Strategy Analytics Sees TV, Video Becoming ‘Core Capability’ of 5G Wireless Services

That 5G will support 1-Gbps data throughput rates suggests that TV and video delivery likely will become a “core capability” of next-generation 5G wireless services, Strategy Analytics reported Monday. “Combining 5G with other networking enhancements and technologies would allow operators to support TV-equivalent services” that could “eat into” the $500 billion global TV and video market opportunity currently served by pay-TV and terrestrial broadcast service providers, it said. “Data rates get the headlines, but other network technologies will also make or break the business case for 5G TV services,” it said. “The efficiency of the end-to-end network will determine whether 5G TV is possible.” But early demonstrations suggest 5G TV “will arrive sooner or later in many parts of the world,” it said.