With its more costly satellite TV play, Dish and DirecTV are the most vulnerable players in this changing landscape, said Scott Paterson, Executive Vice Chairman of IPTV technology provider, NeuLion.

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While peer-to-peer sharing certainly gets its fair share of critics, the sharing, caring approach to distributing media definitely has its useful (and legal) benefits, and now NDS has announced "two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution, " which looks to bring P2P technology to the DVR.

ENGADGET: NDS announces P2P-enabled DVR solution

Panasonic first introduced its concept of connected HDTVs five years ago and in 2012 VIERA Connect1, Panasonic's proprietary IPTV platform, continues to improve its functionality by employing a cloud based technology and philosophy, allowing for an unlimited number of apps being available to the consumer.

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Furthermore, the ShareTV system "allows IPTV subscribers to legally share their stored TV content using peer-to-peer technology running in the Jungo Residential Gateway software, " essentially opening up a new realm of recorded television to access just in case your forgot to schedule a crucial recording.

ENGADGET: NDS announces P2P-enabled DVR solution