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Joost is among the popular IPTV choices out there
Are you watching more TV on your actual television, or on your PC these days? Love Hulu, Joost and other IPTV providers?
You’re not the only one. Worldwide, IPTV subscriptions are soaring, according to the latest numbers from research firm Gartner. Global subscriptions to IPTV services are on a pace to hit close to 20 million (19.6 million was the prediction) in 2008, which would be a 64 percent increase over last year.
That would also boost forecast revenue up to $4.5 billion, a 93.5 percent jump.
An increase in players to this market, as well as the social network sites and broadcast stations’ video offerings has factored into the equation more this year. It’s incredibly easy to find videos and search specifically for TV shows you missed out on.
Western Europeans seem very happy with IPTV, with about 8.2 million subscribers in 2008, notes CE Pro. North America has the largest revenue chunk, though, at around $2 billion for the IPTV market.
Hey, if you’re unhappy with your cable or satellite service and aren’t too worried about receiving high-def programming, you could sit back with basic cable or just go with over-the-air, and still watch plenty of TV thanks to the Internet. Just depends on your tastes and what quality of video you like. I know at least one person here in the office who doesn’t have cable, but was pretty quick to adopt Joost.
Via: Reuters
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I have a dish network and a dual tuner pvr, and more channels then I watch, and I also supplement it with IPTV, namely Hulu. I cannot see myself going completly IPTV. For a number of reasons; content, I watch very little new tv, as far a all the new shows, and popular shows, I much prefer classic tv, and history, and science, I’m also a big fan of TCM, none of which I can get on IPTV. IPTV works for me, in that it allows to to watch older classic tv shows that either missed completly or watched years ago, and enjoying seeing again, Doing it on the laptop lets me take it anywhere I want, However, watching “Casablanca” on my laptop doesn’t work for me,
All of that, doesn’t cont the flexibly I have with my dual tuner PVR and my set-top dvd recorder,
On the flip side content owners have seen the light, and by putting high quality streams available in their “official” sites they helping to broaden the appeal and creditably of of IPTV.
As with DVD and CD’s there something nice about having a a actual product in your hands and actually owning it, Studios are cashing in a market for classic tv shows and movies, and they will never be completly replaced by IPTV. Besides, how many of us stream Hulu and patch it over to giant flatscreen tv…yet?