Linear and Non-Linear Video and TV Applications -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1: Evolving Viewing Paradigms -- 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE EVOLVING ENVIRONMENT -- 1.2 NEW CONTENT SOURCES AND SINKS -- 1.3 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS (SNAPSHOT) -- 1.4 REVENUE-GENERATION TRENDS -- 1.5 GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS -- 1.6 SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1A BACKGROUND STATISTICS AND FORECAST -- 1A.1 2009 Viewing Habits Nielsen's Data -- 1A.2 2011 Viewing Habits Nielsen's Data -- 2: An Overview of IPv6 -- 2.1 OVERVIEW AND MOTIVATIONS -- 2.2 ADDRESS CAPABILITIES -- 2.2.1 IPv4 Addressing and Issues -- 2.2.2 IPv6 Address Space -- 2.3 IPv6 PROTOCOL OVERVIEW -- 2.4 HEADER COMPRESSION SCHEMES -- 2.5 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) IN IPv6 -- 2.6 MIGRATION STRATEGIES TO IPv6 -- 2.6.1 Technical Approaches -- 2.6.2 Residential Broadband Services in an IPv6 Environment -- 2.6.3 Deployment Opportunities -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 2A IPv6 RFCs -- 3: An Overview of IP Multicast and Multicast Principles -- 3.1 MULTICAST ENVIRONMENT -- 3.2 BASIC MULTICAST CONCEPTS AND PROTOCOLS -- 3.3 IP MULTICAST ADDRESSES -- 3.4 INTERNET GROUP MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (IGMP) -- REFERENCES -- 4: IPv6 Multicast Approaches -- 4.1 OVERVIEW -- 4.2 IPv6 MULTICAST ADDRESSES -- 4.3 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) LAYER ADDRESSES ASPECTS -- 4.4 SIGNALING -- 4.5 ROUTING -- 4.6 RENDEZVOUS POINT (RP) APPROACHES -- 4.7 MULTICAST LISTENER DISCOVERY (MLD) -- 4.7.1 Overview of MLDv1 -- 4.7.2 Message Format -- 4.7.3 Protocol Description -- 4.7.4 State Transition for Nodes -- 4.7.5 State Transition for Routers -- 4.7.6 Overview of MLDv2 -- 4.7.7 Source Filtering -- REFERENCES -- 5: Evolving Traditional and Nontraditional TV Services -- 5.1 BASIC SERVICES -- 5.1.1 Distributed Content Service -- 5.1.2 Interactive Services -- 5.1.3 Public Interest Services -- 5.2 ADVANCED SERVICES.

5.2.1 Linear TV with Trick Mode -- 5.2.2 Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Services -- 5.2.3 Advertising Services -- 5.2.4 Audience Measurement Information -- 5.2.5 Interactive Services Requiring High Security -- REFERENCE -- 6: IPTV Systems and Technologies -- 6.1 OVERVIEW AND STAKEHOLDER UNIVERSE -- 6.1.1 Definitions -- 6.1.2 Services under Consideration -- 6.1.3 IPTV Stakeholder Universe -- 6.1.4 Market Scope -- 6.1.5 Multicast Mechanisms -- 6.2 IPTV ARCHITECTURES AND ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS -- 6.3 QoE AND QoS -- 6.3.1 QoE Aspects -- 6.3.2 QoS Aspects -- 6.4 SERVICE SECURITY AND CONTENT PROTECTION -- 6.5 IPTV NETWORKS -- 6.5.1 IPTV Multicast Frameworks -- 6.5.2 Control and Signaling Aspects -- 6.5.3 Content Delivery -- 6.6 END SYSTEMS AND INTEROPERABILITY ASPECTS -- 6.6.1 IPTV Terminal Devices -- 6.6.2 Home Network -- 6.6.3 Audience Information -- 6.7 MIDDLEWARE, APPLICATION, AND CONTENT PLATFORMS -- 6.7.1 IPTV Metadata -- 6.7.2 IPTV Middleware Architecture -- 6.7.3 Content Provisioning -- 6.7.4 Service Discovery -- 6.7.5 Service Navigation -- 6.7.6 Electronic Program Guide -- 6.7.7 User Profiles -- 6.7.8 Protocol Support Machinery for Middleware, Application, and Content Platforms -- 6.8 IPTV STANDARDS: A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS -- 6.8.1 ITU-T -- 6.8.2 ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) -- 6.8.3 Commercial Products and Interworking -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 6A NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS (NGN) AND IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) -- 6A.1 NGN -- 6A.2 IMS -- APPENDIX 6B IPTV PROTOCOLS USED BY IPTV TERMINAL DEVICES -- 6B.1 Network Attachment: E9 -- 6B.2 Service Discovery at Various Interface Points -- 6B.3 Service Navigation: E0 -- 6B.4 Service Consumption -- 6B.5 Download Services -- 6B.6 Other Relevant Protocols -- 7: Technologies for Internet-Based TV -- 7.1 STREAMING -- 7.1.1 Real-Time Transport Protocol/Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTP/RTSP).

7.1.2 Apple HTTP Live Streaming -- 7.1.3 HTTP Flash Progressive Download -- 7.2 CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS -- 7.3 P2P NETWORKS -- 7.4 CLOUD COMPUTING -- 7.5 CORE INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES -- 7.5.1 Very High-Capacity Backbone Networks, Transmission -- 7.5.2 Very High-Capacity Backbone Networks, Routing -- 7.5.3 Terrestrial Trends in Access Networks -- 7.6 STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT IBTV -- 7.7 SERVICE PROVIDER STRATEGIES FOR NTTV -- 7.7.1 Overview -- 7.7.2 Discussion -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 7A A PERSPECTIVE ON THE FUTURE -- 7A.1 Global Internet Highlights -- 7A.2 Global Video Highlights -- 7A.3 Global Mobile Highlights -- 7A.4 Regional Highlights -- 8: Nontraditional Video Display and Content Sources -- 8.1 NTTV TRENDS -- 8.2 NTTV DISPLAY UNITS -- 8.3 NTTV CONTENT SOURCES -- 8.3.1 Hulu -- 8.3.2 Apple -- 8.3.3 Boxee -- 8.3.4 Clicker -- 8.3.5 Revision3 Internet Television -- 8.3.6 Next New Networks -- 8.3.7 UltraViolet -- 8.3.8 Netflix -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.