Summary

Recommendation ITU-T H.720 gives an overview of the architecture and functional components of an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) terminal device and provides a high-level description of the functionality necessary to support IPTV services. This Recommendation provides the definitions of terminal device and end system, the location of terminal devices and end systems within the overall architecture of IPTV, examples of IPTV services, an abstract description of the terminal device architecture, and descriptions of other Recommendations that discuss IPTV terminal devices.