• DocumentCode
    1247719
  • Title

    I want my IPTV: Internet Protocol television predicted a winner

  • Author

    Alfonsi, Benjamin

  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Abstract
    Among the technology winners IEEE Spectrum magazine recently predicted to surge in 2005 is Internet Protocol television. IPTV delivers a relatively low-speed broadband TV connection (2.2 megabits per second) through telephone wires. By using a legacy copper network instead of a more costly optical-fiber upgrade, IPTV delivers a multiplicity of programming choices that´s expected to enable telephone carriers to one day give cable providers a run for their money.
  • Keywords
    Internet; broadband networks; digital television; television networks; transport protocols; IPTV; Internet Protocol television; broadband TV connection; cable TV; copper network; telephone carriers; Cable TV; Communication cables; Copper; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; IPTV; Internet telephony; Optical fiber networks; Surges; Wires; IPTV; Internet Protocol Television;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Distributed Systems Online, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-4922
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDSO.2005.10
  • Filename
    1407761