Video on Demand is inherently an add on service of a TV service provider. As TV services started traversing over IP, the telecom and Internet service providers became TV service providers as well. So they also started offering VoD as a value added service over their IPTV platforms. But as the broadband speeds are shooting [...]

Thanks to the new generation of Internet that I am able to share anything I feel worth to my friends and family. I can suggest, recommend, vote, etc. anything I find of interest. But my TV is still not allowing me to do so. I still have to rely on text messages. Whenever I find [...]

Samsung recently officially launched first full 3D TV in UK. Similarly other major vendors like Panasonic, LG and Mitsubishi have also started offering their 3D TV sets. Sony is expected in a couple of months from now and Sharp will come out by this year end. So 2010, should see 3D TV sets out in [...]

More than a year ago, we know PoE vendors, mainly Microsemi, were working on getting their PoE into different network nodes including the laptops so that they get the power directly from the ethernet port making the AC/DC supply redundant. This could mean a lot of saving on energy and could probably reduce the cost [...]

Traditionally there has been a Television service provider who buys content and airs that over its network. In return the television channels sell ad slots during the programmes and get their revenues. Over the years, advertising has become an essential element for the companies. In India, they spent crores (Million) of rupees on advertisements per [...]

Historically we have paid for either service or content. In case of television, we have been paying for nothing as the content is advertisement supported and the service was free. With the passage of time we, consumers, got used to pay for the services as we migrated to cable, DTH and now IPTV. We as [...]

IPTV is all about advanced technology, interactivity and flexibility. An end user can really experience a new way of looking at the television. Of course, the challenge will be whether anybody is interested in those things. One important thing, I think every operator is missing in packaging of IPTV offer is bundling the channels by [...]

Next Generation Networks have made broadcasters telecom companies and vice versa. A telecom operator is your television broadcaster and the company that provided content to your television sets is offering you telephone services. As an end user, it might rarely be affecting or could even go unnoticed. But, for the industry it matters a lot. [...]

IPTV offers need to be crisp and crunchy. Television is not a service that is something new and IPTV at the end of the day is another method of delivering. It is not a service like mobile that will sell like hot cakes. Operators need to really motivate people to subscribe to it. Apart from [...]

IPTV for the end users is another way of watching television. In India, like many other countries it is the latest in the world of broadcast. Like many other consumer oriented technologies, IPTV in India can be a great success. This is firmly believed by many vendors and operators who are willing to get in [...]