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The table below includes the Top 10 Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Players in Europe.
Services offered include both television channels and content on-demand (video-on-demand / VoD; Subscription video-on-demand / SVoD and pay-per-view / PPV) delivered to users' television sets. Most Telcos in the list rely on DSL as the means of delivery although a few operators use fibre-to-the home (FTTH) technology.
Top 10 European IPTV Players (2010)
| RANK | OPERATOR | COUNTRY | TOTAL TV SUBS
(Mar-10 - thousands) 1
| GROWTH
RATE IN 2008 |
| 1 | France Télécom 2
| FR | 3,390 | 58.4% |
| 2 | SFR 3 | FR | 2,178 | 44.0% |
| 3 | Free 4 | FR | 1,300 | 13.6% |
| 4 | Telefònica | ES | 919 | 25.4% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom | DE | 896 | 100.0% |
| 6 | Belgacom | BE | 713 | 46.7% |
| 7 | Portugal Telecom 2
| PT | 646 | 68.2% |
| 8 | TeliaSonera | FI-SE | 633 | 24.4% |
| 9 | Swisscom + Fastweb 3
| CH / IT
| 505 | 47.2% |
| 10 | British Telecom | UK | 467 | 10.4% |
Source: e-Media Institute 2009 / © e-Media Research Ltd.
Note: (1) Data refers to IPTV subscribers in domestic and other European markets, where applicable; (2) IPTV and DTH subscribers; (3) Estimates; (4) Estimates - customers using IPTV regularly.
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