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Telecommunications companies are investing in ways to offer its customers triple-play services and some of them are starting to think about integration with mobile services. This means that there is a convergence at the network for IP (Internet Protocol), to offer the different services. In an ALL-IP network, personalized and interactive services can be provided very easily. IPTV is the technology responsible for this convergence and this technology will bring a variety of new business opportunities. This paper proposes a study of the IPTV world, focusing on network and system architectures, video codecs, network protocols, services and quality assurance service in IPTV. Based on this study, a new framework for Personal TV was developed. This new system is designed primarily to provide new personalized services to the user. In the architecture of this framework there are three main elements: Customers, Aggregators and Producers. The most important element is the aggregator that provides all video contents from the producers to its clients. The Client has the ability to create his own channel that is sent to the network through its aggregator, to create customized channels that can be viewed by other customers and other features. The architecture designed and developed is based on new and studied concepts. It was tested to prove its viability, to assess its performance and to draw conclusions about its scalability, based on functional tests, compatibility tests and performance tests.