A system and method for receiving an internet protocol television (IPTV)
service. An IPTV service to digital media server (DMS) service conversion
device (IPTV2DMS) requests to acquire IPTV media information for an IPTV
subscriber to select and requests to acquire IPTV media flow selected by
the subscriber according to the subscriber's selection. The IPTV2DMS
converts the IPTV media flow to a format supported by DMP after receiving
the converted IPTV media flow provided by the IPTV head-end. The DMP
decodes and outputs the converted IPTV media flow to a displaying device
to playing for the IPTV subscriber. To sum up, the present invention
makes it convenient for a subscriber watching the IPTV on different TVs
without an additional set-top box (STB), and reduces the cost of the
subscriber and enhances the playing quality with the reduction of
subscriber's repeat paying due to the adoption of storing-forwarding
module.