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IPTV - 10 Reasons Why You Should Love It!

By John King

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Published: 01Nov2009
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Is IPTV technology really all it's cracked up to be, is it here to stay or here today and gone tomorrow?

Below are 10 important facts and advantages about IPTV. Hopefully this information will help you decide whether or not you are ready to embrace IPTV.

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. According to recent research findings, at present 15.5 million people subscribe to IPTV services, 8.4 million of these subscribers are from Europe.

3. AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs with the addition of set top boxes (STB).

4. All programs can be later retrieved from the IPTV network IPTV due to its storage facility.

5. All free-view channels are delivered without SAT or Terrestrial receivers.

6. Local content, films and sport can be added for additional revenue in hotels, or offered free to a student campus.

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. Crucially IPTV systems avoid interruption of critical networks by utilising a separate video LAN.

9. IPTV based networks are practically immune to noise, ghosting, harmonics, reflections, cross modulation etc - problems that are all common in analogue systems. Digital transmission across the coaxial networks mean that some of these problems have been resolved, however, these still suffer from some of the above.

10. Due to the high bandwidth requirements of digital video IPTV requires broadband Internet connectivity. In theory, connecting to this high speed Internet would allow IPTV users far more control over their television programming and the ability to customize it to their individual preferences.

A Clever Use of IPTV Technology

An excellent 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 products offer a convenient and simple solution to hotels worldwide who are embracing the installation of digital IPTV networks across their properties. No longer will they have to hide an STB in the void behind the bathroom or shower wall and run a separate IR receiver, but instead simply feed an Ethernet cable into the back of the screen to deliver TV, Radio, VOD and other services which the hotel wishes to offer.

All sounds good to me!

The author is based in London, England and works in the new media industry. He highly recommends visiting the Tvoverlan.com website for further information on IPTV and Videotree.com for more on those amazing Bathroom TVs.

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