IP and Broadcasting

The event showed that IP is capable of carrying reliably large media files and streams to a large number of simultaneous users. The presentations given at this event are as follows:

2 May
- Sessions 1, 2

Overview of content delivery methods		Patrik Westin (SR)
IP & protocols for media delivery		Mathias Coinchon (EBU)
Network structures: internet & IPTV		Thomas Kernen (Cisco)
Multicast technology & deployment		Steve Simlo (Cisco)
Broadcaster's experience		Egon Verharen (NPB)
Eurovision BEST experience		David Owen (Eurovision)
Peer-to-Peer distribution of media		Franc Kozamernik (EBU)
BBC experience on IP Multicasting		Brandon Butterworth (BBC)
Zattoo - next generation of cable re-transmission		A.Illes & F. Vass (Zattoo)
Tribler - an open source approach		Johan Pouwelse (TU Delft)

3 May
- Sessions 3 & 4

DVB IP standardization overview		Muriel Deschanel (Microsoft)
Bluewin TV		Martin Feuz (Swisscom)
Hybrid - broadcast/broadband		Dave Walton (Echostar)
ITU Focus Group on IPTV		Richard Nicholls (Dolby)
Optimizing IPTV networks for television		Oscar Rechou (Alcatel-Lucent)
Combining VoD, PVR & Broadcast		Michael eyles (BT)
DVB Home networks - DVB IPI-HN Group		Damien Alliez (NDS)
The future beyond IPTV		Ralf Schaefer (Thomson)