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Staggering Heights of Interactivity with the Audience

 

There is a new phenomenon called IPTV that came into existence in the technology and telecommunications arena in 1995 and has garnered lot of praise from all quarters and from all walks of life. IPTV is known in the area of telecommunications for its ongoing standardisation process.

The IPTV services may be classified into 3 main groups:

  1. Live Television

  2. Time Shifted Media, for example, catch-up TV (replays a TV show that was broadcast hours or days ago), start over TV (replays the current TV show from its beginning).

  3. Video on Demand (VOD): browse and view items in a stored media catalogue.

There are many countries around the world where people have IPTV subscriptions. It is generating massive revenues in European and North American countries. There are also commercial users of IPTV that includes airports, school, offices, hotels and also sport stadiums to name a few.

Experience the new TV viewing advantage:

The IPTV subscription provides major advantages to the IPTV providers. It provides the ability to integrate television with other IP based services like high speed internet access with VoIP. The switched IP network also allows for the delivery and workability of more content. The IPTV platform also makes the TV viewing experience more endearing as well as interactive and personalised. The IPTV provider may for example incorporate an interactive programme guide that allows viewers to search for content by the title or the actor’s name. It may also be done in a way that picture-in-picture workability allows the IPTV subscribers to surf channels without leaving the programme they are watching.  

Viewers of IPTV may also be able to look up at a player’s statistics while watching asports game. They can also control the camera angle thereby increasing the interactivity with the user. They will also be able to access music and photos from their PC onto their television sets. They could also use a wireless phone to schedule a recording of their previous show. The can also adjust parental control so that their children can watch something which can be of good learning to the when they are away from home. 

Thus IPTV provides with many advantages with respect to the interactivity between the IPTV subscribers and IPTV providers.                  

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