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Why would Broadcasters Transport their Real-time Professional Video over IP?

Marie Josée Drouin,

D. Technologies Inc.

February 24th, 2003

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Agenda

Video transport models TDM, ATM, Satellite, real-time IP

Video over IP technologies

Broadcasters and IP Now, tomorrow and Future

Conclusion: Video over IP: Why and Who?

Hypothesis #1

“The cost models of the different methods of real-time video

transport technologies are similar”

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Transport Models: TDM

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Transport Models: ATM

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Transport Models: Satellite

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Transport Models: IP

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Transport Cost Models

TDM Satellite ATM IP real-time

Encoding $ $$ $$ $$

Encapsulators & TX $ $ $ $

De-encapsulators & RX $ $ $ $

Bandwidth Used $$$ $$ $$ $$

Total $$ $$ $$ $$

Hypothesis #2

“Video IP technologies are here”

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IP Technology issues

Transmission interface vs. throughput

Integrated control software

IP QoS

Security and access to servers

File formats

Content management

Metadata

Hypothesis #3

“Broadcasters are using IP now”

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Broadcasters & IP - Now

Signal Acquisition

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Broadcasters & IP - Now

Signal Acquisition

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Broadcasters & IP - Now

Signal Acquisition

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Broadcasters & IP - Now

Signal Acquisition

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Broadcasters & IP - Tomorrow

Signal Acquisition Server

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Broadcasters & IP - Future

Signal Acquisition Server

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Production

Server

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manipulation for

broadcasting

Ads

Sales TeamProgram

Schedules

Program

Content

Broadcasting

Server

Programming

Team

Local

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Ad Server

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Video over IP: Why do it?

Tapes = Going, going, gone

Large content hosting at affordable price

Need to share the same video programming between sites

Video file transfers

IP is the COMPUTER language

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Video Over IP: Who’s doing it?

Who is actively buying servers?

Who has video ingress into a server?

Who has recurring content put on a server?

Who has non-real time content?

Answer:

Specialty channels

Centralized broadcasters

Time-zone transmissions

Questions?

mjdrouin@videotron.ca

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The Author

Marie Josée Drouin received her Engineering Degree from Laval University in 1988 and her Masters in Technological Management from Montreal Polytechnique University in 1990. She has held various engineering and management positions at Bell Canada before moving to Teleglobe where she held the position of Director of their Video division for 4 years.

She has been involved with Broadcast since 1995 and currently provides her consulting services to Telecom Providers and Broadcasters around the globe.