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According to ACMA, the industry participants interviewed for the study believed that IPTV and internet video will become more common in Australia in the future but there was disagreement over the actual timeframe, with estimates ranging from 18 months to three years.
At a basic level, IPTV is the delivery of multimedia services over a managed IP network. In the communications industry, IPTV is often seen as ‘Telco TV', a subscription television service offered by DSL-based telecommunication carriers.
There are several supply-side factors acting as barriers for IPTV and internet video deployment.
Internet video providers believed that capped plans for broadband access and the cost of downloads were important barriers to take-up and deployment.
Capital expenditure requirements were cited as a major barrier for potential IPTV deployments, although this may become less important with a national fibre to the node (FTTN) network rollout.
