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IPTV and the delivery aspect

Hi,

I think the conversation about how video being moved around by IP is really interesting and poses some issue for providers who don't own/control the last mile of the delivery infrastructure.

There are huge IPTV deployments going on right now and STB manufacturers are already turning to IP in order be able to facilitate the delivery of IP based video.

I don't believe this will be an either-or situation, but any IP based services will be supplemental to the existing ones. With HDTV becoming more and more popular, the ability to deliver HD video over IP links is going to be an interesting challenge for providers. The viewers (and console gamers) are all starting to buy flashy new High Definition TVs and they'll be looking at the quality of the video they get even more than ever before, so there'll probably be some bandwidth and quality of delivery issues keeping people awake at night while we're in the transitional period.

Andy

IPTV Andy (not verified) – Mon, 2007 – 01 – 15 09:51

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