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A Comprehensive Approach to Internet Protocol Television

Explore the world of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and its applications in Higher Education. Learn about key elements of an IPTV system, advantages, and possible campus applications. Discover a comprehensive approach to IPTV solutions.

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A Comprehensive Approach to Internet Protocol Television

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  1. A Comprehensive Approach to Internet Protocol Television

  2. 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

  3. AHECTA Mission “to promote and develop the use of campus communication, cable, and video services as instructional, informational, and entertainment tools in Higher Education”

  4. LEIGHTRONIX & Higher Education • Providing equipment & services to approximately 100 institutions

  5. LEIGHTRONIX & Higher Education • Applications range from On Campus Channels to Off Campus Channels to Distance Learning

  6. 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

  7. 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.”

  8. 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

  9. Is There a One Stop Shop for IPTV? • The key is solving the big ones • Encoding • Management • Transport • Presentation

  10. Is There a One Stop Shop for IPTV? • Having a partner who stands with you

  11. 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?

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. What is a Comprehensive IPTV Solution? Delivers live television, time shifting, and video-on-demand (VOD) services A suite of digital video, audio, and control technologies combined to create a full-featured and high-quality interactive television experience. Works with multiple transport technologies including DSL,PON, COAX, Ethernet and Broadband Wireless Includes encoding, scheduled playback, transcoding, delivery, and decoding functions in an end-to-end solution. A partner that will deliver all of the critical components Ability to utilize multiple forms of content – OTA, university developed, commercially sourced

  15. 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

  16. Point to Point IPTV solution

  17. Recording and Playback

  18. Educational, Hospital & Campus TV

  19. Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

  20. Video-on-Demand

  21. 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

  22. 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.

  23. Location #1: Auditorium Location #2: Theatre

  24. LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Point to Point

  25. LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Recording & Playback

  26. LEIGHTRONIX Available Solutions • Education, Hospital & Campus TV

  27. 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

  28. Questions?

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