1 Executive Summary This report analyzes which companies have take leadership positions in each market segment: Access systems Video headend systems Video On Demand systems Set-top boxes Middleware Digital Rights Management and Content Protection The market leaders for each of these markets are defined for each of the following regions: Global Asia Europe North America Rest of the World (ROW) The ratings in this Market Leader report is based on a database of IP TV service providers that we have gathered. The breakdown of this database is shown in Table 1-1. There are 223 IP TV service providers in this database with 139 of them in North America. Table 1-1: Count of Service Providers Used for this Report Region Service Providers Asia 23 Europe 49 North America 139 Rest of the World 12 Total 223 Source: MRG, Inc. There are fourteen IP TV deployments that we expect will have a large number (hundreds of thousands) of IP TV subscribers in 2005 and 2006. We have used deployment in these networks as a strong indication of future growth. These service providers include: Belgacom - Belgium BellSouth – U.S. China Telecom - China Chunghwa Telecom – Taiwan FastWeb – Italy France Telecom - France Free - France KDDI – Japan PCCW – Hong Kong SBC – U.S. Softbank - Japan Swisscom - Switzerland Telefonica - Spain TeliaSonera - Sweden MRG have included a table for each of six product categories that we are tracking in this report that list which companies in each category are deployed in the IP TV networks of these fourteen companies. The information in these tables is used to determine which companies have Strong Growth Prospects or Very Strong Growth Prospects in each product category. This report also found that Alcatel continues to be in a strong position to take advantage of the growth of the IP TV market. It is the leading DSL systems vendor worldwide and has an aggressive IP TV program. It also involved in six major IP TV deployments. This should help Alcatel develop a strong base of IP TV business. Alcatel’s partnership with Microsoft should strengthen its market position, particularly with the major U.S. incumbent carriers. Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 7 2 Access Systems Market Leaders 11 2.1 Global Market 11 2.2 Asian Market 12 2.3 European Market 12 2.4 North American Market 12 2.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 13 2.6 Access Systems Significant Deployments 13 3 Video Headend Market Leaders 14 3.1 Global Market 14 3.2 Asian Market 14 3.3 European Market 15 3.4 North American Market 15 3.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 15 3.6 Video Headend Systems Significant Deployments 16 4 Video On Demand Server Market Leaders 17 4.1 Global Market 17 4.2 Asian Market 18 4.3 European Market 18 4.4 North American Market 18 4.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 18 4.6 Video On Demand Server Significant Deployments 19 5 Set-top Box Market Leaders 20 5.1 Global Market 20 5.2 Asian Market 21 5.3 European Market 21 5.4 North American Market 21 5.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 21 5.6 Set-top Box Significant Deployments 22 6 Middleware Market Leaders 23 6.1 Global Market 23 6.2 Asian Market 23 6.3 European Market 24 6.4 North American Market 24 6.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 24 6.6 Middleware Systems Significant Deployments 25 7 Content Protection Market Leaders 26 7.1 Global Market 26 7.2 Asian Market 27 7.3 European Market 27 7.4 North American Market 27 7.5 Rest of the World (ROW) Market 27 7.6 Content Protection/DRM Systems Significant Deployments 28 8 Analysis of Key Companies 29 8.1 Companies Participating in Multiple Product Segments 29 8.1.1 Alcatel 29 8.1.2 Microsoft 29 8.1.3 Motorola 29 8.1.4 Other Companies Participating in Multiple Product Segments 30 8.2 Access Systems Companies 31 8.2.1 ECI Telecom 31 8.2.2 Other Access Systems Manufacturers 31 8.3 Video Headend Systems 31 8.3.1 Optibase 31 8.3.2 Tandberg 31 8.3.3 Tut Systems 32 8.4 Video On Demand Servers 32 8.4.1 Entone 32 8.4.2 C-Cor 32 8.4.3 Kasenna 8.4.4 Bitband 8.5 Set-top Boxes 8.5.1 Kreatel 8.5.2 Other Leading Set-Top Box Manufacturers 8.6 Middleware 8.6.1 Orca Interactive 8.6.2 Myrio 8.7 Content Protection and Digital Rights Management 8.7.1 Widevine 8.7.2 Other Companies Table of Tables Table 1 1: Count of Service Providers Used for this Report 7 Table 2 1: Access Systems Market Leaders 11 Table 2 2: Access Systems Significant Deployments 13 Table 3 1: Video Headend Market Leaders 14 Table 3 2: Video Headend Systems Significant Deployments 16 Table 4 1: Video On Demand Servers Market Leaders 17 Table 4 2: Video On Demand Server Significant Deployments 19 Table 5 1: Set-top Box Market Leaders 20 Table 5 2: Set-top Box Significant Deployments 22 Table 6 1: Middleware Market Leaders 23 Table 6 2: Middleware Systems Significant Deployments 25 Table 7 1: Content Protection/Digital Rights Management Market Leaders 26 Table 7 2: Content Protection/DRM Systems Significant Deployments 28     FOR ORDER OR INQUIRY, PLEASE CLICK "ORDER / INQUIRY FORM"