Television without borders
Video debate
ipTV News Studio (part of ipTV News) and IPTV World Forum are hosting a video debate discussion, organised to take place during IPTV World Forum 2008 in London. The session will take place each day from the 12th March. Panel proceedings will be recorded and made available on:
www.iptv-news.com
www.newvideotechnology.net
www.connected-home-news.com
and on the IPTV World Forum 2009 Web site. There will also be a featured write up in ipTV News March/April issue, with the online version showing the recorded video debate. For further details contact Michael Panes.
Or call +44 (0) 203 3773218.

What will the discussion involve?
The discussion will centre upon the very real convergence-focused opportunities for television companies, including the services that can be launched, the business models that could support them and the technologies that will make them possible. The video debate will seek to address at least the following areas.

• How can Pay TV operators make their content available on multiple devices in wired or wireless home network environments?


• What are the opportunities and threats presented by the movement of content off the Internet (and PC/laptop) and onto the television


• Can satellite operators cast aside their one-way limitations and enter the VOD business seriously by reaching out to private online VOD stores?


• To what extent can platform operators use the public Internet as an extension of their television or triple-play offer?


• How can Pay TV operators harness the best of Web 2.0 and make it their own?


• Should network owners build their own portals or partner with the big Internet brands?


• How can Pay TV operators integrate Web 1.0 into television services?


• Is a broadband-powered Yahoo! style home page the first thing consumers will see when they log into their television next decade?


• Can one-way network operators (DTT and satellite) harness third-party broadband connections in the customer home to take 'Red Button' enhanced TV functionality to a completely new level?


• How can broadband 'Red Button' be monetised, if at all? What are the technology requirements?


• How will satellite operators compete against converged television/telecoms services? Does satellite need a triple-play of its own to compete fully in an 'open-borders' media environment, or can it excel with video-centric offerings and keep subscribers anyway?


• What is the opportunity for portable content, enabled by Slingbox-style devices that deliver home entertainment around the world over broadband wired and wireless networks, including onto mobiles?


• When will network DVR finally arrive, and will it offer the potential to download personal and operator-stored content anywhere, anytime over any network?