Overview IPTV
Friday, 18. August 2006, 16:00:49
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is a method of distributing television
content over broadband that enables a more customised and interactive user
experience. IPTV will mean a fundamental change in viewing habits. Viewers
will be able to watch what they want, when they want to. Interactive TV
services will be a key differentiator for the multitude of IPTV offerings that are
emerging. Interactivity via a fast two-way connection will lift IPTV ahead of
today’s television.
IPTV brings together the television, internet and telephone. Much like cable or
satellite television, IPTV uses a set-top box (STB) that allows viewers to
watch hundreds of channels and order movies through video-on-demand
(VOD). IPTV uses broadband ADSL, the same technology that delivers highspeed
Internet to the computer. This opens the door to much more
interactivity and the potential for thousands, as opposed to hundreds, of
channels.
content over broadband that enables a more customised and interactive user
experience. IPTV will mean a fundamental change in viewing habits. Viewers
will be able to watch what they want, when they want to. Interactive TV
services will be a key differentiator for the multitude of IPTV offerings that are
emerging. Interactivity via a fast two-way connection will lift IPTV ahead of
today’s television.
IPTV brings together the television, internet and telephone. Much like cable or
satellite television, IPTV uses a set-top box (STB) that allows viewers to
watch hundreds of channels and order movies through video-on-demand
(VOD). IPTV uses broadband ADSL, the same technology that delivers highspeed
Internet to the computer. This opens the door to much more
interactivity and the potential for thousands, as opposed to hundreds, of
channels.
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