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I’ve talked about the Smart TV project I have conducted for the past 2 years, SoTV, mentionning: how Smart TV has to centre around the viewer experience; what features I expected in our smart TV design; why Smart TV was … Continue reading
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3 years ago, I posted a few thoughts about IPTV, echoing positive feedback from customers on our “TV on-demand” service: IPTV, the television of the 21st century! I spoke there about IPTV 2 radical diffentiators: – IPTV establishes a unique … Continue reading
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In the perspective of IP&TV World Forum where I will be speaking on March 23rd, I have completed an interview with IPTVnews editor, Jamie Beach, about latest IP&TV trends: What developments have you witnessed in the IP&TV industry in the … Continue reading
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3 years ago, I posted a few thoughts about IPTV, echoing positive feedback from customers on our “TV on-demand” service: IPTV, the television of the 21st century! I spoke there about IPTV 2 radical diffentiators: IPTV establishes a unique and … Continue reading
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The results of a new research study – conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cisco – were published Nov 19th. Investigation of consumer viewing habits and expectations of TV and Internet-delivered TV in the UK (UK TV Alpha Users … Continue reading
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According to Le Figaro article written by Marie-Catherine Beuth Nov 8 and ABI Research study, over 690 millions people pay to watch television. The number of pay-TV subscribers has had a 2% increase from quarter 2 to quarter 3. One of … Continue reading
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I’ve been through a very interesting article from Mark Suster, an experienced manager in the digital economy, now working at GRP Partners since 2007 as a General Partner and focusing on early-stage technology companies. It is called The Future of … Continue reading
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2 great articles have recently drawn my attention regarding innnovation: the first one is from Ikijiro Nonaka and is called “the knowledge creating company”; originally edited in 1991 in HBR, it tackles the subject of tacit knowledge, also sometimes called … Continue reading
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“Gesture recognition is one of the most exciting new technologies at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week” says Venture Beat after the closing of the 2008 CES. Some prestigiuous CE companies are working on it: Panasonic, Hitachi, … and … Continue reading
VOD market is on high growth in France. According to GFK & NPA Conseil, almost 6 millions VOD have been streamed or donwloaded during first 2008 semester; that’s twice last year result! It seems that SVoD is a strong contributor to these results with over 25 000 new subscribers each month (see previous article on VOD pricing & customer experience at nbry.wordpress.com/2007/12/).
Amongst others SVoD offerings, one can now give in to temptation at Free (Free Home Video or Frissons Extremes), 9Cegetel (Pass Kids with Titeuf, Pokémon, Bugs Bunny, Kid Paddle…), and Orange (24/24 Jeunesse, and the expected shortcoming cinema offering based on exclusive deal with HBO & warner).
I guess also that revisited user interface can change a lot in consumer consumption: that seems to be the case for the new interface that we designed at 9Cegetel last year, and which has a strong impact.
Let’s wait now for the end of year to record that VOD revenue overpasse the m€ 50 threshold!
IPTV has reached mass market status in France. The reason for this success is due to a strong ADSL subscriber base of over 15 million customers, the good value for money offered by triple play services, and healthy competition amongst ISPs.
By the end of this year, France will have between five and six million IPTV subscribers. Of those, based on HD devices uptake, I’d expect a quarter to have access to HD channels such as France 2 and M6*.
*that use ATEME’s H.264 encoders.
“We believe that France will soon reach 5-6 mn IPTV subscribers!” That’s one of the statement from the interview I have given to IPTV News, during the IPTV Forum which took place in London last March. Despite strong competition from other cable & satellite platforms, I believe that IPTV has a chance to reach similar mass-market status in France “because IPTV brings a new user interface, new interactive services and new on-demand services“. The complete interview is available at : http://www.iptv-news.com/content/view/1987/73/ and let’s hope this statement of belief becomes soon real!
IPTV Forum in London has become over years the Word’s Leading IPTV event. Same as last year, I will be presenting French market overview. It is called “IPTV 2nd stage in France, growing ARPU on personal, on-demand & connected services”. My speaking slot is on Wednesday 12th, at 9:40. Meet me there!
Comment y voir clair dans la convergence ? Economiquement, l’équation n’est pas simple pour les opérateurs. Pourtant les offres se développent et les usages foisonnent : pour le consommateur, “tout est Internet !”. Les mouvements stratégiques font également disparaître les barrières entre les secteur des médias, de l’Internet, des télcommunications et les industriels (CE) ne sont pas en reste … Ayant travaillé sur le service de convergence T-One de Deutsche Telekom, testé en France par Club-Internet (par l’équipe de Sébastien Henon, à présent Idaho Consulting), je vous propose quelques clés pour concevoir son offre de convergence, et notamment une expérience client réussie dans chaque situation !
Historiquement la convergence grand-public semblait être une vision d’opérateurs. L’offre de couverture des opérateurs mobiles permettant les appels mobiles à la maison (in-door) initiait significativement la substitution fixe-mobile. Réciproquement, les opérateurs fixes complétant leur offre avec un terminal mobile GSM-Wi-Fi et rendant gratuits les appels passés à la maison depuis un mobile, le mouvement inverse démarrait progressivement en nombre d’abonnés.
Posted in 3G, IPTV, Medias, Mobile, Video
Tagged Business model, Convergence, Internet, Mobile, Quadruple-play, Video
L’IPTV est un beau succès français. Ayant été un acteur de ce développement spectaculaire au travers de la “Télévision à la demande” de Club-Internet puis du nouveau service de VOD de 9Cegetel, je vous propose un focus sur la VOD ou Vidéo à la demande (Video On Demand) : après un aperçu chiffré du potentiel de développement de marché, je récapitule les freins actuels et dresse des perspectives autour de l’expérience de marque que peut créer ce service. A suivre …
Les nouveaux chiffres de l’ARCEP confirment le succès de l’IPTV : le nombre de clients pouvant bénéficier de l’IPTV est passé de 1,7 millions (T2 2006) à 3,8 millions (T2 2007), soit une croissance de plus de 2 millions en un an ! Les clients pouvant bénéficier de l’IPTV sont ceux qui disposent d’une offre Triple Play (Internet, Téléphonie, Télévision) et qui sont dans des conditions techniques d’éligibilité (pas trop éloignés du central téléphonique …). Parmi ceux-ci, tous n’ont pas activé le service de télévision (en raccordant leur poste TV à leur décodeur et leur décodeur à leur modem) : on estime le nombre de clients actifs réels de l’IPTV à près de 3 millions, les acteurs majeurs étant Orange, qui a dépassé le million de clients (975 000 en Sept.), 9 avec 750 000 clients à fin 2007 et Free (qui ne communique pas le nombre de ses clients actifs IPTV).
Tagged Business model, IPTV, On demand, PVR, Television, Video, VOD
