Online television, also known as IP television or Internet distributed television , is the final product of the evolution of networks in their work of producing and distributing audiovisual communication material through the network of networks.
The expansion of transmission possibilities, through the increase of broadband and the use of Fiber Optics , has made the objective of an online television reality by enabling the streaming of complex audiovisual content without pauses or cuts and with a high quality .
The revolution of online television has decisively changed consumer habits . Users are no longer willing to watch what is broadcast on prearranged channels, but choose their preferred content, whenever they want, in the device they have at their disposal and as many times as they wish.
It is estimated that online television will have overtaken traditional television in a period not exceeding 20 years and, according to studies carried out by large platforms in the sector, from an approximate figure of 92 million worldwide subscribers to this technology, it will be 332 million by the year 2019 . Undoubtedly, this happens because Internet television presents a series of advantages.
The greatest advantages of online television
- Online television provides the possibility of having a "television on demand". Users see what they want, among a wide range of possibilities and when they want to do it, freeing themselves from the schedules established by conventional television broadcasts.
- Undoubtedly, Smart TV products are focused on online television and its market has increased significantly in recent years. However, it is not the exclusive means to tune Internet television. One of the great advantages of this medium is that you can see its contents on any device that can be connected to networks.
This means that, if laptops, tablets and smartphones have become the main support used to access the Internet , they also appear as the main receivers of online broadcasts, which work with the majority operating systems, such as iOS and Android. .
- Online television is able to offer an immense amount of content among which you choose , with different channels of different themes, whether it is music, sports, documentaries, entertainment or news, among many others.
In these online broadcasts, the so-called video on demand (VOD) has an especially privileged position, being a kind of virtual video clubs that offer the possibility of watching films, documentaries and series. Another great advantage is that you pay only for what you see.
The use of online television does not imply the downloading of contents, but they are displayed in real time, without taking up space in the device's memory or jeopardizing the security of the terminals used.
Being such an advanced technology allows, in addition, such peculiar functions as recommending the user programs that could be of interest , based on the tastes that would have shown in past elections.
- Being able to choose content in online television allows the user to enjoy the high quality of image and sound that the high speed of communications has made possible and frees him from the publicity of traditional television channels.
Factors such as these explain that online television is a reality of the present rather than the future, a form of cultural consumption adapted to the viewer of our time , jealous of its autonomy to actively choose the products that it wants to consume, compared to another profile passive and in the process of overcoming, of that spectator who was satisfied with choosing the products that traditional channels threw him.
New Wall Plates and Inserts
I replaced the old wall plate with handy quick insert connectors and wall plates. Shown below.
Hard Wiring Your Home for Internet and Streaming
The Tools You Will Need:
Cable Snake
50 FT Fish Tape with High Impact Case for Electric or Communication Wire Puller
by Pit Bull Pit Bull
Amazon Price: $13.45 £9.36 CDN$ 35.52
Ethernet (RJ-45) Crimping Tool
Crimping Tool for 4P/6P/8P, RJ-11/RJ-12/RJ-45 Network and Telephone Cables - Modular Telecom Crimping Tool Network Cable Pliers Ratchet Crimping Pliers (Crimper)
Crimping Tool for 4P/6P/8P, RJ-11/RJ-12/RJ-45 Network and Telephone Cables - Modular Telecom Crimping Tool Network Cable Pliers Ratchet Crimping Pliers (Crimper)
