Reading about IPTV being rolled out in India reminded me of the wireless market. Developing infrastructure countries leapfrogged many developed countries in wireless usage and applications since their wired infrastructure was so weak. Can the same thing happen with IPTV?
India doesn't have a huge Netflix or Blockbuster infrastructure, they don't have tons of cable companies (though there are some decent satellite offerings), and as Metroblogging Bangalore points out, traffic to a movie theater in India can make Manhattan look like a Sunday drive.
What's particularly interesting is that IOL subscribers will get Video on Demand access to movies before satellite companies broadcast the movies. This goes to the heart of a key issue which is IPTV allows consumers to watch content when the consumer chooses to watch it, not when the broadcaster chooses to deliver it (obviously, the content owner first has to license it).
Should the wired infrastructure be further developed to have the proper capacity, perhaps we'll be looking to India to see how consumers are using IPTV.
Please let me know more about IOL BROADBAND and its partners in the venture
Posted by: sanjeev puri | February 06, 2007 at 10:46 AM
do you think that in a market like india IPTV is going to give a big threat to cable companies and indepandent cable operators. Because in most part of india peaple love to watch tv series specially female and kids segment. What % will it effect the cable companies and revenue generation to those who are spending big money to get into???????
Posted by: kapil mudgal | May 03, 2007 at 06:29 AM