IPTV is a system of delivering television content to consumers over the infrastructure of the Internet. With the proliferation of broadband networks set up by telephone companies to offer broadband Internet to consumers, IPTV has overcome the problem of having limited bandwidth that was once a major barrier to deployment.
Currently there are two different ways consumers can get IPTV. They can buy a "set top box" which will convert a IPTV signal and play it on their television. The other option is to watch on a PC. Many IPTV service providers also offer voice and data capabilities with the IPTV service, making it a true "triple play" use of the broadband network. In the market of broadband applications IPTV is a major upset. With the advent of IPTV many cable television companies are being ousted from the market of providing low cost television, data and voice broadband applications to consumers.
Business applications are also in development. Services such as streaming video are widely available on IPTV due to the scalability of the medium. In Michigan the house of representatives uses IPTV to keep their employees. Two cameras in House chambers provide live coverage of floor debates and proceedings. This is one example of how IPTV can be applied in a work environment due to the flexibility and choices available in the many IPTV systems. The excitement that such a technology creates is immense for the possible applications of such a "do it yourself" television broadcasting system are endless.
The categories within IPTV are still gelling, but possibilities are still wide open as to which of the many versions of IPTV will become standard. Companies are in the initial struggle to become leaders of the market, but at this point it is anyone's game. There is no doubt that IPTV will be the next generation for television content, but it has yet to be determined which companies will be the benefactors of the innovations that are now taking place.
By Ian Elwood
Fresh IPTV News
Currently there are two different ways consumers can get IPTV. They can buy a "set top box" which will convert a IPTV signal and play it on their television. The other option is to watch on a PC. Many IPTV service providers also offer voice and data capabilities with the IPTV service, making it a true "triple play" use of the broadband network. In the market of broadband applications IPTV is a major upset. With the advent of IPTV many cable television companies are being ousted from the market of providing low cost television, data and voice broadband applications to consumers.
Business applications are also in development. Services such as streaming video are widely available on IPTV due to the scalability of the medium. In Michigan the house of representatives uses IPTV to keep their employees. Two cameras in House chambers provide live coverage of floor debates and proceedings. This is one example of how IPTV can be applied in a work environment due to the flexibility and choices available in the many IPTV systems. The excitement that such a technology creates is immense for the possible applications of such a "do it yourself" television broadcasting system are endless.
The categories within IPTV are still gelling, but possibilities are still wide open as to which of the many versions of IPTV will become standard. Companies are in the initial struggle to become leaders of the market, but at this point it is anyone's game. There is no doubt that IPTV will be the next generation for television content, but it has yet to be determined which companies will be the benefactors of the innovations that are now taking place.
By Ian Elwood
Fresh IPTV News
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