Why IPTV? : interctivity, technologies and services

Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Interactive, Personal, IP TV: From TV over Internet and Web-TV to Interactive Video Media. 2. IPTV Standards and Solutions. 3. The Next-Generation Consumer Electronics and Interactive, Personal, IPTV. 4. Designing Interactive IPTV Applications. 5. Monetizing IPTV: Advertising and Interaction. 6. P2P, TV on the Web, VoD, and (n)PVR. 7. Digital Rights and Next Generation IPTV DRM. 8. Identities, Subscriptions, User Profiles, and Presence. 9. Beyond the EPG: Metadata in Interactive IPTV. 10. Protocols for Interaction. 11. Next-Generation IPTV Encoding - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and beyond. 12. Next Generation IPTV Networking & Streaming with IMS. 13. Developing and Deploying IPTV. References. Index.