An Overview of IPTV Standards Development

In the last few years, IPTV has emerged as one of the major distribution and access techniques for broadband multimedia services. It is one of the primary growth areas for the telecommunications industry. However, existing IPTV systems are generally based on proprietary implementations that do not p...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on broadcasting 2009-06, Vol.55 (2), p.315-328
Main Authors: Maisonneuve, J., Deschanel, M., Heiles, J., Wei Li, Hong Liu, Sharpe, R., Yiyan Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Broadband
Broadcast
Broadcasting
High definition video
Internet telephony
Interoperability
IPTV
Isolation technology
multicast
Multimedia
Multimedia systems
networks
Satellite broadcasting
Standards development
Telecommunications industry
TV broadcasting
Web and internet services
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Summary:In the last few years, IPTV has emerged as one of the major distribution and access techniques for broadband multimedia services. It is one of the primary growth areas for the telecommunications industry. However, existing IPTV systems are generally based on proprietary implementations that do not provide interoperability. Recently, many international standard bodies have published, or are developing, a series of IPTV related standards.. This paper is an overview of the most significant recent and upcoming IPTV standards.
ISSN:0018-9316
1557-9611
DOI:10.1109/TBC.2009.2020451