Contents :- Table of Contents by Author - The Use of Intelligent Compression for Future IPTV Networks - The IPTV/VoD Challenge: Upcoming Business Models - IPTV and End-to-End Video Solution - NOW Broadband TV - Enhancing the IPTV Service Architecture to Enable Service Innovation - Next-Generation Architecture for IPTV Middleware - The Set-Top Conundrum: A Market Case for Customized Integrated Media Devices - The IPTV Challenge for Telco Operators - Internet TV versus IPTV versus Web TV - Community TV: A Social and Personalized TV Experience - Maximizing IPTV Triple-Play Market Potential - Considerations for Deployment of IPTV on Passive Optical Networks - Toward Less Homogenous TV - nPVR and Integrated Caching Module (NCM) - Network Management, Surveillance, and Testing for IPTV Service Assurance - Emerging IPTV Solution Deployment: Riding on a Telco�s Network - Requirements of the New IPTV Network: Beyond Optimization - IPTV Operators� Strategies and the Italian Experience - Video Network Architectures for the Telcos: Challenges and Solutions - IPTV: The Clear Picture - The Convergence of IPTV and HTPC - Toward a Set-Top Box Portable Software Stack - Service Implications of Switching, Multiplexing, and QoS in Broadband Metro Networks - Looking Inside IPTV - The IPTV Challenge - Driving IPTV Growth: The Challenges and Perspectives - IPTV Has Become a Global Reality and Has Improved Quality of Service - Achieving High Performance with Your Video-over�IP Strategy - IPTV Success: Lessons from the Front Line - Acronym Guide