IPTV Adoption
Description:
IPTV, otherwise dubbed broadband TV, refers to packet-based real-time broadcasting on the Internet, which is expected to bring huge possibilities for end users compared to today's video services.
Enablers:
Ministry of Information and Communication. IT industry.
Inhibitors:
Korean Broadcasting Commission. Broadcasting industry. They are afraid of losing market. The broadcasting commission had argued that the IP-based television should be operated within the legal boundaries of the new multimedia services such as digital cable television services.
Paradigms:
IPTV services should be considered as an extension of telecommunications or ``broadband convergence services’’ as it has mixed characteristics of both broadcasting and telecommunications.
Experts:
Timing:
On Jul 19,2006 the nation's broadcasting regulator and the Information and Communication Ministry agreed to jointly operate Web-based television services, ending a lengthy debate over jurisdiction issues.