RTF 562
Emerging Technologies
Presented by:
Deborah R. Chambers
October 15, 2014
IPTV is a system through which
television services are delivered
using the Internet protocol suite
over a packet-switched network
such as a local area network (LAN)
or the Internet, instead of being delivered
through traditional terrestrial, satellite
signal, and cable television formats.
 Stand-alone personal computers
 Smartphones
 Touch screen tablets
 Game consoles
 Connected televisions
 Set-top-boxes
 Live streaming
 Time-shifted
 Video-on-demand
 Video to all screens all the time
 YouTube
 Instagram
 First generation of television – Limited TV
Broadcasting
 Second generation of television – Multichannel TV
Analog multichannel TV, cable TV, DBS
 Third generation of television – Individualized TV
Satellite, cable, HDTV, broadcast to mobile
 Fourth generation of television – Internet Protocol TV
TV over broadband Internet
*Source: Eli M. Noam
 Court TV trails is an online website that details
famous and not-so-famous criminal cases from
around the world.
 Court TV offers users the unique opportunity
to watch certain trails online.
 When the user visits the website, he can see
different trails from the past.
O.J. Simpson – ‘95
Casey Anthony
Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo
Travon Martin – Live Chat
Oscar Pistorius
 YouTube was launched in February 2005
 Instagram was launched on October 6, 2011
 Apple launched Quick Time
 Microsoft launched Windows Media Player
 Hundreds of channels
 Thousands of programs
 Millions of clips & excerpts
 Watch what ever we want
 Watch where ever we want
 Watch when ever we want on any screen size
“Television is on its way out. Oh, you’ll still get to
watch all your favorite shows, but the “death of TV”
means the $2.2 trillion entertainment industry is ripe
for anybody’s picking.”
 Will we run out of broadband space?
 Will cable companies become obsolete?
 How will energy sources be affected?
 Will Internet traffic slow down the web?
 Will government start to regulate the technology?
 Will money shift from traditional TV to online ads?