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[iSuppli Quoted] IPTV Set-top Box Shipments to Rise by Nearly 50 Percent in 2010: “In order to fulfill the promise of exciting interactive applications presented by the IPTV industry, further innovation is needed to differentiate IPTV services from those offered by the cable and satellite providers,” said Lee Ratliff, senior analyst for broadband digital home and IPTV at iSuppli. “This innovation will drive market growth in 2010 and beyond.”

[Digital TV Group News] DTG :: News :: Report: IPTV STB shipments to rise by 50%: "In order to fulfill the promise of exciting interactive applications presented by the IPTV industry, further innovation is needed to differentiate IPTV services from those offered by the cable and satellite providers", said Lee Ratliff, Senior Analyst for Broadband Digital Home and IPTV at iSuppli. "This innovation will drive market growth in 2010 and beyond."

[Broadband Presentations] IPTV transport and delivery from the headend to the home network: HardwareChoices"The License Defines the Hardware Choices"Two Primary Licenses are negotiatedLocal Content DeliveryRemote Content Delivery with TransportThe License Defines EncryptionStandards - (3) DES standardsEncryption Percentage- 20% to 100% PossibleVendorEncryption Location PointsMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 5IPTV Physical Network-FTTHMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010STBONT6GPON / EPON / Active Ethernet TransportMulticast StreamONT to STB / Media GatewayMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 7Home NetworkMedia GatewayONTRFRemotesThe IPTV Data Network-"Decode, Decrypt, Deliver"Multi-cast- VLans, PIM, Sparse Mode, SSM..What?Uni-Cast - Streaming & "over the top"Compression- MPEG 2 encoder HistoryMPEG 4 ­High Quality and still getting betterMiddlewareProgram Guide- Custom Guide per TierAll Channels assigned IP address and Vlan2-3MBs SD and 7-8 MBS HDMAC address and IP address of customer STB's- Security24 / 7 server reliability essentialEncryption- Simul-Encryption, Ram or NVRam STB?Certified operation requiredSTB's- Sequence of operationMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 8Set Top Box Update "TheCustomer Touch"Legacy Cable System STB with basic functionsMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 9Set Top Box Update2010- Media Gateway with 1TB "Whole House" DVR & RF RemotesMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 10The IPTV STB industry hascome a long way!Media Gateway -Typical Video SpecVideoMPEG-1 (SD)MPEG-2 MP@ML (SD) and MP@HL (HD)MPEG-4 p.10 (H.264) MP@L3 (SD) and MP@L4.1 (HD)H.263 decoding and encoding for video telephonySMPTE VC-1 SP@LL, MP@LL, MP@ML, MP@HL,AP@L1-3Video format: 4:3,16:9 with Pan Scan, LetterboxUp-scaling of SD video on HD outputDownscaling HD video on SD outputResolution: up to 1920x108032-bit color for OSD graphics and external applicationsMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 11Media Gateway -ConnectionsBack Panel ConnectorsRF Modulator & Loop-thru outputTV & VCR 3 x RCA outputS-Video outputYPrPb high definition outputHDMI high definition output- 480 I, 720 I&P, 1080 I&PDigital S/PDIF optical audio outputUSB 2.0RJ-45 Ethernet portDC power inputRF Remotes- (one per TV Set)May 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 12The Home Network-"Gateway to the Future"May 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 13Home NetworkMedia GatewayONTWithHPNA3RF RemotesHome Network ­Devices andInterconnectionsDVD and Blu Ray PlayersDVR's and TiVo RecordersSurround Sound SystemsUSB 2.0 Ports for pictures and MP3Home Multi-Media PCNAS Storage SystemsGame Controllers (Xbox, Wii)Universal RemotesMay 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 14Home Network -InterconnectionsNetwork Connection ChoicesCat 5 CableTraditional Data CableWi-Fi802.11N is preferred for best performanceHPNA 3 (G.HN future)Reuses existing Coax wiringSaves Time and Money (6 hrs vs. 2hrs avg)May 2010Communication Network Engineers -ACE / RUS Seminar 2010 15Quality Assurance- "Picture,Products and People"Proactive vs.

[PR Hub] Dreampark Gives UK Fibrecity Residents Access to Ultra Fast IPTV ...: NORRKOPING, Sweden - Dreampark, one of the leading IPTV middleware providers on the Europeanmarket, today announced its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and ISPprovider Magnet Networks has upgraded their existing middleware solution toDreampark's Dreamgallery(TM), further strengthening the company's position asthe leading IPTV middleware provider in Europe. Magnet Networks, the largest provider of broadband and IPTV services onthe Irish market, has chosen to change their current middleware solution toDreamgallery after an extensive selection process that tested its speed,flexibility and user-friendliness.

