Farncombe Technology, which hosts the Connected TV blog, will be leading an IPTV Deployment Masterclass at this year’s IPTV World Forum in London (see end of this post for discount offer).
Farncombe Principal Consultant Benjamin Schwarz, a Forum veteran, has subtitled his day-long teach-in “Practical Lessons from the Field”, and has pulled in high level guest speakers from compression specialists Harmonic, conditional access company Nagra, and QoS experts Witbe.
The session takes place on the 24th of March, the day before the IPTV World Forum kicks off, starting at 9.00 a.m. (Registration), and finishing at 5.30p.m.
Topics to be addressed include project planning, including business modelling, architecture and quality management; content implementation issues, including content protection, managing VOD catalogues and over-the-top services; technical infrastructure, including network, headend and video compression issues; and the boxes & the middleware, including service platform issues, hybrid STBs and IPTV STB middleware. (Click here for the full agenda).
Benjamin Schwarz has 20 years’ of international experience in consulting and in Telco and Media organisations as well as in start-ups. He spent 8 years with Orange, whom he joined in 2001. He managed technology development for Orange Labs and ran international music download then TVoDSL deployments internationally, and was also responsible for promoting Orange’s IPTV ecosystem. Under his stewardship, IPTV services were launched in Spain, Poland, Mauritius and Senegal. Ben has also spent time working on the UK IPTV market. In September 2008 Benjamin joined Farncombe Technology and works out of their Paris office. Since joining, Ben has been focussed on hybrid STBs, open middleware and delivering TV services over-the-top (click here for an interview with him about recent industry developments).
Now in its fifth year, the IPTV World Forum is firmly established as the world ‘s leading event on IPTV, and the must-attend conference and exhibition in the diaries of all telco, TV and content executives. It was attended by over 500 executives from 6 countries in 2008.
This year, the event features 180 speakers, all of whom are leading international experts from telecoms, cable, satellite and mobile operators and leading content owners.
No other Forum brings together such a wide range of operators giving deployment case studies from the most advanced global markets, as well as insight from key emerging markets showcasing creative solutions to some of the industry’s fundamental challenges.
The conference will address the key strategic issues for telcos deploying IPTV, and will also focus on the challenges facing satellite and internet broadcasters.
Farncombe clients and guests can receive a 20% discount to attend the Forum – please contact us for details.
Connected TV is also an official media supporter at the Forum.
I think it is a wonderful opportunity for the visitors to get valuable insight into the plans, deployment and expansion strategies.