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Question. Can P2P and peer-assisted streaming technology help broadcasters and content providers overcome the limitations of live streaming and, if so, how? Is P2PTV as you are deploying it scalable to a mass media level? . Live Streaming. Too expensive – Unicast streaming

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  1. Question • Can P2P and peer-assisted streaming technology help broadcasters and content providers overcome the limitations of live streaming and, if so, how? Is P2PTV as you are deploying it scalable to a mass media level?

  2. Live Streaming • Too expensive – Unicast streaming • Too much bandwidth required • Too difficult to predict audience size • Run away expenses • Poor quality end-user experience • Not enough revenue potential • Too difficult to setup

  3. Problem Solved? • Don’t stream • Limit audience size • Reduce stream quality – bitrate • Commit to Fixed Expense (Audience size) • Virtual Waiting Rooms • Pay premium for “Edge” server enhancement • Overbuild and Outsource everything

  4. Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Abacast’s patented distributed streaming technology greatly improves the delivery of one-to-many real-time streaming media.

  5. Proven Network Technology • 7 years in operation • 41,568,863 plug-in downloads(as of June 1st, 2007) • Between 98% and 54% efficient based on bitrate and audience charateristics • ~12 million end-user hours per month • ~3.9 million uniques per month • Large Broadcast Groups – CBS, Regent, NNB • Customers in 16 different countries

  6. Unicast Streaming • Pros • Security • Control • Quality • Cons • Distribution Costs • Not Easily Scalable • Resource Intense • No Redundancy

  7. Peer-to-Peer • Pros • Efficient • Scalable • Redundant • Cons • Low Security • Poor Control • Slow Communication • Peer dependant QOS

  8. ab ab abcd cd cd abcd d bcd abcd abc a abcd abcd abc abcd d Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Combines… • Security • Quality • Control… of Unicast with the • Efficiency • Redundancy • Scalabality… of Peer-to-Peer and more…

  9. Quality of Service - Better Stream Connection • Abacast technology has proven higher quality stream connections than either standard unicast or pure P2P streaming technologies. • In side-by-side comparisons Abacast Enabled streams had fewer breaks, skips, or buffers than standard unicast streaming technology. • The result is that listeners and viewers stay connected to your streams longer and have better streaming experiences with fewer interruptions.

  10. Scalability Proof - Catch 22 • Large broadcast owners need relief • Need proof that it is scalable to large audiences before trying • As of yet they have not been willing to be the example • To date…10,273 at 340Kbps • Other examples of larger audiences? Chinese • Abacast simple scalability math

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  12. Dedicated to Broadcasters • Founded by former broadcasters, technologists and entrepreneurs • Dedicated to making profitable Internet broadcast business models • Created the extra tools require tomake broadcasters successful

  13. Is your stream Abacast Enabled? An Abacast Enabled stream allows you to serve … • higher quality media • to more users • with less hassle • for less money! Quality Users $ Cost

  14. Abacast Compared to Peer-to-Peer • Not like classic peer-to-peer • Each user is in constant contact with the server for real-time QoS monitoring • Real-time redirection (no stale peer lists) • Users do not know anything about each other • Users do not store anything for each other • Users are only distribute signal when actively connected • If the user needs their upstream bandwidth they always have priority over Abacast distribution of the stream

  15. Abacast Enabled Compared to Unicast • Similarities: • Full DRM Compatibility • Media Formats: • Server plug-in architecture allows for quick adaptation for any format - Windows Media, MP3, aacPlus, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, … • Encoding • Media Players: • Client plug-in architecture allows for quick adaptation to any player - Windows Media, Real, Winamp, Custom with API • End-User Operations • Browser Independent

  16. Abacast Enabled Compared to Unicast • Important Differences: • Efficiency: 98% to 40% reduction in bandwidth • Scalability • Reduced Infrastructure Deployment • Stability, Adaptability • Quality of Service Monitoring all the way to end-user

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