http://www.currentanalysis.com/ Analysis Reports provided by Current Analysis, Inc. en-us All materials Copyright 1997-2010 Current Analysis, Inc. Reproduction or distribution prohibited without express written consent. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:26:45 GMT http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52309&rss Alcatel-Lucent’s Multi-screen Video Solution provides a framework for service providers to extend their video delivery environments to additional screens, potentially taking Alcatel-Lucent beyond its telco-focused TPSDA and into cable networks. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-07-07T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53956&rss Huawei has proven its ability to meet the scaling requirements of IPTV operators, but as Huawei seeks to expand into more advanced markets, it needs to demonstrate how its expertise gained in China levels the playing field with incumbent rivals. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53945&rss With apologies to Frank Sinatra, Huawei hopes that if its digital home/IPTV solution can make it in China, it can make it anywhere. Will the company’s partner-based end-to-end proposition earn the trust of service providers in additional markets? Schreiber, Yoav 2010-06-21T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53905&rss The back-office is proving to be a strategic entry point for SeaChange to win multi-screen deployments, with the StarHub win demonstrating the importance of the eventIS acquisition for driving adoption of SeaChange’s Intelligent Video Platform. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-06-17T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53694&rss Harmonic has established deployment credentials for the multiple elements of its MediaPrism Convergence Suite, but must still prove that its end-to-end offer is being successfully adopted by operators. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-05-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53693&rss Ericsson’s multi-screen content delivery proposition extends its portfolio of successfully deployed assets, but remains limited by its lack of internal multi-format transcoding support required for IP-based mobile and PC streaming. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53548&rss SeaChange has introduced its architectural approach to multi-screen content delivery, yet market success hinges on cable operator adoption of IP video, which SeaChange is less able to influence than its multi-screen rivals. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=43075&rss Nokia Siemens Network’s IPTV Solution is vulnerable to the competition, although strategic shifts to its middleware platform and application development environment could alter its trajectory to improve the solution’s market traction. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-05-12T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=43061&rss Cisco’s IPTV solution set, which forms part of the company’s integrated end-to-end video networking proposition is threatening to competitors due to its differentiated linkage to Cisco’s routing, metro Ethernet, and data center solutions. Schreiber, Yoav - 2010-05-11T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=43063&rss Ericsson’s IPTV solution set is very threatening to the IPTV solutions of rival vendors due to factors such as possession of a market-proven and diversified product portfolio, buttressed by prime systems integrator capabilities. Schreiber, Yoav - 2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=43060&rss Alcatel-Lucent’s IPTV solution set is very threatening to competitors as it leverages the company’s end-to-end integration expertise for Microsoft Mediaroom deployments, and now supports multi-vendor network infrastructures beyond the TPSDA. Schreiber, Yoav - 2010-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53466&rss Motorola unveiled its multi-screen architectural vision, positing that it can provide video awareness for accelerating and scaling content delivery across multiple networks and devices without leveraging SDP assets or routing infrastructure. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=43062&rss Motorola’s IPTV solution is threatening to rivals due to the breadth of its deployed digital video portfolio as well as its proven integration and support expertise which extends prime systems integration services for Microsoft Mediaroom. Schreiber, Yoav - 2010-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53371&rss Huawei held its annual Global Analyst Conference towards the end of April in Shenzhen. While the company’s messaging continues to mature, it still managed to surprise with its take on the application market and new strategies in the enterprise. Jarich, Peter - Hunt, Glen 2010-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53198&rss SeaChange intends to solve the scale, complexity, and cost challenges for multi-screen delivery by evolving its VoD roots into a broader CDN proposition, but it needs to ensure that the pursuit of new markets does not dilute its core strengths. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-21T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53185&rss NDS and BlackArrow have allied to expand their market reach in North America, however NDS possesses limited traction in North America, questioning the immediate benefit it provides BlackArrow beyond leading the latest $20 million financing round. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53166&rss NDS continues to generate impressive market gains, but as it expands from its established pay-TV content security leadership, it faces increased competition from vendors targeting similar interactive TV and multi-screen/convergence opportunities. