MoCA IPTV white paper

A traditional service provider, whether it is a telco, cable MSO or satellite (DBS) company, is no longer bounded by its core segment or original purpose. These service providers are quickly morphing into comprehensive purveyors of triple and quad play services for telephony (landline and cellular), Internet access and video and digital television. As Charles Hall of Rider Research and publisher of the Online Reporter has suggested recently, the term digital service provider perhaps more accurately reflects this evolutionary process.  This paper will attempt to re-define the term IPTV while providing both an explanation and discussion of what we believe is the best IPTV environment for digital service providers.
White paper courtesy of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)

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VCAS for DVB - enabling hybrid networks

The introduction of hybrid DVB and IP pay-TV systems offers the potential for a tremendous expansion of entertainment services to consumers coupled with new and exciting interactive capabilities. Key to making such services cost effective is the optimisation of the content security architecture to enable a single system to handle both DVB broadcast content and IP-based video on demand. The new breed of content security architecture used within the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS), employing cryptographic and e-commerce technologies proven on the Internet, can enable such a unified approach. Whitepaper courtesy of Verimatrix

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IPTV/VoD: The Open 4th Platform

IPTV/VoD: The Open 4th Platform is an anthology of 20+ articles written between 2005-2008 by Alexander Cameron, Managing Director of IPTV consultants Digital TX.  The anthology covers Cameron’s unique vision of how the Internet could eventually connect all electronic devices across the globe and be the hyper-intelligent television network of the 21st century, along with a critique of why he believes that the industry has only managed to clone cable TV systems so far, despite it being so much more.

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Enabling the new world of pay TV

The service provider's guide to 3-dimensional content security

This whitepaper provides a guide to the challenge service providers face of adopting unified content security strategies which can support the seamless 3-screen experience that customers are looking for, as demand rises for access to pay TV on an “anywhere, anytime” basis.  Courtesy of Verimatrix

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Delivering secure IP video

As video and streaming video make greater inroads into network computing environments, a clear and present danger has begun to emerge: security vulnerabilities. While no wide-spread exploitation of these IP video vulnerabilities has yet been reported, the breaches are serious and wide-spread enough to warrant extra vigilance. This paper outlines the chief areas of weak security in the majority of IP video platforms and the steps that Video Furnace has taken to ensure its products deliver secure IP video.  Courtesy of Video Furnace

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IP video’s time has come

Affordable and far less complex to implement than in the past, video over IP is becoming a must-have for organisations, schools, financial institutions, government, and more. Leading businesses and institutions are finding that IP video and its myriad uses can vastly enhance company performance, greatly improve employee productivity and significantly cut operating costs. Companies leveraging IP video not only enjoy a competitive advantage today but are poised to benefit from new applications far ahead of their competition.  Courtesy of Video Furnace

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Strategies for success in IPTV

As everyone races to be the consummate provider of entertainment and communications to the customer in the home, IPTV is regarded by some as the silver bullet to achieving this goal. However, those choosing to launch IPTV services are entering an already crowded and competitive market characterised by established players and ongoing innovations.  By Colin Light and David Lancefield, TMT, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Open IPTV Forum whitepaper

This whitepaper provides an overview of the world of IPTV in general and the vision of the Open IPTV Forum, including its objectives, specifications and its relationship with existing standardisation bodies.

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www.openiptvforum.org

A future in content

Can telecom providers win a share of the digital content market?

High growth in digital content offers significant opportunities for telecommunications service providers (telcos). But telcos’ ability to capitalize on this potential is a point of contention and debate. Telcos clearly need upgraded networks and technology platforms to handle more sophisticated content and to extend their addressable market. But equally important, they must begin delivering value beyond just access – providing a step-change in consumer experience and grabbing their share of emerging channel advertising revenue.

IPTV Overview White Paper

By Mark Rooney, Head of IPTV, Pace Micro Technology

This paper discusses what IPTV is, how it can make its mark in an already crowded digital field and the role that the set top box will play in this new emerging market. Finally the paper will show how major set top box suppliers such as Pace can play a supportive role in IPTV in the future for operators and end consumers alike.