[Engadget HD] Panasonic shows its stuff at The Cable Show including a remote ...: Visitors to the Panasonic booth will be able to get a first-hand look at Panasonic's new Full HD 3D Home Theater System featuring a Panasonic VIERATM VT25 Series 50-inch class (49.9 diagonal inches) Plasma 3D HDTV (TC-P50VT25), a Panasonic 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (DMP- BDT300), and Panasonic's 3D Active Shutter Eyewear (TY-EW3D10U). The Panasonic VT25 Series also includes a 54-inch class (54.1 inches diagonal), 58-inch class (58.0 inches diagonal), and 65-inch class (64.7 inches diagonal) models.

[TVover.net] Cisco joins the Zodiac Interactive Partner Program - TVover.net: Zodiac Interactive CEO Brandon Brown commented, "As a multi-platform middleware solution and presentation engine, our PowerUp software provides cross platform interoperability for PowerTV, IPTV, ETV, and tru2way in compliance with the CableLabs specifications.”

[SiliconANGLE] SiliconANGLE ”” Blog ”” Set-Top-Box Revisited: How does the Gateway ...: His insights and opinions both inform and enlighten readers on current industry trends including Broadband, Digital Cable, Telecom, VOD, IPTV, Infrastructure, and Business Strategy. He is a Cable Industry veteran with over 18 years experience as a General Manager with Comcast Corporation, and currently serves as an Independent Consultant/Strategist and Blogger contributing to Light Reading Cable, an internationally syndicated technology news organization.

[Hugh's News] Panasonic to Demonstrate 3D at 2010 Cable Show « Hugh's News: VT25 Series 50-inch class (49.9 diagonal inches) Plasma 3D HDTV (TC-P50VT25), a Panasonic 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (DMP- BDT300), and Panasonic’s 3D Active Shutter Eyewear (TY-EW3D10U). The Panasonic VT25 Series also includes a 54-inch class (54.1 inches diagonal), 58-inch class (58.0 inches diagonal), and 65-inch class (64.7 inches diagonal) models.

[BuddeBlog] BuddeBlog » Blog Archive » IPTV vs IPTV+RF: So while the rest of the world have a 40-year old legacy infra-structure that demands a RF (essentially HFC) overlay solution to migrate to GPON access networks, Australia has just a 10-year old legacy infra-structure to accommodate due to the infinite wisdom of Telstra and Optus and the not so visionary Government of the day that permitted them to roll it out. Through such previous bad decisions, they have not only compromised the efficiency and cost of Australia’s first generation NBN technology rollout, but they have also compromised the next generations of NBN access capacity upgrades by stealing the heart of the 1550nm DWDM C-band for a single RF aggregate channel for broadcast digital video services, when such services could be more efficiently multiplexed with data and telephony services into the single GPON 2.5Gbit/s downstream channel.

[SiliconANGLE] SiliconANGLE ”” Blog ”” Cisco Wants To Rule Your Living Room ...: Cisco wants to be a consumer company in a big way and are opening up another battle front - the end-to-end service provider consumer market.  In other words Cisco hopes to position itself as a “one stop shop” for a service provider market.  What will Apple, Google, Juniper, Alcatel, Microsoft, Skype, Polycom, Tivo, and thousands of others companies say about this?

[Consumer Reports Electronics Blog] Consumer Reports Electronics Blog: The future of 3D TV: Here's why ...: Even legacy equipment, such as the settop boxes deployed by cable and satellite boxes, can handle 3D via firmware updates although there will in the short-term be a tradeoff in resolution in order to pump 3D within the TV frame-rates these .I've heard they can't, but there are other options for these “cable-never” households””IPTV over broadband being the most obvious one.

[AnandTech Article Channel] Internet Served TV versus Cable and Satellite TV - AnandTech ...: If you've got a broadcast channel like CBS that a lot of people are watching, the TV approach (broadcast to everyone using a single copy) is actually preferable to the typical internet solution of sending a separate copy to everybody which wastes a lot more bandwidth. Sure there are internet protocols for doing multicasting, but those don't work on the wide-open internet, which is why IPTV often uses them on their dedicated private networks only where they can be guaranteed to work.

[Signal Strength] FCC remains mum on broadband reclassification | Signal Strength ...: The FCC said it would like to see a standardized set-top box on the market that would allow consumers to have one box that provides TV access via the Internet, cable, satellite, or over the air. The FCC would also like to see a robust market where consumers could buy set top boxes from retailers, such as Best Buy, instead of leasing them monthly from TV service providers.

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