Internet video available to 290mn households worldwide

November 21, 2008 - An estimated 290mn households had the capability to view Internet video at the end of last year, according to a study by IMS Research, of which 28mn homes had the ability to watch online video on their living room TVs.

The number of households worldwide with access to Internet video on their TV is projected to reach 300mn by the end of 2013, according to the report, entitled 'IPTV: Beyond Telco TV', raising equipment revenues of US$ 32bn.

“We can expect more CE manufacturers to incorporate web video into their products during the first half of 2009," said Shane Walker, Research Analyst at IMS Research and author of the report. "Recently we have seen the incorporation of online video into popular devices such as game consoles, the TiVo, Blu-ray players, and flat-panel TVs. In addition, several dedicated Internet video set-top boxes, such as Roku or Vudu have recently become available”.