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-19T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53091&rss Juniper is jumping into video with its Ankeena acquisition, bolstering its longer-term competitiveness vs. Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco, although the benefits will not fully be realized until Ankeena’s technology is integrated into Juniper’s routers. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-12T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53075&rss Multi-screen content delivery is not the alchemy that will deliver ARPU gold. As revealed at the IPTV World Forum, it is an incremental extension of existing multimedia delivery environments, and variation in vendor approaches abound. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-08T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=53034&rss SeaChange has improved the competitiveness of its on-demand video server (ODVS) offering, with platform density gains and integrated support for multi-screen delivery, but can it successfully evolve its VoD roots into a full CDN proposition? Schreiber, Yoav 2010-04-02T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52922&rss Alcatel-Lucent is evolving its approach to enabling multimedia solution delivery by exposing existing headend and service assets; partners Microsoft, Concurrent and Edgeware may soon find their existing relationships less beneficial. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-24T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52851&rss The IPTV middleware replacement cycle is underway, and a key component of long-term competitive success will be driven by whether vendors and their operator customers decide that IPTV applications should be either “disposable” or “sticky.” Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52805&rss As the advanced video advertising market takes early steps towards maturity, systematically tracking adoption and market readiness is a competitive imperative for digital media infrastructure vendors; we provide a tool to meet those needs. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52732&rss Blackwave’s video delivery system aims to turn the page back toward hard disk drive systems, but despite some compelling value proposition elements, the company’s efforts amount to a small competitive ripple in a large video delivery pool. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-05T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52702&rss NSN needs to prove its continued relevance in the IPTV market by capturing new customers for its end-to-end IPTV solution, which leverages the company’s systems integration capabilities, Home Entertainment IPTV platform, and STB resell agreements. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-03T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52680&rss Motorola is diversifying its portfolio to address telco and IP video delivery, although its multi-screen value proposition is weaker than rivals whose end-to-end propositions leverage integrated fixed/wireless infrastructure assets. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52590&rss Cisco possesses the product portfolio breadth, channels and market position to sustain its digital media infrastructure market penetration efforts, and has reinvigorated its IPTV focus. Digital media rivals need to heed Cisco’s moves. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52591&rss Ericsson’s Telekom Austria IPTV win is a challenge to the entire industry, not just Alcatel-Lucent. It demonstrates the importance of linking network and service convergence to win emerging multi-platform/screen opportunities with operators. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=50982&rss The B-3 video server leverages Motorola’s vast experience in video networking technology to complement its market-proven B-1 server and flexibly address lower-density settings, but it still lacks mobile video support and market traction evidence. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52570&rss By splitting into two companies, Motorola is better positioned to gain long-term benefits leveraging synergies in each of its two businesses, but in the short-term, uncertainties may stifle Motorola’s prospects for Mobile World Congress momentum. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52560&rss The commercial availability of BigBand’s BEQ6200 8:1 platform launches the product into the competitive matrix of previously released edgeQAMs from rivals that can already claim superior density metrics, somewhat dampening BigBand’s big bang. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=50997&rss Cisco finally supports solid-state drive flash technology in its CDS 220 model 2S3, laying the foundation for greater scale, although Cisco has yet to productize such enhancements to improve stream density or competitive storage capacity. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-10T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=50999&rss Harmonic’s StreamLiner 3000 is successfully leveraging NEBS Level 3/ETSI-compliant hardware to win telco accounts, and its end-to-end multi-screen content delivery proposition is gaining traction, though it lags the platform density of rivals. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-10T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52541&rss In 2010, some on-demand video server (ODVS) vendors will be running ahead with enhancements to their platforms, while others will be running just to catch up. Where will the competitive fault lines emerge, and how should ODVS vendors respond? Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-10T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=50983&rss SeaChange is successfully differentiating its on-demand video server proposition with flash memory scale and advanced advertising deployment credentials. It could benefit from greater stream density and native support for multi-screen protocols. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-09T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52487&rss Ericsson’s “end-to-endless TV” proposition includes a compelling product roadmap for meeting the multi-platform/screen content delivery requirements of operators, and has gained solid endorsement from Telekom Austria for its prime integrator capabilities. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52358&rss Huawei is spending $500 million on its R&D and manufacturing in India, in part to bulk up its local image and fight stiff import tariffs. The move is clearly necessary to build momentum abroad, but will other investments follow? Jarich, Peter 2010-01-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52359&rss Motorola has gone back to the IPTV well, this time acquiring SecureMedia’s assets for protecting content delivered across IP networks. Will this spur additional consolidation in the space or spearhead Motorola’s multi-screen positioning? Schreiber, Yoav 2010-01-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52350&rss The Bell Labs organized Green Touch Initiative launched with a goal of improving telecom network energy efficiency a thousand-fold. How it will achieve this and what the world will look like when the group’s plans are complete is anyone’s guess. Jarich, Peter 2010-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52353&rss Five years after acquiring assets from Liberate Technologies, SeaChange is betting again on middleware with its VividLogic acquisition. Despite growth prospects for interactive middleware, the odds of prospering in this crowded market are long. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52343&rss Microsoft’s IPTV leadership and customer incumbency assure the eventual adoption of its soon-to-be released Mediaroom 2.0 platform; however, the rate of adoption and overall success are still unknowns, giving rivals sufficient time to respond. Schreiber, Yoav 2010-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=39841&rss Content delivery systems are evolving to address the scale, throughput and reliability requirements of time-shifted TV and network-based DVR, CDN architectures, addressable advertising business models and mobile TV streaming capabilities. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-12-29T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52298&rss With the addition of Philips Electronics’ white-box cryptography IP portfolio to its Cloakware Security Suite, Irdeto strengthens its claim for delivering hardened security that addresses multi-platform content and application delivery. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=39842&rss Video headend systems are increasingly meeting operator requirements for on demand content delivery by optimizing capabilities such as video compression, and supporting multi-platform content delivery across any network and to any device. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52020&rss Motorola’s acquisition of BitBand yields product overlap in video servers and content distribution technology, but gains telco/IPTV customer footprint and access to BitBand’s QualiCTV technology, potentially rivaling Cisco’s VQE. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=52000&rss Motorola has yet to comment on rumors that it’s investigating a sale of its Home and Networks Mobility business. Yet, where a long-term split-off of its phone business has long been a goal, the rumors, if true, hurt the unit’s near-term prospects. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51929&rss Alcatel-Lucent believes that by improving the business case for IPTV it will help smaller service providers gain broadband stimulus funding, and in turn, win broadband access deals for Alcatel-Lucent. Whether it will succeed is an open question. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51920&rss Motorola has fired an opening salvo targeting the IPTV services and systems integration opportunity by highlighting its Mediaroom-based credentials and productizing acquired assets that accelerate IPTV service time-to-revenue; rivals take note! Schreiber, Yoav 2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51890&rss Faced with continuing losses, NSN’s planned “return to growth” required a change at the German-Finnish JV. Cost cuts and a new organization are a good start, but limited details make it impossible to know if they can deliver success. Jarich, Peter 2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51886&rss 180SQUARED is looking to improve the IPTV business case with a wholesale middleware offering, though middleware migrations/replacements are likely to be the uptake rather than new vertical opportunities for service providers. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51879&rss After an H1N1-induced delay this spring, NSN held its Global Analyst conference last week. Where the company’s planned transformation into a software and services company was a front-and-center message, its networks messaging suffered. Jarich, Peter 2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51851&rss BigBand continues to evolve its universal edge QAM proposition, doubling the QAM channel density of its platform to support up to 96 channels per chassis. While this is sufficiently dense for today’s requirements, is it future-proof longer term? Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51840&rss The commercial availability of Motorola’s asset management system enables the company to participate in the burgeoning multiplatform content delivery market, though the announcement surprisingly did not leverage Motorola’s end-to-end assets. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51819&rss Motorola aims for thought leadership to influence cable’s upstream bandwidth evolution, but its market positioning could benefit by emphasizing the sequencing of average vs. peak throughput, as well as by attaining full CableLabs certification. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51795&rss Orca and AirTies have partnered to deliver a wireless IPTV solution addressing ARPU-constrained environments in emerging economies. Yet, Orca is not the first IPTV middleware integrated with AirTies, somewhat limiting Orca’s differentiation. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51780&rss SeaChange has opened a multi-front war with its CDN strategy, taking on multiple rivals such as Cisco, Ericsson, and Harmonic by delivering new solutions for multi-platform content delivery. Can SeaChange successfully reach beyond its grasp? Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51736&rss If an arrow falls in the forest, does anybody hear? BlackArrow’s initial dynamic on-demand advertising deployment with Comcast is both small and conservative, limiting it to a proof of commercial viability, rather than a full deployment milestone. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-10-15T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51614&rss With the opportunity for content convergence still several years away, ARRIS has the time to cobble together a competitive arsenal from the “garage sale” parts of Digeo and EGT to challenge rivals, or at least laugh at their pricier acquisitions. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-09-25T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51607&rss Espial is challenging on-demand video server rivals by leveraging industry heavyweight Intel to benchmark the performance, power, and footprint advantages of its MediaBase platform on Intel’s next-generation components. Should they worry? Schreiber, Yoav 2009-09-24T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51518&rss AT&T’s Domain Supplier announcement was long-expected, though not completely novel. It does, however, hold out the promise of a major-league endorsement and solid revenues for the vendors chosen – if they can live up to the operator’s demands. Jarich, Peter 2009-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51462&rss NDS is executing on its “Dynamic” roadmap, enhancing its audience measurement solution with TNS to include individual TV viewing behavior, but their focus on capturing STB data from panels faces competition from all-inclusive network-based models. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-09-04T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51392&rss Civolution gained its first STB integration agreement with ADB, gaining a market opportunity for its watermarking technology, but it must still articulate how its on-demand/pay-TV market entrance is differentiated from its more established rivals. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-26T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51346&rss Envivio unveiled its new 4Caster C4 HD encoder/transcoder offering that uses the new generation of the 4Caster C4 platform to achieve HD quality/performance improvements, but it can still benefit from more clarity regarding design approach. Westfall, Ron 2009-08-21T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51332&rss ActiveVideo is taking the processing power of consumer electronic devices out of the equation for delivering rich and uniform viewing experiences, and demonstrating at IBC applicability to additional markets, such as environments supporting CI+. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51318&rss SeaChange is reselling RGB’s MVP/BNP ad insertion technology as a key element in delivering turnkey advertising solutions aimed at small/mid-sized TV operators, although the relationship is non-exclusive and the competitive mix is thick. Schreiber, Yoav - Westfall, Ron 2009-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=39960&rss Content security technology in the IP video/IPTV markets is evolving from a cost of doing business to a revenue enabler, since providing customer flexibility to access premium content across multiple platforms is key to service differentiation. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-17T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51287&rss OpenTV is using IBC to demonstrate functionality to improve consumer viewing experiences, but will OpenTV’s efforts lead to improved competitive differentiation from rivals, many of which tout the same capabilities? Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51269&rss RGB has added MPEG-4/H.264 support to its Dynamic Bandwidth Manager (DBM), arming cable operators with increased bandwidth efficiency gains as they tackle the ever-expanding consumer appetite for viewing on demand video. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51266&rss Multiplatform is the new trend, as Ericsson’s TANDBERG Television debuts new device-aware capabilities for its OpenStream back office, furthering the promise of anytime and anywhere content delivery. Schreiber, Yoav 2009-08-11T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=51183&rss The IP&TV Forum North America 2009 event validated the idea that IP-based video services, including IPTV/online video, and pay TV remain compelling revenue sources despite the global recession and challenges in bundling and scaling such services. Westfall, Ron 2009-07-31T00:00:00-04:00