(New) What is IPTV? How does IPTV work?
W hy should someone you've never met decide what you can watch on TV and when you can watch it? True, there's always a choice of channels, but the selection is still quite limited and unless you record programs in advance, you can only watch them when they're broadcast. Wouldn't it be better if watching TV were more like browsing the Web , so you could pick the program you wanted to watch whenever and wherever you felt like watching it? That's one of the promises of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) , which uses Internet technology to deliver TV programs "on demand." How does it work? What benefits will it bring us? What challenges will the broadcasters and telephone companies face delivering these new services? Let's take a closer look! What is IPTV? From a TV watcher's point of view, IPTV is very simple: instead of receiving TV programs as broadcast signals that enter your home from a rooftop antenna , s...