In this paper a proof of concept infrastructure for the delivery of standardized IMS-based IPTV services driven by the IPTV enabled Open IMS Playground at Fraunhofer FOKUS will be presented. The so called Media Interoperability Lab represents one of the world’s first real world test beds for these kind of services. This has been achieved by actively guiding the different SDOs work with a focus ...

Triple-play (high-speed Internet, Telephone, and TV) in which IPTV is an important factor is now largely offered by many Internet Service Providers (ISP). But being a combined business model, it has some limits because of price and equipment requirements. By that reason, P2P-IPTV appeared as a competitor. With low price and does not require deluxe configuration at end-user computer, P2P-IPTV be...

As the technology of internet and multimedia processing is improving, IPTV has emerged as new revenue opportunities to network service providers. Network service providers have to consider both network and multimedia processing factors to guarantee adaptable network service level of IPTV service. In the view of network service customers, it is a good way to require network service providers to ...

As the IMS provides session establishment, QoS parameter negotiation, authentication and accounting it is an overlay architecture well qualified for session signaling concerning IPTV scenarios. The management of the signaling can be integrated as an application into an IPTV Application Server. The IPTV AS is further responsible for all necessary media signaling towards a proper IPTV media serve...

The article presents (1) the technical characteristics of Mobile TV [Mobile TV] and how it differs from IPTV Internet [Internet TV], (2) network, spectrum equipment issues that will influence regulatory framework, (3) opportunities created for when migrating to digital TV, (4) a case study in Mexico concerning framework telecommunications broadcasting services, market players, availability, mig...