paidContent.org: Cisco and Video

"Yesterday, we mentioned an analyst’s forecast that there won’t be much ad revenue from the explosion in user-gen video and we know the content community has yet to see major returns. At least one sector is doing well, as AP reports: broadband network equipment makers like Cisco Systems. These companies are experiencing greater demand from service providers upgrading their networks to accommodate the extra internet traffic from surging amounts of video. An estimated 210 million people have broadband subscriptions worldwide, and some 40 to 50 million new subscribers are expected to sign on each year, according to networking and telecommunications industry researcher Dell’Oro Group. "