For Media & Entertainment Professionals

Primary Analyst Photo	Document Information	Rate this Document
	January 3, 2007 Over The Top: The Path To Internet-Delivered TV Devices, Economics, And Interface Obstacles Will Slow This Transition by Josh Bernoff with Maribel D. Lopez, Charles S. Golvin, Alyssa L. Baer	Average: 8  (6 ratings)

This is an excerpt

Executive Summary

Now that so much video is available online, television executives are asking if future TV programming will be delivered over the Internet, bypassing today's traditional cable and satellite providers. This idea, known as "over-the-top TV," faces four obstacles: lack of Internet connections to TV sets, bandwidth-limited video quality, lack of business models, and the challenge of navigating through thousands of video programs. All of these are on the way to being solved, but, even so, it will take at least five years before over-the-top TV can compete at all with cable or satellite.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What Is Over-The-Top TV?
• Four Obstacles To Over-The-Top TV
• Over-The-Top Video Will Creep Up From The Bottom

WHAT IT MEANS

• Over-The-Top TV Will Be Better TV
• Related Research Documents

This is an excerpt

Buy Risk-Free

Price: US $499

Our Money-Back Guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied, return it for a full refund within three weeks of your online purchase.

Already a Forrester Client?
Log in to read this document.