IPTV is not an island
By: By Carol Wilson
IPTV is an amorphous thing and that's the good news. IPTV is an amorphous thing and that's the good news. Initially defined as Internet protocol TV, or video services delivered via data networks, IPTV is increasingly more accurately described as intelligent personalized TV...
Homework never ends
By: By Bernardin Arnason, Principal, Pivot Group
It's funny how things come full circle. Watching my daughter complete her homework recently reminded me how homework never truly ends...
IPTV set for major paradigm shift
By: By Daniel Briere, CEO, TeleChoice
The TV remote control, as we know it, is heading for the trash can. Since the Lazy Bone, as it was dubbed by Zenith back in 1950, the remote control has been the butt of countless jokes, an icon in the battle between the sexes and the focus of constant innovation...
How to succeed at IPTV
By: By Bob House and Keith Coe
This year is shaping up to be a key year for IPTV. Verizon and AT&T are launching IPTV services. In Europe, BT is launching and France Telecom is seeing take-up of its offerings. (Read the complete commentary here)...
Who's in charge?
By: By Vince Vittore
Cisco Systems and Scientific Atlanta made it official yesterday, closing their multi-billion dollar merger to create what amounts to one big headache for Alcatel, Tellabs, Siemens, Nortel/Huawei, Lucent or any other big access player with designs on being a primary provider in the IPTV world...
Time to free IPTV
By: By A. Bernardin Arnason, Principal, Pivot Group
IPTV has gone mainstream. What was once discussed within Telephony magazine is now discussed within USA Today and the Wall Street Journal...
Local on the 8s
By: By Tim McElligott
The following headline appeared on Telephony's Web site last week: Independents diving into local content. That's great; they should--head first...
As a percentage...
By: By Vince Vittore
"IPTV is the dumbest idea ever, and telcos are going to get killed doing it." That quote is from a well-known person in the industry. Someone whose opinion often is cited by both vendors and carriers as backing evidence to move into new markets. The logic behind the statement is something that is becoming more common...
Are standards outdated?
By: By Vince Vittore
While it's certainly understandable that every access/aggregation/customer premises equipment vendor wants to position its gear as perfect for the IPTV world, it now seems that standards bodies (both real ones and advisory ones) are getting into the act as well...
Objects in the mirror are closer than they seem
By: By Steven Hawley
Broadband carriers around the world have embraced the delivery of TV and associated interactive services over switched digital video-capable networks using Internet Protocol--that’s the definition of IPTV that our industry has come to accept. But as 2006 opens, it’s time to reconsider this definition...
