Story: BT's Broadband TV to be delivered by Philips
Posted by: Jason Maddison (Monday 31 October 2005, 10:30 AM)
The article might be slightly misleading to some. BT do not plan to broadcast content (multicasting) over the internet, their network is not multicast enabled. The box is intended to offer a ‘free-view’ package with the ability to download a select amount of content (programmes or films etc) over the broadband connection. At other times the box will act much the same way as a modem or router.
BT will not be offering IPTV, their plan is to offer a download service. Apple has already started to do this, to a limited extent, with their iTunes store.
Jason
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