IPTV on its best

Slowly but IPTV is getting reality. France is leading as country for IPTV deployments and acceptance from customers. TV and Video content will come over IP transport it is just mater of time and innovation on productizing side. Following table have a top ten list:

Table 1: Global IPTV Top 10 Carriers (by subscribers)

Ranking	Carrier	Country	Number of IPTV subscribers*	IPTV middleware platform by vendor
1	Iliad (Free)	France	2,170,000	Homegrown
2	France Telecom	France	975,000	Thomson SmartVision
3	PCCW	Hong Kong	818,000	Homegrown (Cascade, owned by PCCW)
4	Neuf Cegetel	France	600,000	Homegrown
5	Telefonica	Spain	469,067	Homegrown (Imagenio, now managed by Alcatel-Lucent)
6	Chunghwa Telecom	Taiwan	358,000	Orca, Alcatel-Lucent
7	China Telecom	China	310,000	UTStarcom
8	Belgacom	Belgium	249,434	Nokia Siemens (Myrio)
9	TeliaSonera	Sweden	216,000	Homegrown
10	Fastweb	Italy	170,000	Homegrown
* Most recent available data from carrier

Source: Light Reading