Latin American investments in IPTV to reach US$12.6bn by 2013

August 28, 2008 - Invesments in IPTV in Latin America will reach US$12.6bn by 2013, reports Mexican paper El Universal quoting research by Signals Telecom Consulting, with México, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Perú and Venezuela representing the largest markets.

According to a study by the consultancy, which has offices in Miami and Buenos Aires, penetration of pay-TV in these countries will reach 34% by 2013. Carlos Blanco, Director of market research for the company, projects that IPTV will start to accumulate a much larger share of the Latin American pay-TV market from 2009, and by 2013 will account for 19% of all pay-TV subscribers in the region.

"Beyond the number of IPTV subscribers, one needs also consider that telecommunications operators should deploy a network with sufficient coverage," said the analyst. He explained that to operate IPTV services, telecoms operators will have to make an adaptation of their existing infrastructure or deploy a new one, which would be a "massive" operation.