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. Internet protocol television or IPTV, is an increasingly popular technology for the transportation of data information and Audio and Video (AV), across an IP based digital network. This could include Ethernet, WAN, LAN or internet. Add a set top box (STB) to the equation and AV sources can be streamed across existing networks to PCs or TVs. IPTV can be one to one (Unicast) or one to many (Multicast).
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. IPTV systems avoid interruption of critical networks by utilising a separate video LAN.
4. Due to the high bandwidth requirements of digital video IPTV requires broadband Internet connectivity. In theory, connecting to this high speed Internet would allow IPTV users far more control over their television programming and the ability to customize it to their individual preferences.
5. Allfree-viewchannels are delivered without 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. All programs can be later retrieved from the IPTV network IPTV due to its storage facility.
A Creative Use of IPTV Technology
IPTV technology is put to great use in the stunning IP enabled waterproof bathroom television. This practical and stylish product allows viewers to safely watch their favourite TV show from the comfort of their bath or shower.
These products offer a convenient and simple solution to hotels worldwide who are embracing the installation of digital IPTV networks across their properties. No longer will they have to hide an STB in the void behind the bathroom or shower wall and run a separate IR receiver, but instead simply feed an Ethernet cable into the back of the screen to deliver TV, Radio, VOD and other services which the hotel wishes to offer.
How about that for luxury!