Internet TV High-impact Emerging Technology - What You Need to Know

Internet television allows the users to choose the program or the television show they want to watch from an archive of programs or from a channel directory. The two forms of viewing Internet television are streaming the content directly to a media player or simply downloading the program to the user's computer. With the ""TV on Demand"" market growing, these on-demand websites or applications are a must have for major television broadcasters.

This book is your ultimate resource for Internet TV. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Internet TV right away, covering: Internet television, Catch up TV, BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, ITV Player, STV Player, UTV, Demand 5, Hulu, Revision3, Nederland 24, ABC iview, Australia Live TV, SeeSaw (Internet television), RTÉ player, TTNET, List of Internet television providers, TVCatchup, Sky Player, Argela, Arqiva, Google TV, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, TG4, TV3 (Ireland), Comparison of streaming media systems, Comparison of video hosting services, Content delivery network, Digital television, Grid casting, Interactive television, IPTV, Home theater PC, List of streaming media systems, Multicast, P2PTV, Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty, Push technology, Smart TV, Software as a service, Streaming media, Web television, Web-to-TV, Webcast.

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Internet TV. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Internet TV with the objectivity of experienced professionals.