IPTV traces the changes in IPTV since the mid-1990s and examines what IPTV means today. The author analyzes what delivery of TV over an IP network means, both in terms of possibilities for new services, and in terms of the impact on the network and how it has to be managed. In addition, IPTV helps the reader understand how introducing IPTV into the Web 2.0 world will impact the services that can be made available. It looks at the current trends in the consumer electronics industry as well as the network industry, and describes how the new technology can enhance and extend the existing business models in the TV industry, particularly in advertising; but also to create new possibilities, for instance, through personalization. Hjelm provides a comprehensive overview to Next-Generation IPTV, while demonstrating how the IPTV system works. Additionally, the book covers the changes in consumer electronics devices, IPTV Coding, IPTV Interaction and Channel Switching, Networking and Streaming with Information Management Systems (IMS), IPTV Device Relationship Management (DRM), Web-TV, Video on Demand (VoD), Mashups, Web 2.0, Identity Management, Charging, Parental Control and Privacy, IPTV Standardization Today and Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and much more.
Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Interactive, Personal, IP TV: From TV over Internet and Web-TV to Interactive Video Media. 2. IPTV Standards and Solutions. 3. The Next-Generation Consumer Electronics and Interactive, Personal, IPTV. 4. Designing Interactive IPTV Applications. 5. Monetizing IPTV: Advertising and Interaction. 6. P2P, TV on the Web, VoD, and (n)PVR. 7. Digital Rights and Next Generation IPTV DRM. 8. Identities, Subscriptions, User Profiles, and Presence. 9. Beyond the EPG: Metadata in Interactive IPTV. 10. Protocols for Interaction. 11. Next-Generation IPTV Encoding MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and beyond. 12. Next Generation IPTV Networking & Streaming with IMS. 13. Developing and Deploying IPTV. References. Index.
Johan Hjelm is a Senior Research Engineer for Ericsson (NRJ) in Tokyo, Japan, where he oversees the project management of cooperation projects and is participant in Connected Home activities. He has previous experience in IPTV and was project manager for the IPTV project at Ericsson (EAB) in Sweden. Hjelm has assisted in a number of research projects including the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). To date Hjelm has published 11 web-based books and has written freelance for several leading computer publications such as Datateknik, Datornytt and Natvarlden.