[Previous] photosinensis @ 2006-07-21T16:40:00...

 [Next] Multicast Software Download...

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

 [Bennett.com] The Original Blog » Blog Archive » Cringely on the Neutrality fiction: IPTV and VoIP are two examples of applications that need priority service, and there’s also that whole issue of payment. Read a lot, you’ll get a little here and a little there that sheds light on the issue, and you’ll pay for your illumination with propaganda.

[Blogmaverick.com] Broadcast TV will never die. - Blog Maverick - www.blogmaverick.com _: When a file or live event is multicast, rather than having a copy of the program delivered, uniquely from each source to each destination (unicast delivery), the stream of bits is replicated through the routers on the network so that one copy exists on the network at any given time. The router basically grabs the stream and provides it to the users on its network segment that want it.

[Pulverblog.pulver.com] The Jeff Pulver Blog: I want my <strike>MTV!</strike> MBone (and ...: And multicast is increasingly used in the context of ISPs on the last mile: when they start enriching their services towards triple play, they need to support efficient distribution of television over IP (even though some still think in terms of ATM) and this gets IP multicast to the last mile. Set top boxes suddenly speak IGMP to tune into program channels and SAP/SDP-style announcements/EPGs (more general: Internet Media Guides, IMGs :-) gain importance.

 [Eweek.com] Ruckus to Announce Wireless, IPTV Deals with 15 Telcos: She said the company already has a major contract with Hong Kong's PCCW phone company, a mostly state-owned PTT (post, telegraph and telecommunications), while in Europe, "the business has been more robust … We have installations in Ireland Finland, Slovenia, and we're working on deals in Italy, France and Belgium," she said.

[Digitaltx.tv] Digital TX Limited Weblog - Articles, Library, Opinion, Reference ...: Mobile phones can now integrate with IP networks through their GPRS/3G capability, and the first mobile operator to make a call in the UK has a “Live!” service that is perfect for an extension into IPTV. Viewers should be able to listen to their voicemail through their TV, read their SMS and MMS messages, send picture messages so they appear on the TV screen (and subsequently forward to friends, other email accounts etc), view their account details, buy accessories they can send to their phone directly (backgrounds, ringtones, games etc) and optionally display their location in the world if their phone is programmed to allow it.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Iptv Multicast, IPTVision