by Epsilont Epsilont
Amazon Price: $16.95 - CDN$ 51.77
Wire Cutter
Stanley 84-105 6-Inch Diagonal Cutting Plier
by Stanley Stanley
Amazon Price: $5.68 £13.05 CDN$ 7.99
RJ-45 Cable Tester
Tonor TM RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 CAT 6 UTP Network Lan Cable Tester Test Tool
Tonor TM RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 CAT 6 UTP Network Lan Cable Tester Test Tool
by TONOR TONOR
Amazon Price: $7.99 £51.55 -
Electrical Tape
Duck Brand 299006 3/4-Inch by 60 Feet Utility Vinyl Electrical Tape with Single Roll, Black, 3/4 Inch x Economy
by Duck ShurTech Brands, LLC
Amazon Price: $2.88 £1.49 CDN$ 3.48
Cable Stripper
BlueCosto Wire Stripper Cutter for Round / Flat UTP Cat5 Cat6 Coax Coaxial Cable Stripping Universal Tool
by BlueCosto BlueCosto
Amazon Price: $7.99 - CDN$ 15.99
Punch-Down Impact Tool
Cable Matters 110 Punch Down Tool with 110 Blade
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $9.99 £4.34 CDN$ 14.99
Screw Driver
STANLEY 68-012M All-In-One 6-Way Screwdriver
by Stanley Stanley
Amazon Price: $6.67 £8.77 CDN$ 8.07
Supplies You Will Need:
Bare Cat 6 Cable (RJ-45 Ethernet Cable)
Infinity Cable CAT6 CMR Riser 23AWG UTP, 1000 Feet, 550MHz Solid, 100% Bare Copper, UL Certified, Easy to Pull (Reelex II) Box, Ethernet Cable, Blue
by Infinity Cable Products Infinity Cable Products
Amazon Price: $122.00 -
Patch Panel (optional)
TRENDnet 8-Port Cat5/5e Unshielded Wallmount or Rackmount Patch Panel, 10 Inch Wide, 8 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet Ports, TC-P08C5E
by TRENDnet TRENDnet
Amazon Price: $16.99 £15.52 CDN$ 31.21
Quick Connect RJ-45 Ethernet Inserts
[UL Listed] Cable Matters 10-Pack Cat6 RJ45 Keystone Jack (Cat 6 / Cat6 Keystone Jack) in Black
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $15.99 £39.99 CDN$ 43.90
Ethernet RJ-45 Ends (If not using Patch Panel)
C&E 100 Pieces Cat6, Cat5E Crimp Connectors
by C&E MarginMart, Inc.
Amazon Price: $5.86 CDN$ 13.99
Wall Plates
Cable Matters [UL Listed] (10 Pack) Wall Plate with 2-Port Keystone Jack in White
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $10.99 £5.45 CDN$ 28.20
Cable Clips
Your Cable Store 100 Pack Black / 8mm RG6 Cable Clips
by Your Cable Store Your Cable Store
Amazon Price: $7.19 £2.60 CDN$ 20.26
Zip Ties
Cable Matters (Combo Pack) 200 Self-Locking 6+8+12-Inch Nylon Cable Ties (Tie Wraps/Zip Ties) in Black & White
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $8.99 £52.88 CDN$ 33.39
Snaking the Ethernet (Cat 6) Cable
This will take some effort and time depending on the size of your home. In this description, I will stick to how to run Cat 6 cable to existing gang boxes. To accomplish this you will need a cable snake and some electrical tape. It can also be nice to have a second person help you run the cabling. You need to determine how many rooms you want to wire. First start by taping one end of your Cat 6 cable to the top of your snake and make sure the cable is running parallel with the snake wire. Picture below.
Hard Wiring Your Home for Internet and Streaming
Use the snake to run the cable to the location. Make sure you removed the wall plate covers so you can see the snake and pull the cable thought the gang box hole. You may have to run the cable between walls. It may take a few tries to get to your end location, be patient. Once you reached the desired gang box you can remove the tape from the cable. Then cut the cable on the other end that is running to your central cable stack using a wire cutter. Make sure that you leave enough slack on each side of the cable for stripping and tying down. Also, label each end of the Cat 6 cable with a sharpie or sticky label with the room location. Repeat this step until you have all the rooms you want to be wired.
Wiring Types
When it comes to wiring your Cat 6 cable there are two methods. The T-568 A and T-568 B method. Each method uses a different color code system to wire your CAT 6 cables. You are basically matching the colors of the cable to the colors on the connections of the patch panel and the quick connect inserts. I would recommend using the T-568B method, it is the most widely used and is how all patch cable is wired. Just make sure you maintain the same wiring method each time. See diagram below.
