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[InteractiveTV Today [itvt]] Open IPTV Forum Publishes Profiles Specification for Release 1 ...: The OIPF says that any implementation based on the Release 1 IPTV Solution specification must adhere to one of these profiles in order to claim OIPF compliance (it adds that the profiles' names "are used for purposes of technical documentation and, as such, are not intended to be used for any logo mark or similar purpose"). According to the organization, the Profiles specification is expected to be used as a key input to the interoperability and certification programs that it will define for the Release 1 Solution.

[Broadband TV News] Open IPTV Forum releases Profile specification | Broadband TV News: “This is a major step for the Open IPTV Forum as it brings us one step closer to the reality of having implementations of our specifications,” commented Yun Chao Hu, chair of the OIPF. “With almost all the major CE vendors represented in the Forum, we have every expectation that we shall see the Forum’s specifications implemented in CE devices in the coming years.”

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Open IPTV Forum releases profiles spec for Release 1: The platform will allow any consumer end-device to access enriched and personalised IPTV services either in a managed or a non-managed network, as long as the device complies to OIPF standards.

[Broadband Presentations] The Open IPTV Forum status and prospects :: Open IPTV Forum: OIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 1Open IPTV Forum OverviewOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 2Open IPTV Forum Mission• Plug & Play experience for end user• Filling an industry gap• Use existing standards• provide the “glue” => interoperabilityamongst the required equipment inthe end-to-end chain between thecontent source and the end userequipmentOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 3 View, header and footer, type presentation namePage 3 of X MonthNetwork OperatorsCE/Mobile/HomeDevice VendorsTechnologyProvidersService ContentProvidersPublic NetworkInfrastructureOIPF Members: Now 58!OIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 4IPTV Standard LandscapeTVAJava, IEC, DCP, LCCREUSEWORK WITHETIS MCDOTHEROpen IPTV Forum works towards aninteroperable E2E IPTV solutionOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 5Single ArchitectureSupporting Multiple Service ModelsAccessProviderService PlatformProviderCPCPCPSLAManaged NetworkOpen IPTVCommon UNI3rdParty ContentProviderService PlatformProviderOpen InternetSLA SLASLACGMIPTVProviderIPTVProviderIPTVProviderIPTVProvider* Triple play Walled Garden* Portal site Walled GardenAccessProviderAccessProviderHomeNetworkCGM (ConsumerGenerated Media)Same UNI forManaged Networkand Open InternetSLA = Service Level AgreementUNI = User Network InterfaceOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 6OIPF Specifications• OIPF specifications cover all aspects of the solution:- Media delivery - Codecs and Formats- Session management - Session Setup, Resource Management andStream Control- Asset Management - Service Discovery and Content Metadata- Service logic and interactivity - Enhanced browser and optional localprocedural application execution environment- Service and Content Protection - full specified e2e solution andsupport of proprietary solutionsOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 7Service Logic and Interactivity• 2 “application environments” defined for interactivityand service logic in the home- Declarative Application Environment (DAE)• Based on web technologies• Starts from CE-HTML - the only recent standardisedselection from the W3C specifications- Adds things and subtracts things• Mandatory for terminals- Procedural Application Environment (PAE)• Based on Java and DVB-GEM• Optional for terminals and may also be deployed ingatewaysOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 8DAE and APIs• OIPF defines many interfaces for HTML pages toaccess TV functions and features- Content download- DRM- On-demand content- Metadata about TV channels and on-demandcontent- Parental rating- PVR- TV channels (aka scheduled content)OIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 9Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband• Release 1 supports basic TV watching in hybridsystems- Integrated list of available TV channels- API to present a TV channel from an HTML page- Both regardless of how channel is delivered (multicastIP or classical broadcast)• Release 2 requirements include more hybrid support- Delivering URLs for HTML pages associated with aTV channel via classical broadcast- Delivering HTML pages via classical broadcast• Technical solution used in HbbTV proposed for R2OIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 10OIPF and HbbTVOIPF HbbTVTypical service provider IPTV service provider BroadcasterTypical TV content Premium, VoD, other payTV Free to air, catch-up TVTypical User / Service providerrelationshipClose relationship with oneservice providerMore distant relationship withmultiple service providersGeographical Focus Global European / DVBIP connection Always required Useful but not essentialService logic and interactivity HTML, JavaScript, JavaScript APIsOIPF sees HbbTV as supporting its development work and taking elements of its specifications to market segmentsthat are not the primary focus of OIPF, adding overall market weight through overlap and commonality.OIPF is planning to publish a profiling specification at the end of September.OIPF think its profiling specification could fit the Hbb TV Forum needs and would like to encourage the Hbb TVForum to jointly evaluate if the HbbTV requirements are met by the Profiling specifications.OIPF and HbbTV address separate and distinct market segments.OIPF new overview presentation for approval in TorinoPage 11Interoperability & Certification• Specifications for Release 1 completed by January 2009• Solution Profiling for Release 1 nearly completed,including- Open Internet profile- Combined profile (i.e. Open Internet & Managed Network)- Migration from Open Internet towards Combined profileensured to allow for early market adopters• OIPF plans for Member demonstrations at IBC 2009 inAmsterdam• OIPF plans for Members only Interop fest end 2009followed by an open Interop fest begin 2010• OIPF plans for Release 1 certification by mid 2010OIPF drives the next generation IPTV marketOIPF drives the next generation IPTV marketOIPF Presentation for EBU / ETSI Hybrid Broadcast / Broadband WorkshopPage 12www.oipf.tv

