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• The conference will feature over 15 Telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues including;  Telecom Argentina, VTR, NTT, Telemar, Telefonica Peru, Comsat, Telefonica Brasil, Antel, Novis, SMG and Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
• Leading South American content players and broadcasters speaking ; MTV, and HBO Latin America.
• IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 10 leading Worldwide IPTV deployments

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The number of broadband DSL subscribers in Latin America grew by 79 per cent in 2005 to reach 6.37 million subscribers, led principally by increases in Brazil (up 1.27 million or 67 per cent) and Mexico (up 912,000). Source: DSL Forum, March 2006, using data produced for DSL Forum by Point Topic.

Mexico passed the one million DSL subscriber mark in 2005. Venezuela showed over 80 per cent growth from a small subscriber base. Source: DSL Forum, March 2006, using data produced for DSL Forum by Point Topic.

"At end-2010, the Americas will have more than 125 million digital homes, with Latin America the fastest growing region, more than doubling its end-2004 figure to 12.8 million digital homes." Source: Informa Telecoms & Media, Americas TV (9th Edition)

DSL-based broadband penetration is growing fast in Latin America, led principally by Brazil and Mexico, and there are signs that the region's telcos are starting to think seriously about IPTV. The big question is whether this DSL growth, plus a growing taste for digital TV across the region, can be converted into an IP-based video market.

Much depends on the regulators since telcos in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela are currently prohibited from carrying video services. A key theme for the inaugural IPTV World Forum Latin America will be the regulatory conditions in the region and how governments view the video market: in particular, whether they think it is time for cross-media regulatory hurdles to be relaxed in line with most of the rest of the world. Is this global trend an inevitability for Latin America too, opening the way for the likes of Telebras and Brasil Telecom to consider a triple-play?

There are reports that Telemar, a private Brazilian carrier serving three-quarters of a million subscribers, has big IPTV plans and has been conducting laboratory tests. Telefonica de Brasil (Telesp), which passed one million DSL subscribers in 2005, was the first Telefonica subsidiary to launch an RFP (Request for Proposals) for IPTV and a small trial is progressing slowly. And Brasil Telecom, with its 900,000 ADSL lines, has already shown a taste for the video business with its VOD-over-public-Internet service, offering sports, music and lifestyle programming. A number of telcos are working to get the Brazilian government to deregulate video and IPTV World Forum Latin America will take a close look at this promising market.

In other parts of Latin America, cross-media deregulation is already a reality. This includes most of Central America, The Andean countries and most of the Caribbean. Chile is one of the most developed telecoms markets (35 per cent broadband penetration of all kinds) that allows telcos and cable operators to compete on all services. There, cable operators have begun selling voice over cable and, as was seen in the rest of the world, this threat to the traditional telco business has prompted a competitive response. Telefonica de Chile, owner of CTC, the largest fixed line and ISP operator in the country, has become involved in video. It is also reported that Telefonica Sur is showing a renewed interest in IPTV.

Other big carriers looking closely at IPTV include Telmex in Mexico (lab trials), CANTV in Venezuela and Telecom Argentina, all of whom require deregulation first.

So is Latin America on the brink of IPTV development? This will be the main theme of IPTV World Forum Latin America 2007, which will cover many other important themes that are unique to this region:

• What role can Fibre-to-the-Home play? This access technology is mainly confined to tourist areas today, so will its role continue to be limited?
• What role will alternative broadband providers have in the development of IPTV in Latin America? Are the conditions in place to encourage true video-over-DSL competition?
• What role can digital terrestrial television (DTT) play in the development of IPTV services?
• Given the lack of digital TV penetration across the region, and the relatively late development of IPTV, is Latin America a perfect market for over-the-top, Internet-based video services like VOD via Google?
• Given the higher penetration of mobile telephony (Brasil Telecom has 2.2 million mobile customers compared to 900,000 ADSL lines today), could mobile phone video services compete with IPTV for consumers' disposable income?

This conference will seek to define the Latin American digital TV marketplace today, the prospects for growth and the potential for IPTV to become a viable delivery platform for broadcast television and VOD. We will draw upon lessons from Europe, Asia and North America on how successful IPTV services are designed, with reference to the types of services and content that works - and especially how IPTV providers can differentiate themselves from the existing video offers from cable and satellite.

IPTV World Forum Latin America will address the key considerations when marketing and selling IPTV, and look at business details including installation, customer provisioning and customer care. Delegates will learn from executives who have been responsible for such activities in other parts of the world. The conference will consider important technical issues such as customer premise equipment, home networking and the design of backbone and access networks to ensure low cost-per-stream video delivery.

IPTV World Forum Latin America will pay particular attention to the services - present and future - that are truly definining what IPTV is about, including:

• Movies-on-demand, television-on-demand and Replay TV
• Interactive television and interactive advertising
• The fusion of video, voice and data services through the television screen
• New levels of user control, including personal ID, personal content stores and remote access to recording functions or even recorded content.
  

IPTV World Forum Latin America is part of the IPTV World Series of events organized by Junction globally. We have already developed the market-leading IPTV event for Europe (IPTV World Forum in London, entering its third year) and the highly regarded IPTV World Forum Asia (held in Shanghai and about to enter its third year). IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe and IPTV World Forum North America complete the series and we will be drawing upon our experience and extensive contacts in the global IPTV and content communities to deliver a market-leading conference for Latin America.

The IPTV World Series events are characterized by their high levels of service provider involvement. We work hard to deliver the best conference programs featuring speakers who are directly involved in shaping and deploying IPTV services. Our aim is to provide a setting in which lessons and best practice are shared and where the key questions relating to IPTV market prospects and strategies can be explored and debated.

Is Latin America on the brink?