The expansion of transmission possibilities, through the increase of broadband and the use of Fiber Optics , has made the objective of an online television reality by enabling the streaming of complex audiovisual content without pauses or cuts and with a high quality .
The revolution of online television has decisively changed consumer habits . Users are no longer willing to watch what is broadcast on prearranged channels, but choose their preferred content, whenever they want, in the device they have at their disposal and as many times as they wish.
It is estimated that online television will have overtaken traditional television in a period not exceeding 20 years and, according to studies carried out by large platforms in the sector, from an approximate figure of 92 million worldwide subscribers to this technology, it will be 332 million by the year 2019 . Undoubtedly, this happens because Internet television presents a series of advantages.
The greatest advantages of online television
- Online television provides the possibility of having a "television on demand". Users see what they want, among a wide range of possibilities and when they want to do it, freeing themselves from the schedules established by conventional television broadcasts.
- Undoubtedly, Smart TV products are focused on online television and its market has increased significantly in recent years. However, it is not the exclusive means to tune Internet television. One of the great advantages of this medium is that you can see its contents on any device that can be connected to networks.
This means that, if laptops, tablets and smartphones have become the main support used to access the Internet , they also appear as the main receivers of online broadcasts, which work with the majority operating systems, such as iOS and Android. .
- Online television is able to offer an immense amount of content among which you choose , with different channels of different themes, whether it is music, sports, documentaries, entertainment or news, among many others.
In these online broadcasts, the so-called video on demand (VOD) has an especially privileged position, being a kind of virtual video clubs that offer the possibility of watching films, documentaries and series. Another great advantage is that you pay only for what you see.
The use of online television does not imply the downloading of contents, but they are displayed in real time, without taking up space in the device's memory or jeopardizing the security of the terminals used.
Being such an advanced technology allows, in addition, such peculiar functions as recommending the user programs that could be of interest , based on the tastes that would have shown in past elections.
- Being able to choose content in online television allows the user to enjoy the high quality of image and sound that the high speed of communications has made possible and frees him from the publicity of traditional television channels.
Factors such as these explain that online television is a reality of the present rather than the future, a form of cultural consumption adapted to the viewer of our time , jealous of its autonomy to actively choose the products that it wants to consume, compared to another profile passive and in the process of overcoming, of that spectator who was satisfied with choosing the products that traditional channels threw him.
New Wall Plates and Inserts
I replaced the old wall plate with handy quick insert connectors and wall plates. Shown below.
Hard Wiring Your Home for Internet and Streaming
The Tools You Will Need:
Cable Snake
50 FT Fish Tape with High Impact Case for Electric or Communication Wire Puller
by Pit Bull Pit Bull
Amazon Price: $13.45 £9.36 CDN$ 35.52
Ethernet (RJ-45) Crimping Tool
Crimping Tool for 4P/6P/8P, RJ-11/RJ-12/RJ-45 Network and Telephone Cables - Modular Telecom Crimping Tool Network Cable Pliers Ratchet Crimping Pliers (Crimper)
Crimping Tool for 4P/6P/8P, RJ-11/RJ-12/RJ-45 Network and Telephone Cables - Modular Telecom Crimping Tool Network Cable Pliers Ratchet Crimping Pliers (Crimper)
by Epsilont Epsilont
Amazon Price: $16.95 - CDN$ 51.77
Wire Cutter
Stanley 84-105 6-Inch Diagonal Cutting Plier
