WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 70 / 356
Often this is in parallel with the subscriber's Internet connection, supplied by a broadband
operator using the same infrastructure but over a dedicated bandwidth allocation. Main fixed
Telecoms in Latin American and Brazil, have pilot projects in progress for test the
technology, therefore, the Fixed Telecoms will be able to offer a triple service with voice,
data and video. In the table 6, some IPTV providers are presented.
Provider Country
AT&T
http://www.att.com
BellSouth
http://www.bellsouth.com
UTStarcom
http://www.utstar.com/
Telemar
http://www.bellsouth.com
Telefônica
5.1.5.1.8 Video on Demand
http://www.telefonica.com.br
http://www.telefonica.com.pe
EUA
EUA
Latin American
and world
Brazil
Brazil Telecom
http://www.Braziltelecom.com.br Brazil
Table 5-6 IPTV providers
Brazil and Peru
Video on Demand (VoD) is a system that allows users to select and watch video content
over a network as part of an interactive television system. VOD systems either "stream"
content, allowing viewing in real time, or "download" it in which the program is brought in its
entirety to a set-top box before viewing starts. The latter is more appropriately termed "store
and forward". The majority of cable and telco based VOD systems use the streaming
approach, whereby a user buys or selects a movie or television program and it begins to