Video roundtable - Next generation cable

ipTV News Studio (part of ipTV News) and IPTV World Forum hosted a video debate discussion entitled "Next generation cable" during the IPTV World Forum 2008, held in London last March. The discussion was chaired by TV technology journalist John Moulding and engages with threats the cable industry is facing from IPTV and satellite, and over-the-top video to some extent, and the opportunities presented by increased triple-play penetration and improved economics for non-HFC expansion. 

The European cable industry is working hard to bring advanced and innovative services to market: priorities (beyond launching/expanding digital tiers) include increasing volumes of HDTV and HD on-demand, much faster broadband, and more standard-definition VoD and television-on-demand. Looking further ahead, provision of mobile phone services (quad-play), flexible home networking and on-screen convergence of telecoms/entertainments will all be important.

Participants in the roundtable were:

Dr. Arjang Zadeh, CEO of Azdio Technology
Thomas Lind, Technical Support and Product Marketing Director for Appear TV
Bill Gaston, CEO of Marco Island Cable
Bartlomiej Kasinski, Strategy and Development Director for Multimedia Polska