Research and Markets: New Report Examines Infrastructure, Statistics and Analysis in the Australian Pay TV Market

Thursday March 27 11:00 AM

Telstra made an announcement in late 2005 regarding its plan to roll out a Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN) network. However Telstra's aim had more to do with limiting competition by obtaining a regulatory holiday. The government did not give in and a year later in 2006 Telstra withdrew its plans. Previously the rollout of pay TV had gone through some very destructive periods. Optus rolled out its own infrastructure utilising an HFC infrastructure and Telstra reacted by rolling out its own pay TV network. Some $7 billion later they were both bruised and a rationalisation process was launched. Both Foxtel and Austar upgraded their infrastructure to digital and launched their new digital services in 2004 and Optus began reselling Foxtel's digital service in late 2005. By 2007 the vast majority of subscribers were already on digital services. This report provides roll out statistics as well as analyses on the infrastructure developments and an overview of all the pay TV providers in the Australian market.

Some Areas Covered:

-The next phase from HFC to fibre

-Telstra's FttN plan

-Telstra's NGN plan

-Infrastructure statistics

-Availability

-Infrastructure costings

-Major players - overview and major developments

-Market overview

-Overview and network

-Wireless broadband alliance with Unwired and Soul

-Infrastructure analysis

-Satellite remains niche business

-No infrastructure competition dynamics

-Network inefficiencies

-Costs by technology

-Overbuilding

-Environmental issues

-Political and PR nightmare for Optus

-Infrastructure rules and regulations - 1996

-Local tax on infrastructure

-Access victory for operators

Companies Mentioned:

Foxtel

Optus Digital

PanGlobal TV

SelecTV

Austar

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86698

Contact:

Research and Markets
Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Fax: +353 1 4100 980
press@researchandmarkets.com

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