With the IPTV market set to take off, the number of competing ecosystems means that STB developers have to keep their implementation options open.
The market for Internet Protocol delivery of digital television (IPTV) by telecommunications service providers promises to become sizable in the next few years. Today, however, this market is a welter of competing hardware and software solutions, complicated by a variety of compression technologies and the potential convergence with home network applications. These factors make decisions difficult when it comes to designing IP set-top boxes (STBs), so original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to select processing technology that lets them keep their implementation options open.
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http://www.commsdesign.com/design_center/homenetworking/design_corner/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FFAKEGGOO4NGYQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=192700081
The market for Internet Protocol delivery of digital television (IPTV) by telecommunications service providers promises to become sizable in the next few years. Today, however, this market is a welter of competing hardware and software solutions, complicated by a variety of compression technologies and the potential convergence with home network applications. These factors make decisions difficult when it comes to designing IP set-top boxes (STBs), so original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to select processing technology that lets them keep their implementation options open.
Source:
http://www.commsdesign.com/design_center/homenetworking/design_corner/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FFAKEGGOO4NGYQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=192700081