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IntroductionWhat is TV Over Internet or Internet TV?[This information is taken from Wikipedia.org for consistency in definition]Internet television
(Internet TV or iTV) istelevision distributed through the Internet. Internet television allows viewers to choose the show they want to watch from a libraryof shows. The primary models for Internet television are streaming Internet TV or selectable video on an Internet location, typically a website. The video can also be broadcast with a peer-to-peer network (P2PTV), which doesn't rely on a single website'sstreaming.It differs fromIPTVin that IPTV offerings are typically offered on discrete service provider networks, requiring a special IPTV set-top-box.Internet TV is a quick-to-market and relatively low investment service. Internet TV rideson existing infrastructure including broadband, ADSL, Wi-Fi, cable and satellite whichmakes it a valuable tool for a wide variety of service providers and content ownerslooking for new revenue streams.
Implementation
Many programmers are streaming their content live on the Internet today to increaseviewership (which in turn increases ad revenue) and protect market share. This model isefficient due to the relatively inexpensive multicasting protocol. Viewers may simplyrequest access to the live feed and join into the live stream. This free model has been usedin over-the-air broadcasting for years and still works because of the low cost of reachingviewers via multicast. Any viewer with a broadband connection and the correct freemedia player can watch live television from around the world.Many Internet television "portals" are available which include links to live feeds as wellas built-in viewers. Although the live television streams are free, most portals aresupported by advertising revenue as well.Those that create valued and interesting video products now have the opportunity todistribute them directly to a large audience - something impossible with the previoustelevision distributing models (closed software, closed hardware, closed network). Thefree model has been used around the globe by local and independent television channelsaiming for niche target audiences, or to build a collaborative environment for media production, a platform for citizens' media. It isn't strictly a citizen's format either as theTV Over Internet Updates – http://tvoverinternet.blogspot.com1/9/2009
 
TV Over Internet Updates – http://tvoverinternet.wordpress.com broadcast model used in television for decades will begin to find competition in Internettelevision supported by advertising.
Business Considerations for Internet TV
The recent rapid growth of fast broadband access, accelerated computer power and larger storage capacity has turned Internet TV into a real opportunity for service providers whowant to open new revenue streams and increase average revenue per user.A major advantage of Internet TV is that it allows content delivery to a huge populationwith virtually no geographical limitations. But while Internet TV is a much easier andcheaper way of publishing content, operators who are pondering whether to launch anInternet TV service nevertheless have to carefully assess the factors affecting their  business cases.High-quality Internet TV services require subscribers to have continuous access to high bandwidth, so pricing, bandwidth, andnetwork neutrality(at least in the US) are allinterdependent factors affecting the business case for Internet TV. For example, whilesubscribers are generally required to pay more for higher Internet bandwidth, it doesn'tautomatically guarantee good enough bandwidth quality for receiving Internet TVservices. So to receive Internet TV, a subscriber will be required to subscribe to an evenhigher premium service which may present a barrier to scaling up subscribers quickly.
Terminology
There are many ways to deliver video over an IP network and many buzzwords have been applied to these various ways and are sometimes used interchangeably.IPTVis commonly referred to those services operated and controlled by the samecompany that operates and controls the "Last Mile" to the consumers' premises. An IPTVservice is usually delivered over a complex and investment heavy walled garden network,which is carefully engineered to ensure bandwidth efficient delivery of vast amounts of multicast video traffic. The higher network quality also enables easy delivery of highquality SD or HD TV content to subscribers’ homes.Internet TV, by definition, is created, managed and distributed via the open Internet. Itrides on existing infrastructure and normally refers to those services sourced over theInternet by service providers that cannot control the final delivery. Again, transportstreams in IP packets are used with one or more services per transport stream.Other TV-like services are available on the Internet but these send the video and theaudio in separate streams over the IP network and do not use transport streams.Whilst the differences may seem irrelevant to the consumer, the underlying technologyemployed is quite different and directly affect the range and quality of service that can beTV Over Internet Updates – http://tvoverinternet.blogspot.com1/9/2009
 
TV Over Internet Updates – http://tvoverinternet.wordpress.comachieved.IPTVusers are limited to a relatively small range of programs but at highquality, whereas an Internet TV user may have access to many thousands of channelsfrom literally all over the world but without any guarantee of being able to watch them.Streaming services such as YouTube generally offer User Generated ContentUGCasindividual short clips rather than professionally produced programs or films grouped as achannel.
Other names for Internet television
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Television on the desktop (TOD)
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TV over IP - Television over Internet Protocol
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VlogFor video web logging.
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VodcastFor video on demand.
Methods used for Internet television
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BroadcatchingFor aP2PTV  paradigm in use today.This model can save the cost of Internet TV service provider.
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Streamingfrom a single website.
Streaming
Streaming media ismultimedia that is constantly received by, and normally presented to, an end-user while it is being delivered by a streaming provider (the term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback). The namerefers to the delivery method of the medium rather than to the medium itself. Thedistinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over  telecommunicationsnetworks, as most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g. radio,  television) or inherently non-streaming (e.g. books, video cassettes,audioCDs). The verb 'to stream' is also derived from this term, meaning to deliver media in this manner.
History
Attempts to display media on computers date back to the earliest days of computing,starting in the mid-20th century. However, little progress was made for several decades, primarily due to the high cost and limited capabilities of computer hardware.From the late 1980s through the 1990s, consumer-grade personal computers became powerful enough to display various media. The primary technical issues with streamingwere:
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