Technologies and Architectures for Future IP Television Services

Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services progress along a path leading to overcome their limitations compared with over‐the‐top (OTT), so do the OTT services with respect to IPTV. The technological evolution of both are hence intertwined, enabling an overhaul of the business model of many actors involved in these delivery systems. This chapter analyses the future and the possibilities of an overhaul. It is envisioned that softwarisation and cloudification will be key‐enablers for IPTV providers to safely outsource the right management. The chapter also analyses the major changes in the user behaviours and their impact on the video stakeholders, drawing evolution towards new revenue models. The chapter further details the recent studies and upcoming solutions for legacy content providers (CPs) and content delivery networks (CDNs) to leverage peer‐to‐peer (P2P) assistance in video‐on‐demand (VoD) distribution. It brings up information‐centric networking (ICN) in this regard.