Mobilog

Sunday, July 3, 2005

Kagan Predicts Strong Growth for Asia Pacific Pay-TV Market, IPTV To Take Off. Worldscreen.com: According to Kagan Research, the number of multichannel subscribers in the top 13 Asia-Pacific markets will rise from 188 million last year to 356 million in 2015. The report covers China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
The region's consolidated multichannel penetration is expected to rise from 32.7 percent of TV households in 2004 to 54.4 percent in 2015, a 4.8 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Multichannel revenues are forecast to grow from $13.1 billion in 2004 to $38 billion in 2015, a 10.1 percent CAGR.
The report, Asia Pacific Multichannel Markets 2005, also found that IPTV platforms are expected to develop in nine of the region's 13 countries, increasing subscriber share from less than 0.3 percent in 2004 to 9.4 percent in 2015. IPTV revenue share is projected to rise from 0.7 percent in 2004 to 12.9 percent in 2015. In addition, DTT households will rise from 3.6 million in 2004 to 87.7 million by 2015, a 33.9 percent CAGR.
"The door to Asia media market investment is wide open,âo? said Ben Reneker, Kagan analyst and head of the company's international research team. âo[ogonek]The region hosts a powerful mixture of favorable market conditions as large untapped consumer populations meet strong adoption of emerging digital media systems. Our analysis indicates significant opportunities exist for both local and foreign media firms to develop Asia pay-TV economies from both an infrastructure and programming position." [ContentSutra]
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Korea's SK Telecom May Buy 33% In Tata Teleservices. Business Standard: South Korea's SK Telecom is in talks with Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL), the CDMA-based telephony service provider of the Tata group, to acquire about 33 per cent stake in the company.
The price for acquisition could be in the range of Rs 2,400-2,600 crore, according to sources close to the development. A high-level management team from SK Telecom is in Mumbai, holding discussions with TTSL officials. âo[ogonek]The discussions may continue over the weekend,âo? the sources said. J P Morgan is the financial advisors to the deal. âo[ogonek]A number of parties have evinced interest for a stake in Tata Tele and the company is evaluating the situation,âo? said Tata Industries Managing Director Kishore A Chaukar on the sidelines of a press conference.
SK Telecom's entry into Indian market is significant. It's a CDMA-based services provider and the revenues from value added services have surpassed its voice business. It has also launched 3G services. [ContentSutra]
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Latin American Wireless Market Growing. At this point, spectrum allocation and 3G licensing and deployment are the major issues facing the Latin American operators as they slug it out for the business. The good news is that their market is growingâo[per thou]anywhere between 55 and 90 million new subscribers are expected to be added by 2009. Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia should account for about 80% of the growth. [Daily 3G News]
12:52:58 PM

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GSM expands in Emerging Market. Syria's GSM subscribers grew at a massive CAGR of 210% between 2000 and 2004, reaching a penetration rate of 13.8% by end of 2004. Much room remains for growth and the penetration rate is expected to triple to 46% in the coming 5 years. [Daily 3G News]
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