IPTV

Internet Protocol Televisiondescribes a system where a digital television service is delivered to subscribing consumers using the Internet Protocol over a broadband connection. This service is often provided in conjunction with Video on Demand and may also include Internet services such as Web access and VOIP where it may be called Triple Play and is typically supplied by a broadband operator using the same infrastructure. Perhaps a simpler definition would be television content that, instead of being delivered through the traditional format, is received by the viewer through the technologies used for the World Wide Web.

IPTV vs. Internet Television: Key Differences

  What is the difference between IPTV, the Internet Protocol-based TV paradigm heralded by major telecom providers and large media groups (Microsoft included) and the Internet Television painted by the Long Tail phenomenon, Ourmedia, the Internet Archive, Brightcove, and the availability of amazing new technology opportunities such as faster and faster net connections, free unlimited storage space, BitTorrent, MPEG4 and powerful low-cost hardware and software production tools?

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IPTV A LOOK FROM OUTSIDE

   IPTV is an emerging technology at the time this is being written. Both the software and hardware required for broadcasting IPTV is in its infancy when looking at the "big picture". It is predicted that by 2008, 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services.

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