Has TV over the internet, offering a completely open TV distribution model, now become a credible option ? Providing a thorough inventory and typology of media services currently available on the web, this report analyses the competition environment, through detailed monographs which enable an examination of traditional TV channels’ strategies, and those of new entrants to the market (video search engines, P2P based streaming software, RSS video aggregators, video portals, players from the computing industry, content publishers, telcos and ISPs).
The conclusions detail the primary challenges posed by existing obstacles, by the offers’ developmental components and likely (editorial and economic) models.