13. In simple terms, IPTV is video and audio delivered over an Internet connection. You can watch IPTV on a computer screen, a television screen (through a set-top box) or a mobile device like a cell phone or an iPod.
14. IPTV is a system through which television service are delivered using the architecture and networking methods of internet protocol suit over a packet-switched network infrastructure, e.g., Internet access network instead of traditional radio frequency broadcast, satellite signal and cable television.
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16. Time-shifted programming: catch-up TV (replays a TV show that was broadcast hours or days ago), start-over TV (replays the current TV show from its beginning);
19. In 1999, Kingston Communications, in UK launched KIT (Kingston Interactive Television), an IPTV over DSL broadband
20. In 1999, NBTel was the first to commercially deploy IPTV over Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) in Canada.
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23. IPTV uses standard networking protocols, it promises lower costs for operators and lower prices for users.
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25. On-demand video assets are stored and served when a user makes a request in the form of IP unicast stream.
26. Set-top box: the piece of equipment at the user's home that decodes and decrypt TV and VOD content and displays it on the TV screen.
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29. The benefits are, it can offer both voice and IPTV services over the same core infrastructure and enables the implementation of services combining conventional TV services with telephony features (e.g. caller ID on the TV screen) .
32. IGMP operates within LAN's or VLAN's so other protocols, such as Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), are used to route IPTV multicast streams from one LAN segment to another.
35. Make the TV viewing experience more interactive and personalized, provides the functionality such as pause, slow-motion, rewind, freeze, store etc.
36. Large memory is available as the recorded data can be stored on servers provided by service providers.
48. Also, there are a growing number of IPTV installations within schools, universities, corporations and local institutions.
49. Europe and Asia are the leading territories in terms of the number of subscribers. But in terms of service revenues, Europe and North America generate a larger share.