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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
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IPTV does not mean TV over the internet. IPTV uses a closed network, Internet TV is different. The TiVo tie in potentially provides both via a single box but is not the IPTV migration that's been discussed in the past and is in no way essential to the IPTV shift, it's STB software nothing more.
A non-cable based IPTV service would not be using the Internet for broadcasts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV#Di...om_Internet_TV
VM's IPTV deployment is actually using Cisco kit.
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_091109.html
The TV service will be using SDV on the VM access network. Content delivered to head ends and hubsites via IP routers and delivered to Cisco kit where the streams are managed, packaged up and pushed down the cable network in a similar manner to VoD streams.
Again, TiVo Premiere is not IPTV, it is Internet TV, simply pulling content from the internet on a best effort basis using a TiVo provided front end. If IPTV were seen to be buffering you'd be wanting to do very unpleasant things indeed to your provider, this is perfectly possible with TiVo Premiere depending on the performance of the internet at the time. |
I know the tv won't be coming over the net a lot of the ondemand content will. Bt is not even tv over the net, it is essentially a freeview box with ondemand content through a bb connection. VM and Tivo are launching an iptv service which will entail a normal catv style television service aswell ondemand as BB ondemand content streamed when you want it.
Good job we aren't getting Tivo premiere i don't know why you keep mentioning it? VM have said they won't be using those boxes but VM and Tivo are launching something else in this country and VM will use it's own boxes. All i said to the person who asked the question earlier on is that they are launching an iptv service (even if it half and half everyone is calling it a new iptv service) and people on the cabled areas are getting it and non cable customers aren't. We're going round in circles and non of it really matters.