By Daniel Rubino
ITPV - internet protocol television - is an alternative or
perhaps augmentative technology used to deliver
traditional television and video formats over the
internet instead of broadcast, cable, or satellite. It’s
been batted around since the mid 2000’s and while its
promise has always been down the road, in 2013 it
still looks to be a niche service.
The promise behind IPTV is relatively simple: move
your television over to a web connection and you can
have greater flexibility in how you watch TV. Right now
a cable television signal runs at around 3-5Mbps per
channel - there's tremendous bandwidth in our
networks that's being taken up by television signals.
Moving TV over to IP can free up a massive amount of
bandwidth, leading to greater bandwidth for
everybody, plus flexibility in how you allocate all those
Mbps. Want to record five shows at once and have
slow internet for an hour? Cool, IPTV can do that.
ITPV - internet protocol television - is an alternative or
perhaps augmentative technology used to deliver
traditional television and video formats over the
internet instead of broadcast, cable, or satellite. It’s
been batted around since the mid 2000’s and while its
promise has always been down the road, in 2013 it
still looks to be a niche service.
The promise behind IPTV is relatively simple: move
your television over to a web connection and you can
have greater flexibility in how you watch TV. Right now
a cable television signal runs at around 3-5Mbps per
channel - there's tremendous bandwidth in our
networks that's being taken up by television signals.
Moving TV over to IP can free up a massive amount of
bandwidth, leading to greater bandwidth for
everybody, plus flexibility in how you allocate all those
Mbps. Want to record five shows at once and have
slow internet for an hour? Cool, IPTV can do that.
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