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Internet TV

 

convergence of internet and Television technologies

 

 

Internet TV has been hampered in the past because broadband speeds were not fast enough to deliver a reliable service.

 

But today more than half of all UK homes have a broadband connection, at an average speed of four megabits a second (Mbps), according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

 

And speeds are increasing. Next year, ADSL2+ comes online, promising broadband speeds of up to 24Mbps. As a result, more and more internet protocol television services are being launched. Alongside established services from BT vision and Virgin Media, other operators are getting in on the business.

 

Following the launch of a successful service in the Czech Republic, mobile phone operator O2 plans to launch a UK service in 2008. Others such as Orange are expected to follow suit. The BBC will also be pushing its iPlayer in 2008, a service that allows people to catch up on the corporation's output over the web. Whilst in November, the BBC partnered with rivals ITV and Channel 4 to launch a joint on-demand service. Existing firms are also predicting rapid growth through 2008. Mary Turner, the chief executive of Tiscali UK said in December that its service is currently signing up 250 people each day and expects to have 50,000 users by the end of the year. It is aiming for 200,000 by the end of 2008.

 

read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7147804.stm

 

 

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