Across Europe, intense competition between traditional telcos, service providers, the cable and satellite companies (MSOs) and the broadcast industry is driving the price for broadband ever further downward.  The downward pressure on broadband prices has seen a concomitant rise in the number of homes connected to the Internet.  During this period however, while traditional telcos have witnessed a rise in revenues from broadband Internet connections, they have also witnessed a fall in revenue receipts from their voice services as new market players offer Voice over the Internet (VoIP).  Therefore, in a technologically converging world - a world in which telephony, broadcasting and IT merge - that, has given rise to a hyper-competitive, market environment, all market-players need to deliver broadband, multimedia, value-added services to win new customers and to retain existing ones

This international conference will explore the rapidly developing markets of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and Video-on-Demand (VoD).  Speakers at the conference, from both the content industry, and from the wider service provider community, will focus on the key success factors that have formed the foundation of business models and media partnerships for the successful, commercial launch of innovative IPTV and Triple Play services