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MRG report lists NEC, Tut Systems, Entone, Motorola, Thomson and Viaccess ahead of their markets for IPTV
Research company MRG has outlined what it considers to be the product category leaders for key IPTV technologies, putting NEC in pole position for access systems due to its inclusion in the PCCW video-over-DSL deployment in Hong Kong, with ECI number two globally and in number one position for Europe. The rankings are contained in the company’s IPTV Market Leader report. This draws upon data from 370 IPTV service providers worldwide, 213 of them in North America (which itself has increased from 287 service providers in MRG’s September 2005 edition of the report). “Tut [Systems] remains the number one company globally and in North America in IPTV video headends due to its strong position in the US independent telco market,” the company reveals. “In Video on Demand systems, Entone is the number one company globally and in Asia due to its deployment at PCCW. Alcatel is number two globally and number one in Europe. “Motorola is number one in set-top boxes globally as well as in North America and Europe due to its recent acquisition of Kreatel. Yuxing is number two globally and number one in Europe due to its inclusion in PCCW’s network. Thomson/Thales is number one globally in IPTV middleware and in Europe, due to its inclusion in France Telecom’s network. Orca is number two globally and number one in Asia.” The report places Viaccess first globally and in Europe for content security, due to its inclusion in France Telecom’s network. Widevine is number two globally and number one in Asia and North America. All data is from the March 2006 edition of the report, which includes growth prospects for each company. |
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