Internet delivery can compete with the quality of satellite or cable television until broadband speeds increase to an average 25 to 30 megabits per second, he added.
Still, analysts see the market growing. According to iSuppli, the market for TV over the Internet is likely to rise to $2.6 billion by 2010. The revolution is not just technological it's also social, said Francesco Monico, a professor of media at the New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan. As individuals tend toward niche content tailored to their interests, television will loose its social and political power to influence society, he said.
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