Lauch IP TV over Internet

From November 28, Internet users can freely access to website www.vtc.com.vn for watching Vietnam Television channels. This website is provided by VTC. It is the first time, an IPTV system with the lastest media streaming codec – MPEG4 H264 is bought to public over Internet.

VTC will broadcast 2 Vietnam Television channels VTV1 and VTV3. Before that, there has been 3 ISP provided IPTV at: www.jumptv.com, www.itv.com.vn (VASC) and www.vnntelevision.net (VDC).

Mr Le Van Khuong, head of software development department of VTC said: “Before, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video codecs require a large bandwidth, so it is hardly to get high video quality with current Internet connection in Viet Nam. With MPEG-4 H264 video codec, I believe video and audio quality will be better on popular ADSL Internet connections nowaday”.

(Source – VNExpress.net)