Asia - IPTV subscriber base in Asia to reach 22.4 mln by 2013.

IPTV subscriber base in Asia-Pacific, covering thirteen countries, had reached 4.1 million in 2007 and is estimated to reach 22.4 million by end of 2013, according to a study by Frost & Sullivan. Out of the thirteen countries, eight had commercial IPTV services in 2007 while the rest are conducting trials for expected deployments from 2009 onwards. Asia-Pacific accounted for about a third of the global IPTV subscriber base in 2007. Apart from South Korea which does not have true IPTV service, the top two Asia-Pacific countries by subscribers as at end-2007 are Hong Kong with 1.02 million …