IPTV - 10 Reasons To Love It!
Is IPTV technology everything it’s cracked up to be, or is it here today and gone tomorrow?
Check out these 10 facts and advantages about IPTV technology and decide whether or not you want to join the IPTV revolution.
1. IPTV ( Internet protocol television ), is the ‘new kid on the block’ technology for transporting data information and Audio and Video (AV), across an IP based digital network. This could include LAN, internet, Ethernet or WAN. The addition of a set top box (STB) allows AV sources to be streamed across existing networks to TVs or PCs. IPTV can be one to many (Multicast) or one to one (Unicast).
2. Recent research has shown that currently 15.5 million people subscribe to IPTV services and 8.4 million of these subscribers are from Europe.
3. The utilisation of a separate video LAN mean that IPTV systems avoid interruption of critical networks.
4. IPTV requires broadband Internet connectivity due to the high bandwidth requirements of digital video. Far more control over television programming and the ability to customize it to individual user preferences are possible due to the improved performance that high speed internet allows.
5. Free-view channels are delivered without the need for SAT or Terrestrial receivers.
6. For additional revenue in hotels, local content, sport and films can be added, or offered free of charge to a student campus.
7. Predictions are that compared to the current 3.3 million IPTV subscribers in the United States now, there will be around 12.7 million IPTV users by 2012.
8. AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs with the addition of set top boxes (STB).
9. IPTV based networks are practically immune to noise, ghosting, harmonics, reflections, cross modulation etc - problems that are all common in analogue systems.
10. IPTV systems have excellent storage facility and allow all programs to be later retrieved and viewed from the IPTV network.
A Creative Use of IPTV Technology
A great and novel example of how IPTV technology is being used in increasingly useful ways, is with a stunningly practical, IP enabled waterproof bathroom television. These IPTV televisions are the ultimate in bathroom luxury, allowing viewers to safely enjoy their favourite TV programme from the comfort of their bath or shower.
These waterproof TVs offer a first class solution to hotels across the world who are embracing IPTV technology with the installation of digital IPTV networks across their properties. Hiding an STB in the void behind the bathroom or shower wall and running a separate IR receiver will no longer be required, but instead simply feeding an Ethernet cable into the back of the screen to deliver TV, Radio, VOD and other services will be all that is needed.
How about that for luxury!
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