Skip to Content
IPTV and Internet Video, 2nd Edition
book

IPTV and Internet Video, 2nd Edition

by Wes Simpson, Howard Greenfield
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
275 pages
7h 43m
English
Routledge
Content preview from IPTV and Internet Video, 2nd Edition

1 What Is Internet Protocol and Why Use It for Video

 

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Daniel J. Boorstin, American social historian and educator

 

Before we try to define Internet Protocol (IP) and why it is a good solution for video, it's appropriate to consider what may be obvious—that video transport over IP networks is not only here today, but is poised to further dominate video service delivery for many years to come. As this occurs, new media communications services that can only be imagined will continue to arise along with it. We are at the dawn of what may be the most fascinating phase in broadcasting history.

We will discuss the reasons more in this chapter, and the spread of IP will form a subtext throughout ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Home Area Networks and IPTV

Home Area Networks and IPTV

Jean-Gabriel Rémy, Charlotte Letamendia
IPTV Delivery Networks

IPTV Delivery Networks

Suliman Mohamed Fati, Saiful Azad, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780240812458