IPTV History

History


The term IPTV first appeared in 1995 with the founding of Precept Software by Judith Estrin and Bill Carrico

Internet radio company AudioNet started the first continuous live webcasts with content from WFAA-TV in January 1998 and KCTU-LP on 10 January 1998.

In 2008, PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) launched IPTV under the brand name of PTCL Smart TV in Pakistan. This service is available in 150 major cities of the country offering 140 live channels and more than 500 titles for VOD with key features such as:

EPG (electronic programme guide)
Parental Control
Time-Shift Television
VOD (video on demand)
In 2010, CenturyLink – after acquiring Embarq (2009) and Qwest (2010) – entered five U.S. markets with an IPTV service called Prism.[16] This was after successful test marketing in Florida. During the 2014 Winter Olympics Shortest path bridging (IEEE 802.1aq) was used to deliver 36 IPTV HD Olympic channels.

In 2016, KCTV (Korean Central Television) introduced the Set-top box called "Manbang" (meaning ‘everywhere’ or ‘every direction’).

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