Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions, customers ask about TV on your desktop. If you cannot find your question here, you can go to the contact us page and submit your questions to us.
What is IPTV?
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a system through which digital television service is delivered using the architecture and networking methods of the Internet Protocol Suite over a packet-switched network infrastructure, e.g., the Internet and broadband Internet access networks, instead of being delivered through traditional radio frequency broadcast and cable television (CATV) formats.
What is Satellite TV?
Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial or cable providers.
What is internet TV?
By contrast "Internet TV" generally refers to transport streams sent over IP networks (normally the Internet) from outside the network that connects to the users premises. An Internet TV provider has no control over the final delivery and so broadcasts on a "best effort" basis. Elementary streams over IP networks and proprietary variants as used by websites such as YouTube are now rarely considered to be IPTV services.
Other names for Internet television
- Television on the desktop (TOD)
- TV over IP - Television over Internet Protocol
- Vlog For video web logging.
- Vodcast For video on demand.
- Web TV (not to be confused with the Microsoft/MSN WebTV service), which refers to original episodic Web television programming
- Over-the-top TV
- NET TV (by Philips N.V.)
Technologies used for Internet television
The Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of industry companies (such as SES Astra, Humax, Philips, and ANT Software)is currently promoting and establishing an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast and broadband digital TV and multimedia applications with a single user interface.
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