| Title: | IPTV |
| Price: | $29.95 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 01, 2007 |
| Source: | Information Sources, Inc. |
| Author: | TecTrends Staff |
| Abstract: | Telephone companies are now focused on becoming major television providers by delivering standard and high-definition movies and television on-demand over existing phone lines. But before anyone starts clearing space above the TV set for an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) box, keep in mind the many technical and marketing obstacles the telcos have to overcome before the technology is adopted widely. What are some of the prospects and perils faced by these companies as they move into this new and uncharted territory? |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...Telephone companies are now focused on becoming maj or television providers, be it cable or satellite, by delivering standard and high -definition movies and television on demand along with console-style games, Web video, an d e-commerce over existing phone lines, with a little help from its f iber-optic backbone networks. But before anyone starts clearing space above the TV se t for an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) box, keep in mind the many techni cal and marketing obstacles the telcos have to overcome before the technology is ad opted widely. IPTV delivers digital television content, in itself nothing new. Cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV providers have been using this techn ology for many years to broadcast audio and video in streams of bits rather than as a nalog waves. IPTV sends the digital bits in packets just as data travels on the Internet over the telephone company s fiber-optic backbone network that links t o relay stations in each neighborhood.... |
| Word Count: | 4333 |
| Length: | 14 Pages |
| Document ID: | 165175 |
| Industry: | Online Services |
| Country: | United States |
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