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Interactive Video Service

Interactive Video Service is a managed live streaming service from Amazon Web Services, built on the same tech that powers Twitch.

International Standard Audiovisual Number

An International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) is a unique ISO identifier for audiovisual works and versions. It is managed by the ISAN International Agency (ISAN-IA), a not-for-profit Swiss…

Internet Group Management Protocol

Internet Group Management Protocol allows receivers to indicate their interest to join (or leave) an IPv4 multicast traffic distribution group. IGMP is typically used for IPTV live broadcast…

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is TV delivered over Internet Protocol (IP) rather than using QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) over a wire or OTA (Over The Air).

Internet Speech Audio Codec

iSAC is a wideband speech codec, developed by Global IP Solutions (GIPS) (later acquired by Google) and is suitable for VoIP applications and streaming audio.

IoT

Internet of Things

IP

Internet Protocol

ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF)

ISO base media file format (ISOBMFF) is a standard for storing and exchanging media data.

ISP

Internet Service Provider

JavaScript Object Notation

JavaScript Object Notation is an open standard file format, and data interchange format, that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and…

Key Network Delivery Metrics

This document describes key network delivery metrics for streaming Internet video. The Streaming Video Alliance Quality of Experience (QoE) working group (WG) developed these metrics as a common…

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are metrics that are used to measure the performance of a streaming service.

Key Rotation

Method consisting in changing regularly the secret key used to encrypt the content to improve security.

Last Mile

The component of the distribution network that happens between the Internet Service Provider and the viewer’s playback device. It is the final stretch of a network that connects…

Latency

Network definition: Latency describes the time required to transmit data or to communicate between two parties. In data networking, it corresponds to the one-way delay between two points…

Libav

Linear Addressable

Addressable ads inserted into live or linear TV programming. This term is typically associated with traditional pay-TV operators delivering these services over set-top box.

Linear Programming

Linear Programming, in the context of content consumption, is video content that being consumed by the viewer, where the viewer does not have control of the viewing timeline,…