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Internet Television or Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Is a system through which television services are delivered using the internet Protocol over a private managed network as opposed to traditional over the air, Cable television

Growth OF IPTV in Canada
As early as the 2000s, Internet Protocol Television(IPTV) showed potential to be a suitable substitute to digital cable or cable in general, with the constant demand for innovation and the competition within the market IPTV has been entrusted as a BDU( Broadcast Distribution Undertaking). [2]The IPTV demand has been growing steadily in contrast to its competitors in the industry, as the CRTC reveals, From 2014-2015 to 2015-2016, traditional television viewership in the 12-17 age demographic decreased the most, reaching 16.4 hours per week, a 13% decrease relative to the 2014-2015 average of 18.8 hours per week, while that occurred “Internet TV viewing continued to increase in 2016 as Canadians 18 years of age and older are now watching an average of 3.1 hours per week of Internet TV compared to an average of 0.5 hours per week in 2010”

This would also result in massive profits for IPTV, According to the CRTC:

''Revenues of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service providers continued their upward trend and totalled $1.8 billion in 2016. This represented an increase of $232 million (14.8%) from 2015 and of $1.2 billion (205%) since 2012. By contrast, the revenues of cable and satellite service providers have been on a downward trend since 2012, recording the largest losses over the past two years. Cable service providers generated revenues of $4.8 billion in 2016, down 5.5% from 2015, while satellite service providers generated revenues of $2.15 billion, down 6.1% during the same period ''

Brief history of IPTV in Canada

 * In 1999, Vibe vision was announced as the first commercial IPTV service in Canada, by NBtel( now known as Bell Aliant). This service was Marketed in New Brunswick and later expanded into Nova Scotia. To Develop this service NBTel Partnered with iMagicTV.
 * In 2002, Saskatchewan's government-owned telecommunications service SaskTel provided an IPTV service in Canada, called Max Entertainment it included movie titles from all the major studios, 150 digital channels, 45 commercial-free channels and on-screen caller ID."
 * With the emergence of this medium challenging the status quo and creating a new avenue for business, No surprise many more companies looked to integrate this service into their operation, as Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) launched its IPTV service in 2009, “MTS Ultimate TV, in Brandon, Manitoba. The HDTV-enabled service, which is powered by technology from Alcatel-Lucent and by the Microsoft Mediaroom middleware and applications platform.
 * TELUS introduced their IPTV service called Optik TV in 2008

Bell launched IPTV relatively late, first via its then affiliate Bell Aliant in 2009, before slowly rolling out the service in the high-end districts of Montreal and Toronto over the next two year Bell introduced another IPTV via its then affiliate Bell Aliant in 2009, before slowly rolling out the service in the high-end district of Montreal and Toronto over the next two years. Its slow rollout was to minimize its impact on the existing investment in DTH satellite TV wireless, high-speed Internet, TV and NAS subscriber bases increased by 476,932 (418,427 postpaid), 229,470, 108,107 (104,661 IPTV) and 419,816 (223,663 residential and 196,153 business) subscribers, respectively. This resulted into a 5% increase in Bell’s total broadband service subscribers.
 * Bell Aliant's Acquisition of MTS in 2016 was the beginning of the end for MTS Ultimate TV, as it was scrapped and then rebranded as the widely known FibeTV with that purchase Bell documented
 * Rogers Television is in the process of the releasing its Ignite TV service as expressed as Rogers it has an all-in-one search including Netflix and YouTube integration makes it easy to find all your favourites in one place. Netflix, recorded programs, live TV – no matter what tonight’s family room feature is, experience it instantly and effortlessly with one unified search.

IPTV Market
The telecommication companies are not alone in this very competitive market, The TV box has been put into question for its legality, but its still has a huge appeal to costumers: The Android TV Box: The Android TV box is simply a TV box that runs on the Android Operating system, like the ones found on your phones, and it allows viewers to get access to multiple Television apps and free movie apps that are available on the app store. Essentially makes your TV a smart TV. It allows you to have access to streaming services like: And much more.
 *  Kodi: Kodi has been described as a media center for your android box. This app is a free and open source developed platform that allows you to stream an abundance of content online.
 * Mobdro: This service works by scanning the internet and finds the best free video streams for every content that’s been requested to view.
 * YouTube
 * Twitch
 * Netflix