by Stanley Stanley
Amazon Price: $5.68 £13.05 CDN$ 7.99
RJ-45 Cable Tester
Tonor TM RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 CAT 6 UTP Network Lan Cable Tester Test Tool
Tonor TM RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 CAT 6 UTP Network Lan Cable Tester Test Tool
by TONOR TONOR
Amazon Price: $7.99 £51.55 -
Electrical Tape
Duck Brand 299006 3/4-Inch by 60 Feet Utility Vinyl Electrical Tape with Single Roll, Black, 3/4 Inch x Economy
by Duck ShurTech Brands, LLC
Amazon Price: $2.88 £1.49 CDN$ 3.48
Cable Stripper
BlueCosto Wire Stripper Cutter for Round / Flat UTP Cat5 Cat6 Coax Coaxial Cable Stripping Universal Tool
by BlueCosto BlueCosto
Amazon Price: $7.99 - CDN$ 15.99
Punch-Down Impact Tool
Cable Matters 110 Punch Down Tool with 110 Blade
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $9.99 £4.34 CDN$ 14.99
Screw Driver
STANLEY 68-012M All-In-One 6-Way Screwdriver
by Stanley Stanley
Amazon Price: $6.67 £8.77 CDN$ 8.07
Supplies You Will Need:
Bare Cat 6 Cable (RJ-45 Ethernet Cable)
Infinity Cable CAT6 CMR Riser 23AWG UTP, 1000 Feet, 550MHz Solid, 100% Bare Copper, UL Certified, Easy to Pull (Reelex II) Box, Ethernet Cable, Blue
by Infinity Cable Products Infinity Cable Products
Amazon Price: $122.00 -
Patch Panel (optional)
TRENDnet 8-Port Cat5/5e Unshielded Wallmount or Rackmount Patch Panel, 10 Inch Wide, 8 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet Ports, TC-P08C5E
by TRENDnet TRENDnet
Amazon Price: $16.99 £15.52 CDN$ 31.21
Quick Connect RJ-45 Ethernet Inserts
[UL Listed] Cable Matters 10-Pack Cat6 RJ45 Keystone Jack (Cat 6 / Cat6 Keystone Jack) in Black
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $15.99 £39.99 CDN$ 43.90
Ethernet RJ-45 Ends (If not using Patch Panel)
C&E 100 Pieces Cat6, Cat5E Crimp Connectors
by C&E MarginMart, Inc.
Amazon Price: $5.86 CDN$ 13.99
Wall Plates
Cable Matters [UL Listed] (10 Pack) Wall Plate with 2-Port Keystone Jack in White
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $10.99 £5.45 CDN$ 28.20
Cable Clips
Your Cable Store 100 Pack Black / 8mm RG6 Cable Clips
by Your Cable Store Your Cable Store
Amazon Price: $7.19 £2.60 CDN$ 20.26
Zip Ties
Cable Matters (Combo Pack) 200 Self-Locking 6+8+12-Inch Nylon Cable Ties (Tie Wraps/Zip Ties) in Black & White
by Cable Matters Cable Matters
Amazon Price: $8.99 £52.88 CDN$ 33.39
Snaking the Ethernet (Cat 6) Cable
This will take some effort and time depending on the size of your home. In this description, I will stick to how to run Cat 6 cable to existing gang boxes. To accomplish this you will need a cable snake and some electrical tape. It can also be nice to have a second person help you run the cabling. You need to determine how many rooms you want to wire. First start by taping one end of your Cat 6 cable to the top of your snake and make sure the cable is running parallel with the snake wire. Picture below.
Hard Wiring Your Home for Internet and Streaming
Use the snake to run the cable to the location. Make sure you removed the wall plate covers so you can see the snake and pull the cable thought the gang box hole. You may have to run the cable between walls. It may take a few tries to get to your end location, be patient. Once you reached the desired gang box you can remove the tape from the cable. Then cut the cable on the other end that is running to your central cable stack using a wire cutter. Make sure that you leave enough slack on each side of the cable for stripping and tying down. Also, label each end of the Cat 6 cable with a sharpie or sticky label with the room location. Repeat this step until you have all the rooms you want to be wired.
Wiring Types
When it comes to wiring your Cat 6 cable there are two methods. The T-568 A and T-568 B method. Each method uses a different color code system to wire your CAT 6 cables. You are basically matching the colors of the cable to the colors on the connections of the patch panel and the quick connect inserts. I would recommend using the T-568B method, it is the most widely used and is how all patch cable is wired. Just make sure you maintain the same wiring method each time. See diagram below.
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