It is a process of transmitting and broadcasting television programs through the Internet using IP. Any person who watches a clip online, is experiencing a form of IPTV.
For user’s comfort, telecommunication companies started offering television programming through their high speed networks.
This makes it possible for telcos to offer the quadruple play, which is a combination of wireless phone, Internet, land-line phone and TV programming. It provides an integrated environment to deliver broadcast quality video over the IP-based communication using high speed Internet broadband network such as DSL high speed Internet cable and T1, T2 and T3 lines.