IPTV-Personalizing Television - North American IPTV Services Market

The major driver behind IPTV or “telco TV” is a response to cable operators' launching VoIP and creating a bundle of video, data and voice services. Initially, the IPTV experience will be similar to the broadcast TV experience in order to attract customers to an enhanced experience and then over time, new applications will be introduced in an evolutionary fashion. These applications will include increased personalization and converged PC, TV and telephony applications.