Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) delivers television content to users over IP-based network. Different from the traditional TV services, IPTV platforms provide users with large amount of multimedia contents with interactive and personalized services, including the targeted advertisement, on-demand content, personal video recorder, and so on. IPTV is promising since it allows to satisfy users experie...

IPTV delivers television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Videos On Demand (VOD) is the most popular IPTV, allowing users to freely select from a vast pool of program genres. Therefore, it necessary introduce innovative features attract new and retain existing ones. For this purpose, systems typically use VOD recommendation engines. The primary purpose suggest user-relevant items v...

It is well known that the content management system (CMS) and the broadcast management system (BMS) are the most essential components of an IPTV system. An IPTV system retrieves container files from the CMS and delivers them to the end users through the BMS. Therefore, most of research works about IPTV systems handle container files. However, a container is a mix of video, audio, computer graph...

Convergence is one of the most popular buzzwords in the academic, research, and industrial fields. One of the most successful examples of convergence is Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a convergence of communication and broadcast methodologies. In this study we introduce the ‘Open IPTV System’ that allows subscribers to easily open their own IPTV broadcasting station. We then investigated ...

The IPTV subscription rate has increased steadily since the introduction of IPTV Video on Demand (VoD) services. We have developed a model to determine the optimum deployment strategy for IPTV delivery network from the IPTV service providers’ perspective. The analysis technique in this paper helps us determine the best deployment scenarios to support a certain number of customers within the tol...

Based on IP protocol, IPTV features advantages like bandwidth efficiency and ease of management. IPTV supports both broadcast and unicast services like LiveTV and VideoOnDemand. WiMAX wireless system, capable of ensuring high bandwidths and low latencies, is suitable for delivering multimedia services. In addition, it also provides wide area coverage, mobility support, and non-line-of-sight ope...

In this paper, a P2P(Peer-to-Peer) streaming approach is proposed for the implementation of ubiquitous personal IPTV systems which allow any Internet users with proper network connections to be able to create their own IPTV channels for any other Internet users. The personal IPTV can be applied to various community applications including highly interactive applications which may require differe...