Model of Internet TV Development in Iran Using Marketing Approach

Abstract

Purpose:  The main objective of this study was to provide a model of Internet TV development in Iran using marketing approach. Methodology: The present study was applied-developmental in terms of objective and exploratory sequential mixed in terms of nature. The statistical population was in the qualitative section was composed of professors and specialists of Internet TV, as well as experts and activists in this department. The experts were identified by purposeful and snowball sampling, which according to the adequacy of the data, a total of 25 experts were interviewed. The statistical population in the quantitative section was 384 ordinary and Internet TV audiences in Isfahan. In the qualitative section, the interview was used as a data collection tool and in the quantitative section; a 58-item questionnaire was used. The research method in the qualitative section was thematic analysis and in the quantitative section, the researcher used the structural equation approach and Smart PLS software. Findings: The results showed that the identification of components and elements of a model of Internet TV development and the relationship between these components and elements by marketing approach led to the development and promotion of Internet TV, by providing and facilitating the necessary conditions and facilities will make more audiences interested in using these services, and finally the result of this study is to provide an appropriate model for the development of Internet TV by marketing approach. Conclusion: The results obtained from the structural equations were evidence that all the designed equations in the qualitative section are approved and all components of the model have significant relationships with each other.