IPTV resource site

[BJ_M]

FRESHIPTVNEWS.COM is an informative site for those who want to learn more about internet protocol television. it offers news and other updates on IPTV technology. Here's a quote:

"Internet Protocol Television describes a system where a digital television service is delivered to subscribing consumers using the Internet Protocol over a broadband connection..."
--http://freshiptvnews.com

[joeg04]

Here in Germany, T-Com will start to offer IPTV in 2006.

They will offer German soccer league as life stream in HDTV resolution over VDSL connections and in normal resolution over ADSL.
http://www.telekom3.de/de-p/pres/2-pr/2006/05-m/060519-pm-premiere-ar.html

T-Com offers VDSL (52 MBit/s) currently in 10 German cities in a test phase. For 2007 they plan to cover 50 German cities with VDSL (invest: 3 billion €).

For VDSL they are building outdoor DSLAMs (DSL access multiplexer) close to the subscriber locations.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Outdoor_DSLAM_Endstufe.JPG
For reducing video server load, multicast DSLAMs are used.

T-Com will offer a TV settop box, that receives the IPTV signals via WLAN directly from a WLAN DSL router.