Talk:IPTV

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--24.226.84.201 02:50, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)--24.226.84.201 02:50, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

- I removed one of the sections as well as tried to simplify the definition of IPTV given. I'm not sure the article needs to list ALL of the companies involved with IPTV. Maybe shorten the list to give a few examples as well as shorten the list of news sources on IPTV. SuperMoonMan 00:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

One of the first references of IPTV available on the web is: http://www.santarosa.edu/~lonyett/estrin.html Insider Profile of Judy Estrin President and CEO, Precept Software CMPnet Update Your weekly guide to what's new on CMPnet 11/14/97

Maybe the list of companies involved with IPTV can be provided as an external link at the bottom...

[edit] IPTV 101

In the opening paragraph "triple play" is referred to as IPTV, internet access and VoIP. That is not really correct. In the industry a triple play is simply voice, cable and internet access. The voice componet can be traditional PSTN supplied voice, etc. 67.175.90.65 23:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)User: Rmueller 12-06

  • iptv.ajayshroff.com IPTV 101 Link removed as it appears to have been added solely for adsense reveue and backlink purposes. Pages offer nothing new on IPTV thats not already on the main wikipedia page.The sites root domain: ajayshroff.com has absolutley nothing to do with IPTV.

Because ajayshroff.com has nothing to do with IPTV, the subdomain has been created. Makes sense?

If you removed all links from the "subdomain" that would answer one point, but this link still has many other issues against linking from Wikipedia. Read my talk page. Andrwsc 19:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)


  • I have a website called IPTV Channels and its designed to give FREE online access to IPTV Channels broadcasting aroung the world. There is only a few ads on the site, everything else is free. Have a look at

http://www.iptvchannels.co.uk and tell me what you think.

Do you think this site would be useful to have in Wikepedia ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.24.170.94 (talk • contribs).

This is not the kind of things Wikipedia articles should link to. Please see WP:EL for the external links guidelines. Haakon 09:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Would this site not come under 'Rich media' section ?

I think it would be useful to have this site as you have a section in the article that refers to free IPTV channels available on the web, but there is not an example of this. This adds value to the article as vistors can see an example of a site that has free IPTV channels available.

[edit] Market Prospects for IPTV

I removed the following text from the article:

According to a report from the Washington DC-based Dittberner Associates the incremental IPTV equipment market will only reach $336 Million in 2013 up from $30 Million in 2005.
Dittberner forecasts the number of IPTV subscribers will reach 53 Million globally in 2013 from about 2 Million as of end of 2005.
The report, IPTV Impact on Public Networks, appraises the impact of offering IPTV service on the Access, Aggregation and Backbone networks.
Although the subscription growth is expected to be slow, the incremental investment to offer IPTV is low, making it an attractive service offering for the traditional telephone companies. Dittberner believes that developing truly compelling service differentiation could speed up IPTV’s market penetration. The report lays out the case for IPTV as a compelling service offering that will ultimately have a major impact on the design of public networks and the way Service Providers do business.
Dittberner’s report examines worldwide deployments of IPTV and provides an outlook on where the segment is headed. Also provided are the country and regional forecasts for IPTV equipment and IPTV subscribers, IPTV business case and ROI analysis, plus supplier profiles and SWOT analysis.

Following the link takes you to a page with the option to purchase the report cited. This is wholly inappropriate for Wikipedia; it is not an ad portal for business purposes.

[edit] Broadband Television

In the television industry, the description of delivery of programming by DSL is used interchangeably with delivery by broadband and now delivery by IPTV. Is there any difference? Is DSL television just a sub-set of broadband television which is in itself the same thing as IPTV? Paul M

Ummm... yes?
  • Broadband describes a form of data transmission - and includes DSL, Cable, and wimax/3.5G etc "real soon"
  • Cable TV companies don't use IPTV because their existing system is more efficient. This may change with DOCSIS3, which handles IPTV better. Also... the free InternetTV channels (which are a form of IPTV) can come down cable internet connections too.
  • AFAIK, DSL always uses the Internet Protocol (IP). However, DSL was originally designed for TV down phone lines, and I doubt that was using IP, and I'm not sure if any earlier methods of putting TV & Internet down a DSL connection used other protocols.
The terms are similar enough. I think when people hear "broadband" it's synonymous with "Internet" now. Oops gotta run :) Greg 07:28, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
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