IP Television (IPTV)
- Course Name: IP Television (IPTV)
- Duration: 2 Days
- Technical Level: 2
Overview
This 2-day training course explores the concept and market for IPTV services and examines example service offerings and the technologies which support these.
The course introduces the concept of IPTV services and examines service offerings to analyse the business models being employed in this emerging market segment. The technology choices for the delivery of IPTV are also examined to explain the features and capabilities that can be supported and to allow a comparison with other forms of entertainment service delivery.
Course Objectives
- Understand what is meant by the term IP Television and list the service features
- Describe the business models which are being applied to IPTV services
- Identify the main network requirements and components.
- Identify the market trends in relation to IPTV services
- Contrast wireless and wireline access technologies and identify the access requirements for multimedia services
- Identify the role of fibre technology in access networks and state the capabilities of the optical systems deployed
- List the main technologies which are being used to deliver digital television and contrast the features of these systems
- Describe the functions of features of Set Top Boxes for IPTV
- List the protocols and signal formats which are deployed in IPTV and describe the main features of each
- Describe the requirements of the billing, OSS and BSS platforms
- List the security threats related to IP networks and describe the techniques that may be used to mitigate these and protect content
Course Requirements
A basic understanding of telecommunications would be an advantage, but is not essential.
