The future of cable TV: Trends and implications
Foreword
1	Introduction
     1.1	Cable TV in a converged market place
     1.2	Defining and scoping cable TV
2	Technology and standard trends
     2.1	Increasing bandwidth capacity
          2.1.1	Enhancing twisted pair
          2.1.2 Enhancing coaxial cable
          2.1.3	Deploying optical fibre
     2.2	Future network concepts
     2.3	Connected TV and UHDTV
          2.3.1	Connected TV and the IBB concept
          2.3.2	UHDTV and encoding
3	Service and business trends
     3.1	OTT QoS on-par with HFC/IPTV
     3.2	Service anywhere and anytime
     3.3	Multi-screen and media meshing
     3.4	OTT and traditional viewing
          3.4.1	OTT and linear television
          3.4.2	OTT and pay-tv
4	Regulatory and policy trends
     4.1	Eco-system access and connected TV
     4.2	Net neutrality and audiovisual services
     4.3	Local audiovisual content requirements
5	Implications for industry and NRAs
     5.1	Industry-wide implications
     5.2	Technology implications
     5.3	Service and business implications
     5.4	Regulatory and standard setting implications
Abbreviations
Table 1: Main xDSL technologies
Table 2: Bonding gains and distance
Table 3: DOCSIS 3.x specifications
Table 4: Main specification of optical fibre
Table 5: Main specification of XG PON and NG PON
Table 6: Different picture formats
Figure 1: Cable TV in a converged market
Figure 2: Framework for video service delivery
Figure 3: Trend of bandwidth and traffic speeds for PON
Figure 4: Network function virtualisation and slicing
Figure 5: IBB concept
Figure 6: HD and UHD net bit rate requirements
Figure 7: Share of time played on mobiles and tablets
Figure 8: Time watched and video length by device type
Figure 9: Multi-tasker types in the United Kingdom
Figure 10: Media meshing activities
Figure 11: Monthly TV viewing hours per month in the United States
Figure 12: Viewing time percentages per video type
Figure 13: Cord-cutting impact on subscribers in the United States
Figure 14: Global market shares of Smart TV sets and dongles