What Is IPTV? Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Video
But what is IPTV? What does IPTV stand for? How does it work? And how can you use it to improve your TV-watching experience? We have the answers. What You’ll Learn Use the table of contents below to navigate through this post: What IPTV is How IPTV works IPTV Services The future of IPTV What Is IPTV? Let’s start with the basics. What, exactly, is IPTV? IPTV stands for “internet protocol television.” The “IP” in IPTV is the same as the one in your IP address or VoIP (voice over IP). All that means is television programming is being communicated using the internet protocol. To understand what that means, you need to know a bit about how non-IPTV works. With cable or satellite TV, broadcasters send out signals in real-time, and viewers receive them—you’re only able to watch what’s being live broadcasted. Unless you have some sort of recording device, you don’t get to dictate what’s on when. You just tune in when you can and watch what’s available. If you’re not a part of the media land