With a focus on changing job tasks and knowledge requirements for professionals, this book enables readers to meet the demands of designing, implementing, and supporting end-to-end IPTV systems. Additionally, it examines IPTV technical subjects that are not included in any other single reference to date: Quality of Experience, techniques for speeding up IPTV channel changing times, IPTV CD software architecture, Whole Home Media Networking, IP-based high-definition TV, interactive IPTV applications, and the daily management of IPTV networks.

The television entertainment industry is currently experiencing a major transformation as broadband subscribers and improvements in compression techniques for digital video content continue to grow. This growth is fueling the demand for a new generation of technology professionals who will be responsible for implementing IP-based video services and digital home services around the world. Next Generation IPTV Services and Technologies explores key challenges associated with successfully managing the technical operation of an IPTV networking infrastructure and provides networking and IT specialists entering the IPTV sector with sound coverage of state-of-the-art technologies used to build end-to-end IPTV systems. Coverage includes:

• IPTV network distribution technologies
• IPTV real-time encoding and transportation
• Broadcasting linear programming over IPTV
• IPTV consumer devices
• IPTV conditional access and DRM systems
• Moving IPTV around the house
• Video-on-demand over IP delivery networks

Additionally, this book examines IPTV technical subjects that are not included in any other single reference to date: Quality of Experience, techniques for speeding up IPTV channel changing times, IPTV CD software architecture, Whole Home Media Networking, IP-based high-definition TV, interactive IPTV applications, and managing an IPTV network on a daily basis.