China's Internet Television (iptv) Industry Development Prospects

The application of internet protocol television (IPTV) effectively integratestelevision, communications and personal computer by receiving broadcasting signal andrealizing the interaction between consumer and service provider. This revolutionarytechnology will reshuffle the communications market. The reason remarkable future.In China, due to the development of broad band internet and fast expansion ofsubscriber market, broad-band based applications are becoming the key issue of serviceprovider. Therefore, IPTV has become a business with high increment potential.Currently, there are some policy restrictions on the development of IPTV in china.However, the policy will change according to the development of the market. It isestimated that the IPTV business will experience a boom in 2-3 years and the marketwill be fully developed.The first chapter describes the technology and business of IPTV. The secondchapter introduces the current development and some specific cases of IPTV overseas.The third chapter presents the competing environment and the current developmentsituation of IPTV by service provider. The forth one analyzes the industry of IPTV. Thefifth chapter gives some forecast of the development future of IPTV in China. The lastchapter analyzes the business mode of IPTV and makes some suggestions.