IPTV - A Look From The Outside
DD 1: IPTV is an emerging technology at the time this is being written. Both the software and hardware required for broadcasting IPTV is in it's infancy when looking at the "big picture". It is predicted that by 2008, 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services.
IPTV Hardware and Software Technology
Some of the hardware developers worth mentioning are Cisco, Amino Communications, Microsoft, Kreatel Communications, and HUMAX. Cisco and Microsoft are working on IPTV server solutions for broadcasting IPTV video and content to the end user or consumer.
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