A Comprehensive Approach to Internet Protocol Television My Background • Involved in Telecom since 1970 and IPTV since 2006 • Extensive background in IP related industries – Cable technology – Wireless broadband – VOIP • Extensive Telecom carrier background AHECTA Mission “to promote and develop the use of campus communication, cable, and video services as instructional, informational, and entertainment tools in Higher Education” LEIGHTRONIX & Higher Education • Providing equipment & services to approximately 100 institutions LEIGHTRONIX & Higher Education • Applications range from On Campus Channels to Off Campus Channels to Distance Learning LEIGHTRONIX & Higher Education • What we are being requested to provide – On demand classroom educational systems – Campus housing entertainment & educational systems – Flexible off site event system What is IPTV According to Wikipedia, “Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal and cable television formats.” Is There a One Stop Shop for IPTV? • No one has all of the required bits & pieces – If you are offered one you will also probably be buying a part of a bridge in New York Is There a One Stop Shop for IPTV? • The key is solving the big ones Encoding Management Transport Presentation Is There a One Stop Shop for IPTV? • Having a partner who stands with you So are these IPTV? • Point-to-Point Video? • OTT? – Netflix, Hulu, MyTV? • ATT U-verse, Verizon FiOS, Comcast/Time Warner/etc. • Home TV? • Hospitality TV? • Educational TV? • Corporate TV? Key Elements of an IPTV System • TV Head-end – Encoding, Recording, Encryption & Delivery of IP Multicast streams • Resource Management – Keeps track of content, content utilization, customers, privileges, system level interface to 3rd party technology • Interactive Portal – User navigation • VOD Platform (Optional) – Video on Demand assets storage and delivery via IP Unicast streams Key Elements of an IPTV System Cont. • Transmission Network – Packet switched network transporting Multicast & Unicast IP Packets • Gateway – Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) that connects to the Transmission Network • End user CPE – Set Top Box or SmartTV that decodes, decrypts and displays TV content (Multicast & Unicast) on the TV screen What is a Comprehensive IPTV Solution? A suite of digital video, audio, and control technologies combined to Delivers live television, time shifting, create a full-featured and high- and video-on-demand (VOD) services quality interactive television experience. Includes encoding, Works with multiple transport scheduled playback, technologies including transcoding, delivery, and DSL,PON, COAX, Ethernet and decoding functions in an Broadband Wireless end-to-end solution. Ability to utilize multiple forms of A partner that will deliver all content – OTA, university developed, of the critical components commercially sourced Possible Campus IPTV Applications • Point-to-Point Video – Events, Overflow Situations, Distance Learning • Recording and Playback – Channel Creation, Original Programing, Student Produced, Video Archives • Educational TV – On Demand • Campus TV – Entertainment, Educational • Hospital TV – Entertainment, Patient Education Point to Point IPTV solution Recording and Playback Educational, Hospital & Campus TV Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Video-on-Demand Advantages of an IPTV Solution • Capability to offer much more content – Broadcast vs. Switched Broadcast delivery • Economics – Transport costs are inherently less – IP STB costs are less than cable STB costs – IP Networking costs declining faster than traditional networking costs • Interactivity – Simultaneous Viewing & Channel Surfing • Personalized TV Services – True VOD, TimeShifted TV, Start Over/Look Back • Converged Services – On Screen Caller ID TEDx Application • TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. • At TEDx events, a screening of TEDTalks videos -- or a combination of live presenters and TEDTalks videos -- sparks deep conversation and connections. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by- community basis. Location #1: Auditorium Location #2: Theatre LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Point to Point LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Recording & Playback LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Education, Hospital & Campus TV Back to the AHECTA Mission Statement • “to promote and develop the use of campus communication, cable, and video services as instructional, informational, and entertainment tools in Higher Education” • IPTV if done with the right partner can use existing communication, cable and video facilities of a institution to provide a platform for instructional, informational and entertaining activities in Higher Education Questions?.