Abstract
IPTV services are seen by many as the future for telecoms operators who wish
to make up for the decline of revenues from traditional voice. Currently,
their diffusion is still limited but growing. One of the main concerns is
around regulatory aspects, as the IPTV value chain cuts across both the
traditional broadcasting and telecoms network infrastructure worlds. In this
report we provide an overview of where regulation stands today in the
different layers of the IPTV value chain.
Table of Contents
Key messages
Overview and definitions
- IPTV value chain
- Regulation applied across the value chain
- The EU regulatory framework
EU Authorisation Directive
- EU Universal Service Directive
- EU Access Directive
- TVWF Directive
Countries
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Japan
- UK
- US
Table of figures
- Figure 1 IPTV value chain
- Figure 2 Summary of regulation applied to value chain
- Figure 3 TVWF Directive rules
- Figure 4 Key changes to the TVWF Directive
- Figure 5 Summary of regulation across countries profiled
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