Introduction to IP Television; Why and How Companies are Providing Television Through Data Networks |  | Author: Lawrence Harte
Publisher: Althos Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $12.99
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1794576
Format: Download: PDF
Media: Digital
Pages: 116
ASIN: B00093GZ7U
Publication Date: March 26, 2005
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Product Description
This book explains how and why people and companies are using IP television and Internet television services. You will discover how global television services are already available through the Internet and how you can use standard television to watch global television channels using analog television adapter boxes. The fundamentals of how IP Television works is provided. You will discover how IP television can be watched on different types of viewing devices such as standard televisions with adapters, dedicated IP televisions, multimedia computers and mobile telephones. IP television service allows viewers to have more control of Internet television services. This control ranges from instant service activation to real time television on demand controls. Some of the advanced Internet television features such as personal media channels, anywhere television extensions, global television channels and multimedia programs are described. In addition to the traditional ways of television channel selection, you will learn about new ways television channels can be search and selected using interactive electronic programming guides (EPGs). The different types of media formats that are used for IP television services are explained along with their control protocols. Not all IP Television systems and services are the same. There are cost and quality tradeoffs along with common problem areas and risks. You will discover how the audio and video service quality can range from poor to above the quality that is already delivered to standard TV. Because each IP television viewer has a unique address, this allows advertising messages to be sent to specific viewers (addressable advertising). The ability to direct advertising messages to specific target audiences (addressable advertising) is more valuable to companies than traditional broadcast advertising and this may result in reduced viewing costs.
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 Good introduction to IPTV February 10, 2006
William Frank
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a good introduction book. While there is some technical descriptions in it, it is easy to understand the diagrams helped me to explain how it works to my staff. There are so many new terms and acronyms for IPTV, if you are just getting involved in IPTV, this book is a good start.
 Bad joke December 5, 2005
Yosef Cohen (Netanya, Israel)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book waste a page to explain: download speed = file size/bit rate even with ilustration (WOW). The rest of the book has the same technical level.
Amazon, dont you check what you sell?
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