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No? IPTV is a protocol. You can send on-demand movies etc too.

• tw04 2y ago
  It is literally the specification to send live tv over IP. The fact some services also support on demand movies is irrelevant to the fact the service in question is for live tv. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_television https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_television
  • tacker2000 2y ago
    You send an MPEG transport stream. The contents are arbitrary and can be anything you want, live TV, movies, etc.
    • tw04 2y ago
      Which doesn’t change the fact the protocol was literally designed for TV and the service in question was selling television stream access.
  • jiggunjer 2y ago
    I never said it doesn't support live tv. But I was trying to point out that people who pay for the above service are not _necessarily_ interested in the live tv feature. I.e. it's not the reason for some. I'd guess convenience.