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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