IPTV Systems
October 2 & 3, 2008 in
Plan
to attend
our comprehensive description of end-to-end IPTV systems from content
provider to service provider to network provider to consumer devices.
The
rapid emergence of IPTV systems provides unique opportunities in an
evolving suite of requirements, architectures, technologies, products and
services. IPTV is propelling dynamic development of efficient, yet complex, digital
entertainment delivery networks, head-end equipment, hub/edge devices as well
as new consumer devices for the digital home markets.
Video
is the key strategic component in this emergence of IPTV systems.
Learn how video considerations and challenges dominate the network
architecture. It is the prime asset of service providers and consumer demands.
Gain
winning competitive knowledge and analyses from detailed and
strategic discussions of technologies, protocols, drivers, trends and status of
IPTV systems developments now and in the future.
Explore
real-world industry issues and decisions that you are now facing. Formulate your
vision of how the IPTV industry will evolve.
Position
yourself and your company for successful core and advanced IPTV products, services
and market opportunities.
Learn
what the evolving world-wide IPTV rollouts are addressing on global and regional
bases and how to benefit from the growth in phased IPTV deployments for an ever-expanding
variety of services delivered to a wide variety of consumer equipments from
linear programming, video-on-demand, digital video recordings, interactive
program guides, personalized entertainment, games and ultimately mobile systems
all pushing the envelope of a converged IP network architecture.
Consider
the standards bodies developments, such as ITU, DVB,
and industry consortia and fora and what they are
addressing within the various IPTV systems.
Understand
the features, issues and tradeoffs in requirements, architectural
framework, performance, design, implementation and deployments of IPTV systems,
equipment and services from the aspect of end-to-end systems for
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the super/master head-end (SHO)
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the network engineering of the managed always on IP
network
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the video hub office (VHO) or regional/local head-end
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content aggregation and switching at the video service
office (VSO) or hub/edge devices
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the access networks
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the consumer
premise equipment (CPE) including residential gateways, home networks and
consumer devices including IP STBs, HDTVs, SDTVs, computers, telephones
and portable media players.
Agenda
Introducing IPTV Systems
Video for IPTV Systems
Audio for IPTV Systems
IP Transport of Video, Audio and MPEG2 Systems
Core and Distribution Networks
Access Networks
Middleware
Security including Conditional Access (CA)
and Digital Right Management (DRM)
Metadata, EPG and Service Selection
Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE)
Home Networks and Consumer Devices
Summary and Future Trends
Services
of IPTV systems that will be detailed include:
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Entertainment: Standard- and
high-definition linear broadcast television, stored video services
(Video-on-Demand(VoD)), pay-per-view (PPV), personal
video recorders (PVR), picture-in-picture (PIP), network digital video
recorders (N-DVR), time-shifted services, audio (music and radio) services,
personal video, games, traditional and targeted advertising.
