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VoD Will Be Key to Pay-TV Revenue Success in Emerging Markets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
By 2014, 84 percent of all pay-TV net additions will come from emerging markets, however a successful pay-TV
VoD service in these markets will depend on a variety of factors, according to a new report by Pyramid Research
Pay-TV Video on Demand in Emerging Markets: Service Provider Strategies, Business Models and Five-year
Adoption Forecasts strives to answer whether there is a business case for pay-TV VoD in emerging markets. This
98-page report provides explicit explanations, examples, and case studies from a range of markets, including
Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Poland, Russia, and the U.S. These cases highlight best practices
that can be emulated to build incremental revenue streams with pay-per-view, NVoD, push VoD, a-la-carte, movies
on demand, DVR and time-shifted TV, subscription VoD, free VoD, true VoD, and interactive VoD. The report also
includes an update on the status of pay-TV adoption and revenue across emerging markets, setting the stage for
an analysis of whether VoD can serve as a viable differentiator to help drive pay-TV demand or whether
investments in the service are doomed to fail. It concludes with VoD and DVR adoption and revenue forecasts
covering the world's largest emerging markets measured by pay-TV revenue and adoption - Brazil, China, India,
Mexico, and Russia - as well as forecasts for the U.S., the largest pay-TV market in the world. Download an
"By 2014, emerging markets will account for 69 percent of the global subscription total, with 84 percent of all
pay-TV net additions coming from these markets," says Dan Locke, Senior Analyst at Pyramid Research and
author of the report. "Almost half of the world's pay-TV subscriptions come from Asia/Pacific, mostly from China
and India. The next-largest emerging pay-TV nations are Russia, Egypt, Turkey, and Poland," he adds.
Even though most pay-TV subscriptions are found in emerging economies, the revenue opportunity in these
markets is considerably smaller than in developed ones, due to significantly lower pay-TV ARPS. "Low incomes
make high prices for pay-TV unaffordable for most in developing markets, and free or inexpensive alternatives such
as pirated content deters adoption even further," Locke says. "As a result, only 20 percent of pay-TV revenue
worldwide comes from emerging markets."
"A successful pay-TV VoD service in an emerging market will depend on a variety of factors, including the
network technology and architecture, content availability, consumer demand, and the competitive landscape,"
explains Locke. "Despite lower attach rates in emerging markets than in the U.S., Pyramid believes sizeable
revenue opportunities for VoD and DVR services still await due to the sizeable and largely untapped markets," he
adds. The report offers specific recommendations to operators, content providers, vendors, and investors.
Pay-TV Video on Demand in Emerging Markets: Service Provider Strategies, Business Models and Five-year
Adoption Forecasts is part of Pyramid's research report series and is priced at $2490. It can be purchased online
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