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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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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? 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
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
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