The market of IPTV has a promising future in business growth. There are no common standards in the current IPTV industry, and this becomes a major obstacle in the promotion of IPTV. This results in higher cost in system distributions and new service developments for vendors and software developers. Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) is currently working on developing and promoting standards for IPTV and End-to-End system interoperability. This article will analyze the present OIPF specifications and its future prospects.