Internet Protocol Television(IPTV)

Abstract

This paper describes the development of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and its implications for education. IPTV is a new type of educational technology that provides digital content (text, graphic, audio and video) that users view in the form of television broadcasts over the Internet. With cap capabilities of IPTV which can be used for educational purpose. Therefore, the IPTV project (Suan Dusit Internet Broadcasting: SDIB) aims to develop into a platform that enhances educational opportunities that supports distance learning. The IPTV system was designed to broadcast in four channels (kids, video on demand, variety and radio). More than seven hundred programs are being broadcast through both trough live and video on demand streams through computers, set top boxes and mobile devices.