Set-top box central to rollout of IPTV

[23.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic] Television delivered through internet connections (IPTV) will struggle to gain market traction as a standalone service and needs to be integrated into a home network along with cable, satellite and free-to-air TV and VoIP and telephony services, analyst firm Gartner has said. Linking TVs, set-top boxes and DVD recorders to the internet will be necessary to drive uptake of IPTV and IP video, the company stated. “Although today’s newest, leading-e