Glossary

Internet Protocol Television

Definition: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is television content that, instead of being delivered through traditional formats, is received by the viewer through the technologies used for computer networks. This is to say that the digital television content is formatted using IP and is supplied through a broadband connection. Fee-based IPTV, as it is today, terminates in a set-top box with the requisite access controls before landing on a TV screen. (Source: CRTC, The Future Environment Facing the Canadian Broadcasting System, Appendix 1)
French: télévision IP
Associated words and phrases also defined: Internet Protocol
Note: Fee-based IPTV should not be confused with TV over Internet, or Internet Television
This term is used for: IPTV

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