iptv on-demand
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News He warned: "In a few years, internet users will expect to be able to view full-HD streaming IPTV via their internet connection. The analyst said growth will be driven by consumer demand for ubiquitous internet access - and mobile broadband laptops... [20 Jun 2008]
How Cisco Designed and Deployed IPTV for Global Communications
White Paper Cisco IP/TV broadcasts are one of several ways that Cisco Systems delivers multimedia content, some of the others being virtual classrooms and Video on Demand (VoD). In general, Cisco uses Cisco IP/TV broadcasts for providing high-quality, live, or... [04 Mar 2008]
BBC signs up with iTunes
News Once downloaded, the programmes can be played on Mac or PC as well as on video iPods, iPhones and Apple's IPTV service. In recent months, the BBC has struck deals with YouTube and MySpace, as well as with ITV and Channel 4 for the Kangaroo on... [19 Feb 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News In a deal finalised just before the keynote, Microsoft has signed on BT as the first company to use the Xbox 360 as an IPTV set-top box. Microsoft also noted the company's progress in IPTV - digital television delivered over Internet Protocol as... [07 Jan 2008]
The greening of IT: Cooling costs
Comment Witness the growth of on-demand entertainment services such as IPTV, and businesses moving to a pay-as-you-grow software as a service (SaaS) model. Do we need IPTV and SaaS? Every car journey made to the video store to rent a DVD produces more... [21 Sep 2007]
Introduction to IPTV
White Paper Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) and Video on Demand (VoD) are incremental services already being deployed today by consumers who desire to take advantage of time-shifting technologies. The last mile (or first mile, depending on your perspective) of... [15 Sep 2007]
Redefining IPTV With the Sun Streaming System: Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Network Personal Video Recording (nPVR) for an Open Systems World
White Paper This promise is offset by the challenges of designing and deploying scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure for television services over IP networks (IPTV). Home video in all of its forms is now a large and growing business, and Video... [11 Sep 2007]
Television 2.0 cometh
Comment There are a number of IPTV components that need to work seamlessly together, including content processors, set-top boxes and video-on-demand servers. We now have IP video encoders that can handle 36 MPEG-2 channels, full 'quadruple play' offerings... [04 Jul 2007]
A Business Case Comparison of Carrier Ethernet Designs for Triple Play Networks
White Paper It has now become table stakes to offer IPTV, Video-on-Demand, Voice-over-IP, and High Speed Internet over a broadband network. Many Service Providers around the world have concluded that in order to maintain growth and margins in their businesses... [09 Jun 2007]
The Evolving IPTV Service Architecture
White Paper This paper examines the evolution of IPTV networking standards, including IMS, and explores how the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture can easily adapt and scale to meet any large-scale deployment requirements that become... [09 Jun 2007]
Microsoft splurges $6bn to boost ad clout
News Microsoft said the deal will help it support more-advanced advertising products and technologies across areas including media planning, video-on-demand and IPTV.aQuantive produces the Atlas Media Console and Drive PM tools for advertisers and... [18 May 2007]
Leader: TV's changing channels
Leader And this is unlikely to change, especially when IPTV - TV via broadband connection - becomes a viable commercial proposition. But despite this proliferation of new internet-based entertainment, research has indicated just over half of European... [03 May 2007]
Integrated Video Admission Control for the Delivery of Quality Video Experience
White Paper This paper details Cisco Integrated Video Admission Control solutions for video on-demand and IPTV in carrier-class, IP Next-generation networks offering triple-play services. Delivering entertainment-grade video over IP, also often referred to as... [21 Feb 2007]
BBC told to rethink web TV plan
News Media watchdog Ofcom has demanded a rethink of the BBC's plans for an on-demand IPTV service, saying the launch could hurt rival commercial services. The IPTV service, which could see BBC programmes airing simultaneously online and on terrestrial... [24 Jan 2007]
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
News BT has today pushed play on its long-touted IPTV offering, BT Vision, moving the telco into the quad-play era proper. The telco's IPTV offering picks up the gauntlet thrown down by the likes of BSkyB and NTL:Telewest, which have long been... [04 Dec 2006]
