[Satellite Today 12-15-08] SES Americom is abandoning the IPTV market North America next year, after it revealed only 10,000 subscribers were accessing IPTV services through its IPTV initiative, IP-Prime, SES announced Dec. 15.
IP-Prime was launched in June 2006 and will shut down by July 31. SES Americom blamed the exit of the service on the slow adoption of IPTV by small- and medium-sized telecom operators as well as the difficult market outlook for this kind of service.
“In line with its plan, IP-Prime has contracted IPTV signal delivery agreements with 70 small telecom operators, of which 37 have so far reached commercial stage,” Robert Bednarek, CEO, SES Americom-New Skies, said in a statement. “However, with a subscriber base of less than 10,000 at the end of November and after more than two years of service, the consumer uptake is insufficient to justify continuing operations.”
SES Abandoning IP-Prime
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