I Want My IPTV: IPTV and its Implications on Home Networks

Triple-play services from broadband providers will significantly enrich the landscape for home entertainment and communications services. The home network is a key part of the triple-play infrastructure. New technologies eliminate barriers at the last hundred-feet by enabling whole-home distribution of multimedia content over low-cost, standard Wi-Fi. The digital home will never be the same.

IPTV Explained: A Broadband Services Forum White Paper

As a result of broadband service providers moving from offering connectivity to services, the discussion surrounding broadband entertainment has increased significantly.This paper provides a high level, vendor-agnostic overview of what IPTV is and how it works.

Entertainment on the Home PC: A Parks Associates White Paper

This white paper provides commentary and analysis on the PC’s role as a multimedia – or entertainment – platform for the home.

Delivering Video and Advanced Services through IP Set-Top Boxes

An industry summary by Royal Philips Electronics This paper describes the evolution of Video-over-IP and related services, as part of a ‘multi-play’ service package offer.

The Interoperability of Broadcast and IP Infrastructure and the Reliable Delivery of Television Services

by Danny Wilson, Pixelmatrix Corporation

While IP networks have many advantages, there are serious disadvantages as well.Companies that use IP to transmit video face significant Quality of Service challenges. This paper from Pixelmatrix examines these issues, which are so vital to quality of customer experience.

Leveraging BSS Systems for Successful Launch and Differentiation of IPTV Services

This report by CSG Systems explores the requirement for billing systems and back office networks to handle new network and content scenarios for IPTV services.

Case Study: KDDI’s Hikari-Plus Triple Play Service Using Corrigent Systems Packet ADM

Getting IPTV Right

This presentation is by Gary Hayes. Mr. Hayes was with the BBC from 1995 to 2004 as a Senior Producer/Manager of BBC Interactive.He is now project Director of LAMP with AFTRS in Sydney.

BNS Ltd: Why Is Asia Leading the Global IPTV Revolution?

What may be surprising to many people is the fact that Asia is leading the IPTV revolution and is the fastest growing market for IPTV with subscribers set to double in the next 12 months (Source: Gartner, March 2005), followed by Europe and the US as a distant third. Jeffrey Soong, CEO of BNS examines the Asian market in depth in this paper.

The IPTV Revolution: "A video quality broadband network affords advertisers the Holy Grail"

This paper seeks to clarify what the future IPTV environment will look like, how the transition to IPTV could aid all of the existing media stakeholders, and looks at the new world of advertising that the IPTV revolution will usher in. A paper by Professor Jonathan Taplin.