Some analysts question whether VoD can be as profitable as broadcast TV. The dual costs of piping internet video into the home and licensing content from producers - both paid out on a per-view basis - "may call into question the level of profits that can be made in the long term" from VoD, says David Cockram of Oliver & Ohlbaum, a media consultancy. "More people are taking more of the pie."
Broadcasters already have to pay companies providing "content delivery networks" to ensure their on-demand programming reaches viewers in good quality and without loading-time delays mid-video. Every time a programme is viewed online through their VoD services, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and other broadcasters pay a CDN provider such as Akamai, Level 3 or, soon, BT.
Today, one half-hour programme costs between 2p and 5p to stream through a CDN every time it is viewed. That may not sound much, but with the BBC iPlayer serving up almost 60m TV shows in November, a broadcaster's CDN costs could already exceed £1m a month.
Harbinger is not planning to provide services to consumers, but instead wants to strike wholesale deals with established mobile operators and potential new entrants in the telecoms industry
t started reporting falling revenue and profit last year
inability to capitalise on the growing consumer appetite to
e fourth-largest US mobile operator was two years behind its rivals with the roll-out of a network based on 3G technology
fter buying radio spectrum, T-Mobile USA finally built a 3G network that covered 205m people by last December, and this year began offering industry-leading download speeds.
Deutsche Telekom is mulling a partnership with US hedge fund Harbinger Capital
T-Mobile USA has been losing profit as it struggles to keep up with soaring demand for mobile data services. The company was two years behind its major competitors with a 3G network. But its 3G network now covers 205 million people and boasts industry-leading speeds.
Harbinger has not yet secured funding for the project, which aims to offer services to 9 million users at launch and 145 million in all major market by 2013.
Serving 45 of the top 50 global telecom operators,
f you look at Alcatel Lucent or Nokia Siemens Networks, their growth rate is flat or shrinking, and even market leader Ericsson has a slow growth
world's leading telecom infrastructure vendor,
ricsson is in a better position than its European- American and Japanese rivals to resist the Chinese led onslaught, as its economies of scale give it higher sales and better profit margins.
hey must compete on technology, product quality and innovation.
ly three players- Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE- will be the only dominant telecom
iggest blow to Huawei (IMHO) is that they didn't win the Sprint infrastructure upgrade contract.
U.S. concerns about Huawei go back several years, and focus on the opacity of its books (finances are not transparent) and ownership structure (Chinese government?)
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