Estimates of the economic impact of energy savings in the E2E chain for Video On Demand service

In this study we provide an economic analysis of the energy consumption savings obtained by introducing research results of the European project CONVINcE for Video On Demand and Video “over the top” (OTT) services. This should allow positioning quantitatively possible savings in the end-to-end chain, including service suppliers (head-ends), networks and customers (terminals). The key performance indicator is the average consumption of energy for one hour of Video. The energy savings that could be achieved implementing the results of the project in head-end, networks and terminals parts are evaluated economically for the European market. We obtain an order of magnitude of some hundred millions Euros savings per year. It remains small at the European level. However, at the level of the service, it represents between 10 to 12% savings.