DBS, Telcos Gain on Cable Video

According to Infonetics Research, satellite and IPTV are gaining on cable's video business."We do expect cable video's share of pay TV revenue to decline as satellite video increases -- nearly catching up to cable by 2015 -- while IPTV services grow to 15% of the market," noted Jeff Heynen, Infonetics' directing analyst for broadband access and video, in a statement.The research house expects the global pay TV market -- including telco IPTV, cable and satellite video services, and totaling $125 billion in the first half of 2011 -- to grow to $353 billion by 2015. Most of that growth is expected to come from satellite video and telco IPTV services.