What is IPTV - Learn how iptv works and what it is all about

hi you've probably heard that Internet

Protocol television or IPTV is a big

thing in television today it is and when

the full potential of IPTV is

implemented and converged with mobile TV

the way you look at traditional

television will change because IPTV can

receive and display an encoded video

stream of IP packets as well as be

combined with other applications it

enables TV on demand as well as

interactivity between services and other

person's IPTV technology enables a

tailored richer content to be delivered

in a seamless manner thus enriching the

user experience how you might ask well

that little box on top of your

television is now a smart box and is

tied into the homes broadband connection

not only that it's now a virtual box and

can be placed inside the home router the

TV set your PC and your mobile phone

just like in a restaurant guests can

order from a menu or the pre bundle

package of services and content they

want the operator receives content from

broadcasters content aggregators or

producers and converts it into the

appropriate format to be distributed for

on-demand or live consumption thus

enabling interactivity and value-added

services like online shopping and

telephony the operator utilizes the same

network resources to deliver all the

services to the user IPTV built on top

of IMS enables multi-access and service

blending IMS provides the control

framework for IPTV this enables the use

of any screen of choice not only for

entertainment but also for communication

and control of typical IPTV services for

example reminders and parental control

IPTV also uses other technologies such

as BAM

with management media conversion and

caching to provide and deliver the

service efficiently and with quality the

virtual set top box reassembles the IP

packets it receives into a video stream

and as only requested data is sent a

higher quality of service and bandwidth

efficiency is achieved authentification

quality of service and security lie in

the IMS plain enabling TV request

billing etc TV can be viewed with stop

pause reverse and play functionality in

fact multiple shows can be washed at

your convenience now you can vote during

shows by direct from ads etc and this

experience is not just limited to the

living room users can take it with them

almost anywhere they are in the world

convergence is here