- FIGURE 6-72: SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM - TV PRODUCER
- FIGURE 6-73: SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM - TV CUSTOMIZER
- FIGURE 6-74: SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM - TV PORTER
- FIGURE 6-75: ON-DEMAND MODELS DEFINED BY THE SEACHANGE TV BUSINESS SYSTEM
- FIGURE 6-76: THOMSON OVERALL CONVERGENCE PORTFOLIO
- FIGURE 6-77: THOMSON PRODUCT LINES FOR END-TO-END TRIPLE-PLAY IP SERVICES
- FIGURE 6-78: THOMSON GRASS VALLEY IPTV HEADEND
- FIGURE 6-79: HIGH-LEVEL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THOMSON SMARTVISION PLATFORM
- FIGURE 6-80: THOMSON SMARTVISION END-TO-END FEATURES AND APPLICATIONS
- FIGURE 6-81: THOMSON SMARTVISION TV PROGRAM GUIDE, VOD MENU AND PARENTAL
CONTROLS
- FIGURE 6-82: SCREEN CAPTURES OF THOMSON SMARTVISION TV CONVERGENCE FEATURES
- FIGURE 6-83: SCREEN CAPTURES OF THOMSON SMARTVISION TV MOBILE VIDEO
FEATURES
- FIGURE 6-84: THOMSON SMARTVISION STRATEGIC ROADMAP
- FIGURE 6-85: MARKET SECTORS PURSUED BY UTSTARCOM
- FIGURE 6-86: UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM PLATFORM ELEMENTS
- FIGURE 6-87: UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM PLATFORM IN A LARGE TIERED DEPLOYMENT
- FIGURE 6-88: SCREEN CAPTURES OF UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM SUBSCRIBER UI
- FIGURE 6-89: UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM TV MENU AND TICKER SCREEN-SHOTS
- FIGURE 6-90: HIERARCHICAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION BY UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM
- FIGURE 7-1: IPTV CHANNEL CHANGE TIME FOR IPTV PROVIDERS IN FRANCE
- FIGURE 7-2: VERIZON FIOS NETWORK
- FIGURE 7-3: VERIZON INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDE
- FIGURE 7-4: VERIZON FIOS HOME NETWORK
- FIGURE 7-5: SUREWEST SUMMARY
- FIGURE 7-6: SUREWEST NETWORK
Table of Tables
- TABLE 2-1: GLOBAL MIDDLEWARE RANKINGS BY DEPLOYED SUBSCRIBERS
- TABLE 5-1: IPTV MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM SUPPLIERS GROUPED BY POSITION
- TABLE 5-2: GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS OF IPTV MIDDLEWARE VENDORS
- TABLE 5-3: VIDEO MIDDLEWARE MARKET LEADERS BY SUBSCRIBERS
- TABLE 6-1: ALCATEL-LUCENT INITIATIVES THAT IMPACT ITS IPTV EFFORTS
- TABLE 6-2: ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV KEY POSITIONING POINTS
- TABLE 6-3: ALCATEL-LUCENT MIVIEWTV SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-4: PCCW/CASCADE NOW TV CREATES VISIBILITY THROUGH MARKETING AND
DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH BUNDLES AND SPECIAL FEATURES
- TABLE 6-5: CASCADE QUALITVISION SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE - SERVER
REQUIREMENTS
- TABLE 6-6: KEY DIFFERENTIATORS CLAIMED BY ESPIAL FOR THE EVO IPTV SERVICE
PLATFORM
- TABLE 6-7: ESPIAL EVO SERVER FEATURE OVERVIEW
- TABLE 6-8: ESPIAL EVO PLATFORM SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-9: KASENNA PORTALTV KEY MARKETING MESSAGES
- TABLE 6-10: KASENNA SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-11: MICROSOFT MEDIAROOM PLATFORM MARKETING MESSAGES AND PROOF
POINTS
- TABLE 6-12: MINERVA NETWORKS ITV MANAGER KEY MARKETING MESSAGES
- TABLE 6-13: MYRIO PLATFORM COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
- TABLE 6-14: MYRIO TOTALMANAGE PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY
- TABLE 6-15: MYRIO PLATFORM DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-16: ORCA INTERACTIVE RIGHTV SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-17: QUATIVE PLATFORM DIFFERENTIATORS
- TABLE 6-18: QUATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-19: KEY MESSAGES FOR SEACHANGE TV PLATFORM
- TABLE 6-20: THOMSON OVERALL MULTI-PLAY DIFFERENTIATORS
- TABLE 6-21: THOMSON SMARTVISION TV SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 6-22: UTSTARCOM COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
- TABLE 6-23: ELEMENTS OF UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM MIDDLEWARE
- TABLE 6-24: UTSTARCOM ROLLINGSTREAM SERVER DEPLOYMENT TABLE
- TABLE 7-1: FACTORS AFFECTING IPTV TIME-TO-MARKET
- TABLE 7-2: FACTORS AFFECTING IPTV TIME-TO-MARKET (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 7-3: FACTORS AFFECTING IPTV SPEED OF OPERATION (CUSTOMIZATION)
- TABLE 7-4: PARAMETERS OF FOUR HYPOTHETICAL IPTV DEPLOYMENTS
- TABLE 7-5: SERVER REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC IPTV DEPLOYMENT
- TABLE 7-6: SERVER REQUIREMENTS FOR A MIDRANGE IPTV DEPLOYMENT
- TABLE 7-7: SERVER REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGE IPTV DEPLOYMENT
- TABLE 7-8: SERVER REQUIREMENTS FOR MEGA-SCALED IPTV DEPLOYMENT
- TABLE 7-9: REASONS FOR SWITCHING THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PLATFORM
VENDOR
- TABLE 8-1: IPTV MIDDLEWARE MARKET LEADERS (BY REGIONAL SUBSCRIBERS)
- TABLE 8-2: CONVERGENCE FEATURES AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR REVENUE, INCREASED
LOYALTY OR CONVENIENCE
- TABLE 9-1: TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP RATING FOR MIDDLEWARE SUPPLIERS
- TABLE 9-2: MIDDLEWARE BEST PRACTICES FOR IPTV DEPLOYMENTS
- TABLE 10-1: IPTV MIDDLEWARE VENDORS: FEATURE-FUNCTION COMPARISON
- TABLE 11-1: PARTNERSHIPS OF IPTV MIDDLEWARE SUPPLIERS- BY PRODUCT
CATEGORIES
- TABLE 12-1: PRE-INTEGRATED END-TO-END IPTV SYSTEMS, ORGANIZED BY
MIDDLEWARE SUPPLIER
- TABLE 12-2: PRE-INTEGRATED END-TO-END IPTV SYSTEMS, ORGANIZED BY
MIDDLEWARE SUPPLIER
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