James Heath

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  stated James Heath, Director of Broadband Research at Dittberner Associates.

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  "It utilizes two very familiar and successful technologies and is completely pay-as-you-go, eliminating the huge early investment required by fiber-to-the-premises networks," stated James Heath, Director of Broadband Research at Dittberner Associates.

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  This is in line with developments in digital TV transmission, which will allow for more centralized processing and encoding of TV signals than in the past" reports James Heath, Director, Broadband research at Dittberner, and the author of the just published report "IPTV Impact on Public Networks."He added that "although the IPTV middleware market has many players and will continue to be dynamic, today it is largely dependent on the Microsoft's IPTV Edition success in public networks."

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  "I tend to think currently that IPTV is concentrated in small service providers in North America," said James Heath, broadband research director at DITTBERNER, who compiled the report."The largest IPTV service provider in North America is SaskTel, in Saskatchewan, Canada, and the largest one in the U.S. is SureWest."
  
  Neither, he said, is breaking six figures.
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  Switched video is going to be the big weapon in the battle between the MSOs and Verizon, especially as more high definition TVs hit consumer households, Heath predicted.
  
  Projecting a winner
  
  "When it comes to HDTV, Verizon is going to win out in the long run," said Heath."The cable guys are limited with bandwidth ... but five years out, these guys at Verizon are going to have a bandwidth that's not quite unlimited, but it's around 10 terabits.They have the ability to offer better quality HDTV in the long run than the hybrid fiber/coax networks are going to be able to do in the short run."
  
  While conceding that MPEG-4 compression should make a difference in how much HD content can be transmitted, Heath cited sources saying that "13 megabits is what you need if you're going to be watching the Super Bowl on a 52-inch plasma.

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  "Other studies on IPTV's effect on network equipment market growth ignore the fact that most IPTV subscribers over the next seven years will be high-speed Internet access subscribers already," reports James Heath, Director, Broadband research at Dittberner, and the author of the just published report "IPTV Impact on Public Networks."Heath added that "IPTV's subscriber base will not become significant for a decade and the incremental investment per subscriber will be low.

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  James Heath
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  James HeathResearch Director, BroadbandDittberner Associates
  
  James Heath has studied the IPTV, and Broadband markets in over 65 countries.Working with both ILECs and MSOs on new local broadband services has given James Heath exposure to all areas of the broadband access market.He believes that a good understanding of the fundamental drivers of the consumer market is essential to understanding the growth in the residential and small business market for IPTV and for Metro Ethernet Services.He has developed a detailed understanding of traffic patterns and market growth by utilizing consumer preferences, and the market's infrastructure to provide accurate forecast scenarios.
  
  James Heath began his career working in fiber optics thirty years ago and supervised the installation of the first in-service fiber optic system.Twenty-five years ago he was a founder of American Photonics, the first fiber optic Ethernet Company, and the creator of the first Ethernet Bridge.

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  "It is dawning on service providers that there is not enough revenue in TV and Broadband Internet to justify the high cost of FTTH deployment," reports James Heath, director of broadband research at Dittberner.

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  "Although telco IPTV subscribers have doubled over the past year, it is still a small fraction of the overall pay-TV market in most places," said James Heath, Dittberner's director of broadband research in a statement.

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  "I hate to say that the deal doesn't mean much, but Kasenna peaked a couple of years ago," said James Heath of Dittberner Associates."It had been declining in terms of revenues and sales over the past two years, and the acquisition was part of the inevitable consolidation.
  
  "It could be positive in that Espial will have a bigger installed base, but they didn't buy someone growing in leaps and bounds."
  
  The main problem for both companies, Mr. Heath said, is inertia in the television services industry, an age-old issue that many say can only be solved by the passage of time.
  
  "We're trying to convince people to put television on networks in Europe, the Middle East and China, but remember it took us 40 to 50 years to develop the cable TV market in North America.The television nation wasn't born overnight," said Mr. Heath.
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  And until television service providers can offer something people are actually willing to pay for that isn't available on existing cable networks, Espial will have a bit of a hard slog ahead trying to stay in the game, as the IPTV market grows up in phases, said Mr. Heath.
  
  "It's a wait-and-see kind of thing," he said.

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  DSL, which "was developed so the telephone guys could offer television service," can fill the gap in the meantime, says James Heath, broadband research director for Dittberner Associates.
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  "I think there's a potential for these guys to do things with something I call ‘lighted path networks' where they would have Web sites with advertisers and let people know if you go to the Web site all these accessible links are on our secured network," Heath says.
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  "IPTV is like a freeway you have to build so you might as well put cars on it until you can find a better use for it," Heath says.

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