[New Current Internet Drafts (All Categories)] draft-ietf-fecframe-dvb-al-fec-03 - DVB Application-Layer Hybrid ...: v=0 o=ali 1122334455 1122334466 IN IP4 fec.example.com s=DVB-IPTV AL-FEC Example t=0 0 a=group:FEC-XR S1 R1 R2 m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 100 c=IN IP4 233.252.0.1/127 a=rtpmap:100 MP2T/90000 a=mid:S1 m=application 30000 RTP/AVP 96 c=IN IP4 233.252.0.2/127 a=rtpmap:96 vnd.dvb.iptv.alfec-base/90000 a=mid:R1 m=application 30000 RTP/AVP 111 c=IN IP4 233.252.0.3/127 a=rtpmap:111 vnd.dvb.iptv.alfec-enhancement/90000 a=mid:R2

[Broadband Presentations] HBB in the MHP environment Status and Prospects :: Alticast: Alticast GmbH 마스터 부제목 스타일 편집 Anthony Smith-Chaigneau - Managing Director Alticast GmbH "HBB in the MHP environment - Status and Prospects" Alticast GmbH Hybrid Services are NOT a NEW invention  Hybrid IPTV  In Italy the .App Providers Apps Data via IP Applications via IP Video via IP DVB-IPTV GEM-IPTV DVB Completes Major Refactoring Work of GEM and MHP Specifications CJ Cable Google Portal via IP using Tru2way SkyLife MHP DVB-S Widgets Service over IP .

[Broadband TV News] Open IPTV Forum publishes architecture specs | Broadband TV News: The Open IPTV Forum, the organisation looking to establish an end-to-end specification for IPTV services accessible from any consumer device, has published its first architecture specification.

[PR Hub] Cisco's Medianet Solution Benchmarked by Spirent Communications in ...: SUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics 40/100G Ethernet Module Extends Ethernet Market Leadership with Highest Scale, Highest Performance Layer 1-7 Test SystemContinuing on the path of innovation and leadership in Ethernet testing (www.spirent.com/Campaign-Folder/FrostSullivanAward.aspx), Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) (www.spirent.com/), the global provider of network, services and device testing solutions, today introduced the Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics (TM) 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet test module (www.spirent.com/Broadband/40-100G/STC_40-100GbE_Ready.aspx). Designed to test the performance and scalability of 40/100G Ethernet systems and services, the new module goes beyond test port density to focus on application realism, accuracy and performance per port, reducing operational expenses and total cost of ownership (TCO).

[RADVISION Blogs] The Architecture of IPTV in an IMS Deployment - VoIP Survivor: IMS for IPTV starts simply from the fact that operators today are mostly triple-play or quad-play players: their services include telephony, television, internet browsing and mobile phones. Quad-play doesn't mean convergence in .

[PR Hub] Carriers Confidently Deliver Multiplay Services into the Home with ...: SUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics 40/100G Ethernet Module Extends Ethernet Market Leadership with Highest Scale, Highest Performance Layer 1-7 Test SystemContinuing on the path of innovation and leadership in Ethernet testing (www.spirent.com/Campaign-Folder/FrostSullivanAward.aspx), Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) (www.spirent.com/), the global provider of network, services and device testing solutions, today introduced the Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics (TM) 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet test module (www.spirent.com/Broadband/40-100G/STC_40-100GbE_Ready.aspx). Designed to test the performance and scalability of 40/100G Ethernet systems and services, the new module goes beyond test port density to focus on application realism, accuracy and performance per port, reducing operational expenses and total cost of ownership (TCO).

[[itvt] Bloggit] ITV Report: Introducing "IPTV Set-Top Boxes and the Subscriber ...: And although they seem to get the most attention, the availability of advanced video codecs isn’t the only change currently taking place: another very important change impacting the IP set-top box space–and discussed in depth in this paper–has to do with the microprocessors that drive set-top boxes. We’re now transitioning from an era where you had multiple dedicated microprocessors for core-processing, application-processing and video-decoding to an era where a single processor can do all of these things.

[PR Hub] Multiplay Service Packages Gain Ground in North America and Europe ...: CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Increased sales of netbooks over the next three to five years will result in higher demand for mobile broadband services, driven by the emerging trend of bundling the low-end computers with mobile data services from specific network operators, according to the latest report by Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Mobile Broadband for the Masses: The Case for Bundled Netbooks analyzes the business case behind bundling netbooks with broadband access for both operators and OEMs, discusses key performance indicators delivered by those operators that have embraced the use of netbooks, and assesses the value they have been able to extract from netbook sales.

[MaldivianDigital® :: Forum] Sat News - 30 Sep 2009 - MaldivianDigital® :: Forum: Brian Walsh, Executive Director of Television and Marketing at Foxtel, said: “Children need access to quality programming at all times and KidsCo offers something different to the usual kids channel. With this launch, we’ll be providing our viewers with engaging shows that also teach kids something.

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