Which Network to Deliver HDTV?
Market & Data Reports - 02/04/2009
Cable - Internet - IPTV - Satellite - DTT
This report examines the HDTV market and provides national estimates of each networks capacity to distribute a maximum number of high-definition channels, according to speed, technology, network capacity and occupancy/fill rate. It also allows HD channels to gain a deeper understanding of the various issues tied to each type of network: price, capacity, coverage and competitive position.
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What is the status of high-definition TV (HDTV) rollouts in Europe?
Will satellite remain the main purveyor of HDTV?
Under what conditions will DTT take hold as the free-to-air HDTV network?
What choices are cable networks going to have to make?
How will IPTV handle the transition from ADSL to fibre?
Is it inevitable that the Internet can only offer a lower quality HD service?
What are the key components of HD distribution models: broadcasting costs, household coverage and eligibility, network capacity
> Countries examined in report and database:
Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, the UK. |
1. Executive Summary
2. Methodology
Explanation of the model
Selected parameters
3. The HDTV Market
3.1. HDTV, Ultra HD and 3D
3.1.1. HDTV formats
3.1.2. Ultra HD
3.1.3. 3D
3.2. Compression and quality of service
3.3. HD broadcasts
3.4. HD rollouts in Europe
3.4.1. Status of TV channels HD broadcasts
3.4.2. Forecasts: more than 240 HD channels by 2013 in the six main European markets
4. HD Compatibility of each Network
4.1. Satellite
Currently the chief purveyor of HDTV
4.1.1. Certain ongoing constraints
Scarcity of available orbital slots
Fill rate close to saturation on premium transponders
4.1.2. A scalable capacity market
4.2. Digital terrestrial TV (DTT)
The free-to-air HDTV network
4.2.1. Lack of space for HDTV on the terrestrial network
Scarcity of availability frequencies
DTT multiplexes are full
Use of MPEG-4 AVC on DTT still largely anecdotal
4.2.2. HDTV to be allocated additional spectrum
Questions raised by the end of analogue broadcasting
Likely progress in alleviating UHF band squeezing
4.3. Cable networks
Choices that need to be made
4.3.1. European cable networks feeling forced to deliver HD
4.3.2. Several developments in the works
1 GHz networks
New generations of standards
Optical fibre and segmentation
Increasing use of IP for video
Analogue switch-off and digital converters
4.4. IPTV
From ADSL to fibre
4.4.1. ADSL 2+ is compatible with HDTV
Two restrictions remain: bitrates, dual stream
VDSL solves only part of the problem
4.4.2. FTTx: solutions for multiple streams and next generation TV standards
4.5. Internet
widespread access to a lesser quality HD service
4.5.1. A lesser quality HD service online
4.5.2. HD expected to have a significant impact on the Web
5. HD Coverage vs. Eligibility
For each of the countries examined:
HD eligibility in 2008
Cable
IPTV
Satellite
DTT
5.1. Germany
5.2. Spain
5.3. France
5.4. Italy
5.5. Poland
5.6. The UK
6. Benchmark: 2008 2013
For each of the countries examined: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, the UK
6.1. HDTV broadcasting costs
6.2. HD coverage and eligibility
6.3. HD capacity of each network
7. Guidelines
By network
By country
By TV channel
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