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IP Communications and Services for NGN
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IP Communications and Services for NGN

by Johnson I Agbinya
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
411 pages
12h 24m
English
Auerbach Publications
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19Chapter
IPTV: Internet
Protocol Television
With the emergence of IP services, real-time video on demand (VOD), broadband
TV, and video-over-IP networks have come to be known popularly as IPTV. IPTV
is a suite of services consisting of digital TV, VOD, VoIP, and Web/e-mail all in one.
Although it resembles cable TV, the two are not identical. Cable TV picture qual-
ity is still better than what is offered by IPTV. However, IPTV offers an interactive
experience and comes with multimedia streaming features such as play, pause, fast-
forward, and rewind. ese features are absent in traditional cable TV offerings.
IPTV, however, requires broadband ...
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