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Supporting
Information and Functions: Electronic program guides (EPG), interactive program guides
(IPG), regulatory services such as closed captioning (cc), emergency messages,
Underlying
technologies, system components and capabilities,
architectural frameworks and system issues that will be addressed for IPTV
systems include the features, characteristics, parameter
set bounds, performance and tradeoffs enabling required IPTV functionalities
for
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video
codecs, transcoding,
rate shaping, CBR/VBR: MPEG2, MPEG4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple, H.264|Advanced Video Coding (AVC), VC-1,
HD/SD and other media formats
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audio
codecs: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 AAC-LC &
HE-AAC (AAC Plus), Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus
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MPEG2
systems transport, system information, packetization
and timing issues, national and local program/advertisement insertion (DPI),
FEC, service switching
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IP/UDP/RTP
encapsulation, Ethernet framing (MPEG/IP/GigE),
impact of IP packet errors on video and audio, error correction, error
detection, error concealment
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IPTV
transport stream applications based on Single Program Transport
Streams (SPTS) and Multi-Program Transport Streams (MPTS)
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IP
video and audio synchronization, causes and effects of timing and
end-to-end and internal delay issues packet loss, packet errors, latencies
and jitter
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Broadcast,
multicast and unicast IP video service models with
application examples of VoD and N-DVR
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Core
and edge network characteristics, control mechanisms and devices to enable
IP video transport over GigE routers, SONET/SDH,
optical DWDM, ATM, ... MPLS/VPLS, DiffServ, resource
management
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Access
network
features and performance to connect to home
o Copper: IP DSLAM, xDSL - ADSL2,
ADSL2+, VDSL, VDSL2
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Fiber: FTTx xPON technologies BPON/EPON/GPON,
optical line terminal
(OLT), optical network terminal (ONT), optical network unit (ONU)
o Hybrid: RF and IP video delivery HFC(hybrid
fiber coax),
QAM,
OOB IP, satellite, terrestrial
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Control,
addressing, signaling protocols including IP multicast, session &
service control, resource control: layer 2/layer 3 tradeoffs, DHCP v6, PIM (Protocol
Independent Multicast), SSM (Source Specific Multicast), IGMP v2 & v3
(Internet Group Management Protocol), IGMP snooping, IGMP proxy, JOIN/LEAVE,
SIP/SDP (Session Initiation Protocol / Session Description Protocol),
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VoD
trick mode
enablers: RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol), DSM-CC (Digital Storage Media
Command & Control)
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Middleware for
controlling user interface and user services OCAP/MHP/GEM,
for EPG, VoD, PPV, local and network-based PVR
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Security:
CA/DRM
(conditional access/digital rights management), authentication, DVB-CPCM
(content protection and content management), vulnerabilities in security
attacks
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Quality
of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) including managing delays in IP video networks for
video and audio quality, multicast session setup, channel change (zapping)
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Home
Networks and Residential Gateways
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Consumer
devices and interfaces such as IP STB, SDTV, HDTV, PC, telephone, portable media
players, media servers, PVRs, game consoles and other
fixed devices
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The
cable play
including GigE video distribution, IP-QAM gateways,
CMTS, DOCSIS 3.0, switched digital video (SDV), channel bonding
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The
future converged networks for mobile IPTV systems, interactive and personalized IPTV
delivery and services, content delivery networks (CDN), peer-to-peer, NGN (Next
Generation Networks) convergence, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) convergence
Join
us to understand the complete end-to-end aspects of IPTV systems
requirements, architectures, concepts, capabilities, performance, selections
and mechanisms by integrating components from
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content providers
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service providers
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network providers
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consumer/home devices
Register
now
for this two-day seminar for accurate, up-to-date and timely information to
successfully position you and your company in core and advanced IPTV systems
and services.
Seminar Schedule:
October 2 & 3, 2008 in
Day
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Day
Registration includes
detailed seminar reference manual of over 300 pages, invaluable IPTV Guide, an acronym
and references handbook, hosted networking lunches and breaks. Register today!
Registration package and fees
Registration form
To schedule your on-site
seminar - call 858-459-8058
Who Should Attend?
Engineering and R&D professionals, business development and marketing
directors, product and market managers, strategic planners, facility managers,
directors & chief engineers, systems developers and integrators and others
who seek a detailed understanding of technologies, practices, competitive
strategy and deployment of IPTV systems from industries including
- telecom providers
- telecom carriers
- network providers
- telecom product manufacturers
- broadband service providers
- service providers
- head-end equipment manufacturers
- equipment manufacturers
- consumer electronics developers and manufacturers
- system developers and
integrators
- broadcast operators and manufacturers
- cable and wireless cable operators and manufacturers
- satellite operators and services
- television networks, owned & operated affiliates and
independents
- programming companies and services
- content
owners/providers
- content developers
- software and multimedia companies
- middleware
companies
- computer peripheral manufacturers
- semiconductor designers and manufacturers
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