IPTV Standards and Solutions

Setting standards for IPTV would be difficult at best. There are multiple areas to cover, as IPTV is a very broad subject, and the medium was not intended to transport audio and video when it was created. Moreover, some specific features of this medium allow some services while outdating some of the former schemes based on broadcast [10] Standardization is important in the telecommunications industry. Especially when talking about such a complex and large system as IPTV. So it requires many standards for the user’s vote to be securely recorded when pressing the red button on the remote control. The main standards body for IPTV has emerged to be ETSI (European Telecommunications Standardization Institute), through the branch that develops standards for the “next-generation networks”, which many telecom operators are deploying.