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Global IPTV subscribers grow 117% in 2007
Global IPTV subscriptions grew 117% last year, reaching 12.34m viewers, says research firm Informa Telecoms and Media. Western Europe accounted for the highest number of subscriptions, with 6.9m or 57% of the overall total, but registered the slowest annual growth rate at 96%. Subscriptions in the US and Canada increased by a combined 306% to more than 1.3m from 326,093 in 2006. In a comparison, Asia Pacific subscribers grew by 121% to 3.3m, from 1.5m the year before.
"2007 was a watershed year for IPTV as many western European telcos launched full packages," said Informa principal TV and media analyst, Simon Murray."It will be interesting to note their approach to IPTV in the future: whether it is used to increase customer loyalty or whether it is a genuine money-making stand-alone service," Murray said.
