Dave Robinson, Chief Video Architect, Alcatel-Lucent DAVE ROBINSON is a technology strategist in Alcatel-Lucent’s Network and Platform Division with particular interest in video. He has worked for several organizations including Digital Equipment Corporation and Oracle before joining Alcatel-Lucent to work on IPTV and Internet TV solutions. He has long standing interest in measuring and improving end user QoE with IPTV and OTT video entertainment systems. This includes the practical application of caching, recommendations engines, and adaptive streaming enable improved end user experience. Currently he is investigating ways to optimise delivery of HTTP Adaptive Streaming video over the Internet. Dave has a B.Sc. and a Ph.D., both from Imperial College in London.

1. The Rise of OTT Professional Video
Technical motivation
Dave Robinson
20th November 2013
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3. PayTV / OTT hybrid
Rival Catch-up TV integrated into STB
Sky content on any device – no STB
Add value to the SKY brand
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4. Access bandwidths sufficient
20% > 10Mbps
1HD or 2 SD
Source Akamai SOTI Q2 13
• Unmanaged Networks Sufficient
• Broadband speeds have increased
• 20% >10Mbps sufficient for 1 HD or 2 SD video
• 60% > 4Mbps sufficient for 1 SD video
• Expect 40Mbps to be common in 2-3 years
• VDSL / Vectoring increase use of copper=> 4xHD
streams + plenty left for web surfing
• Fibre / Cable >100Mbps
• CDNs
• Operator based and global
• Bring content closer to the end user
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60% > 4Mbps
1 SD video

5. Compelling Experience
DLNA CVP2
Excellent content
• Technology does not sell
DMR (Connected TV)
Play
Improved Content Discovery
• Recommendations
Select
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• Search
DTCP-IP
Source
DMS
RUI
Server
Metadata
Plugin
Cache
CDN
DA
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• Social media
Great UIs
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DMC (iPad)
EPG Browse
Metadata
CMS
• Native apps
• HTML 5
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6. HTTP Adaptive Streaming
• HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) adapts to available bandwidth
• Truly OTT Solution
• Reliable – uses TCP
• Goes through firewalls
• Reuses web technology
• Standardised –MPEG DASH
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7. H.265 – the hope for the future
• New video codec HEVC (H.265)
• Standardised Jan 2013
• Aim to half the bit rate for same quality
• HD / 4Mbps, SD / 1.5Mbps, iPad / 0.5 Mbps
• Increased reach / Quality
2012
• Some devices already support H.265 in S/W
• Qualcomm, Marvell, STi, and Broadcom have H/W
• Piecemeal rollout with new clients
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2014
2015
PC
• Availability
2013
100%
100%
100%
100%
Smartphone
91%
95%
100%
100%
Tablet
85%
92%
100%
100%
Digital TV
0%
0%
20%
45%
Source: Multimedia Research Group 2012

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