Is IPTV technology the way to go or is it just plain old hype?
Below are 10 advantages and facts that you need to know about this emerging technology. This information will help you make up your own mind up and decide if it might be for you.
1. Internet protocol television or IPTV, is an increasingly popular technology for the transportation of data information and Audio and Video (AV), across an IP based digital network. This could include Ethernet, WAN, LAN or internet. Add a set top box (STB) to the equation and AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs. IPTV can be one to one (Unicast) or one to many (Multicast).
2. Latest research figures show that at present 15.5 million people subscribe to IPTV services - 8.4 million of these subscribers are from Europe.
3. IPTV systems avoid interruption of critical networks by utilising a separate video LAN.
4. IPTV requires broadband Internet connectivity due to the high bandwidth requirements of digital video. Far more control over television programming and the ability to customize it to individual user preferences are possible due to the improved performance that high speed internet allows.
5. The ever popular Free-view channels are delivered without Terrestrial or SAT receivers being a requirement.
6. Films, sport and local content can be added for all important additional revenue in hotels, or offered as a free service to a students.
7. It has been predicted that compared to the present 3.3 million subscribers in the US now, there will be around 12.7 million IPTV users by 2012.
8. AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs with the addition of set top boxes (STB).
9. Problems that are common in analogue systems such as noise, ghosting, harmonics, reflections, cross modulation etc, are practically invisible in IPTV based networks.
10. Due to its storage facility, IPTV systems allow all programs to be later retrieved from the IPTV network.
A Creative Use of IPTV Technology
A classic example of how IPTV technology is being used in an increasingly ingenious number of ways, is with a luxurious, IP enabled bathroom television. These televisions are the ultimate in bathroom luxury, allowing the viewer safely to watch TV whilst soaking in a bath full of bubbles, or even taking a shower.
These water resistant televisions offer a user friendly solution to the hotels worldwide who are installing digital IPTV networks across their properties. It will no longer be necessary to hide STB's in the void behind the shower or bathroom wall and run a separate IR receiver, but instead deliver TV, Radio, VOD and other services by simply feeding an Ethernet cable into the rear of the screen.
How about that for technology put to great use!
Below are 10 advantages and facts that you need to know about this emerging technology. This information will help you make up your own mind up and decide if it might be for you.
1. Internet protocol television or IPTV, is an increasingly popular technology for the transportation of data information and Audio and Video (AV), across an IP based digital network. This could include Ethernet, WAN, LAN or internet. Add a set top box (STB) to the equation and AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs. IPTV can be one to one (Unicast) or one to many (Multicast).
2. Latest research figures show that at present 15.5 million people subscribe to IPTV services - 8.4 million of these subscribers are from Europe.
3. IPTV systems avoid interruption of critical networks by utilising a separate video LAN.
4. IPTV requires broadband Internet connectivity due to the high bandwidth requirements of digital video. Far more control over television programming and the ability to customize it to individual user preferences are possible due to the improved performance that high speed internet allows.
5. The ever popular Free-view channels are delivered without Terrestrial or SAT receivers being a requirement.
6. Films, sport and local content can be added for all important additional revenue in hotels, or offered as a free service to a students.
7. It has been predicted that compared to the present 3.3 million subscribers in the US now, there will be around 12.7 million IPTV users by 2012.
8. AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs with the addition of set top boxes (STB).
9. Problems that are common in analogue systems such as noise, ghosting, harmonics, reflections, cross modulation etc, are practically invisible in IPTV based networks.
10. Due to its storage facility, IPTV systems allow all programs to be later retrieved from the IPTV network.
A Creative Use of IPTV Technology
A classic example of how IPTV technology is being used in an increasingly ingenious number of ways, is with a luxurious, IP enabled bathroom television. These televisions are the ultimate in bathroom luxury, allowing the viewer safely to watch TV whilst soaking in a bath full of bubbles, or even taking a shower.
These water resistant televisions offer a user friendly solution to the hotels worldwide who are installing digital IPTV networks across their properties. It will no longer be necessary to hide STB's in the void behind the shower or bathroom wall and run a separate IR receiver, but instead deliver TV, Radio, VOD and other services by simply feeding an Ethernet cable into the rear of the screen.
How about that for technology put to great use!
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