Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Services – test

Description

This thesis mainly deals with IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) technology and how it changes the business of television; its development and architectural design; its applications and progress into the future. The goal of the project is to enhance professional networking on both live TV and radio platforms, know how the IPTV functions how it differs from internet TV, and how it is formatted, transported, and delivered to the end users. Equally important, is how providers charge for it and make a living.

The study itself was carried out by retrieving information from different sources such as the library, and the Internet, through self-observation, and discussions with the chief supervisor
and instructor. Different aspects of IPTV are discussed in different phases of the thesis. First, the study introduces IPTV technology, its background, and means of transmission. Then, the study entails the architectural design of IPTV, multimedia methods and applications, compression techniques and finally its purpose and role in the growing technology services.

The purpose of the project was to gain adequate practical experience, skills, techniques, and theory by applying previous classroom knowledge to actual principal-like situations in a strategic, organized, and supervised environment. The result came from the fact that shortly, IPTV can likely replace traditional TV technology since it delivers a good supplement business model for service providers, offers a better quality of service to consumers, and plays a significant role in the fast-growing and evolving interactive TV applications such as VOD.