With this week’s announcement, Private now has 32 agreements in 11 countries in place that offer Internet protocol TV-based video-on-demand.
Spokesman Peter Cohen said that Private is committed to IPTV in Europe and believes that it will be the TV delivery platform of choice for the pay-TV consumer.
“Private is committed to being the global leader in adult digital content distribution and our success expanding into the fast growing IPTV platform market in Europe confirms our long-term strategy for the company,” he said.
Europe continues to be the biggest market for IPTV, with France significantly leading the growth, according to a recent study by Multimedia Research Group.
The number of IPTV subscribers in Europe is forecasted to grow from approximately 4 million in 2006 to 27.5 million by 2011, an annual growth rate of 47 percent.
The number of global IPTV subscribers worldwide is estimated to grow from 8 million in 2006 to 63.6 million by 2011, Multimedia Research said.
