IPTV versus cable DTV in China: Which will win out?

Author

Wan, Xing ; Hu, Hanhui

Author_Institution

Res. Center of Ind. Organ., Southeast Univ., Nanjing

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

75

Abstract

Both IPTV and cable digital TV provide means to transform analog TV broadcasting to digital broadcasting. Which will be the winner? The paper compares IPTV and cable digital TV in China from four perspectives: technologies, market demand, business models and regulation. It concludes that they can complement rather than substitute for each other, and will co-petition for a long period of time. IPTV provided by telecom operators will focus on high-end market, whereas cable digital TV offered by cable operators can better satisfy the demand for universal service.

Keywords

IPTV; cable television; digital television; supply and demand; China; IPTV; Internet Protocol Television; TV regulation; analog TV broadcasting; business model; cable digital TV; digital broadcasting; market demand; Business; Cable TV; Communication cables; Costs; Digital TV; IPTV; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting; Telecommunications; Web and internet services; Business Model; IPTV; cable digital TV; market demand; regulation; technology comparison;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2329-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2330-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654339

Filename

4654339