“IPTV/VoD: The Open 4th Platform is an anthology of 20+ articles written between 2005-2008 by one of the media industry’s most irreverent and respected leaders, Alexander Cameron. Widely published all over the world and written in his trademarked easily-read cynical style, his insight into the future of television has been cited by hundreds of CEOs and business leaders as a seminal reference for anyone wanting to understand the opportunities and problems of the brave new world. His insight has earned him the title of “one of the greatest minds of his generation” in the UK press.

But more that, IPTV/VoD: The Open 4th Platform is Cameron’s unique vision of how the Internet could eventually connect all electronic devices across the globe and be the hyper-intelligent television network of the 21st century, along with his damning critique of how all the industry has only managed to clone cable TV systems so far, despite it being so much more. But it has to retain the characteristics of the Internet to work: open, free, neutral and globally accessible to everyone.”

Wiley and TVMentors announce that Gerard O'Driscoll has recently published his latest book titled 'Next Generation IPTV Services and Technologies'.

"The television entertainment industry is currently experiencing a major transformation due to improvements in video compression techniques and the steady rise of broadband penetration. This transformation in the core TV business is fueling the demand for a new generation of technology professionals who will be responsible for implementing IP-based video services and digital home services around the world." said the book's author Gerard O'Driscoll.

"This book is an integral part of this transformation and provides telecom operators, wireless mobile providers, cable TV companies, media companies, broadcasters, video production companies, and Internet portal companies with the technical information needed to help ensure their IPTV networks are well designed, and run efficiently with minimal operational costs",. Coverage includes:

After quite a few requests, we decided to make one laundry list of books on IPTV and related technologies. Check them out.

Know any books we missed? Let us know.

Finding and identifying companies that provide specific types of IPTV products and services in the fast growing IPTV indutry is rather difficult. More and more new companies or divisions of large companies enter the IPTV market, whose products and services and even company categories are rather unknown. Thus it becomes difficult to find information through generic searches on the Internet.

With "IP Television Basics", Lawrence Harte and Robert T. Flood add another book to their IPTV series. The book gives an introduction to IP television, how it operates, what services it can provide, why and how companies efficiently upgrade data networks for IPTV, develop new advanced television services, and expand their market through the use of global television channels by using IPTV equipment and software.

What is IPTV? How does IPTV work? Why use IPTV? Who offers IPTV? What equipment is needed to use IPTV? Lawrence Harte, President of Althos Publishing, gives answers to those questions in his new book "Introduction to IP Television (IPTV)".

"This book explains how and why people and companies are using IP television and Internet television services. You will discover how global television services are already available through the Internet and how you can use standard television to watch global television channels using analog television adapter boxes."