Iptv
By: Janna • Essay • 324 Words • May 10, 2010 • 849 Views
Iptv
Telecomm companies across the globe are losing their traditional business to internet telephony, mobile phones and cable phones. IPTV provides TV operators with an opportunity to enter the vast pay TV marketplace. The television is one of the most common devices in the world, with some 1.5 billion TV sets in use. In IPTV control of programmes is distributed. Operators can central to the business plans of broadband networks operators worldwide. IPTV offers organizations an efficient way to deliver business communications to their employees.With IPTV, every networked user throughout an enterprise can watch management broadcasts, training programs, university classes, business TV, satellite communications, and other programs from the convenience of their own desk. The IPTV system can be divided into content and services, server software, delivery methods and receiver software. It uses network friendly IP multicast, is extremely efficient for large audience.
The IPTV delivery system has the following four major components are Headend, Video Servers, Middleware, IP Set-Top Box. The four main local distribution schemes for video on demand go by