Video over internet
Werner Ramaekers
VRT-medialab
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the future ?
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the parents
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the kids
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the cat
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9.2 billion videos watched
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11.4 billion videos watched
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68 videos / user
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82 videos / user
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“Media distribution
over internet :
the question is not IF
but WHEN”
Rahul Chakkara, Controller TV-platforms, BBC
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Zattoo
• Founded : 2005
• Investment : US$ 15 million
• Users : 1.9 million users
• Content partners :
• Channel4, Channel5, BBC3, BBC4, Bloomberg
UK, Deutsche Welle, France24, TVP, ...
demo
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Peer-to-peer
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• Founded : 2006
• Investment : US$ 45 million
• 6 million downloads , ? active users
• Content partners (300):
• CBS, Viacom, Sony, Turner, Endemol, NCAA, NHL,
US Soccer, Universal Music Group, National
Geographic,...
• Free for users thanks to ads
demo
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hulu.com
• Joint venture : NBC Universal / News Corp.
• funding : US$ 100 million
• TV (episodes of 250 TV series) and Films
• Content partners (50):
• Fox, MGM Studios inc., Sony Pictures TV, Warner
Brothers TV group, NBA, NHL, ...
• Free for the user (ad supported)
• Streaming (no download)
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hulu : stats
• Public launch : 12 march 2008
• Before public launch : 5 million users
• April 2008 :
• 15 million users
• 63 million videos (2hr/user/month)
• 100.000 videos posted on 12.000 sites
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www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
• Public launch : 25/12/2007
• Radio and TV broadcast in the last 7 days
• Streaming & download (windows only, 30
days)
• 2.2 million users in the 1-st month
• UK : 58 million inhabitants
demo
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Programs watched
699.000
monthly 556.000
442.000
daily 362.000
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demographics
55+
15-34
35-54
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Online TV
demographics
Female Male Female Male
Online TV
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Linear TV & iPlayer
Linear TV iPlayer
18,9 m
+457.000
3,1 m
+241.000
145.000
+29.000
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transcoding
FLV (pc streaming)
WMV (win d/l)
50 Mbps
MPEG-2 (STB)
25GB/hr video H.264 (browser)
50 rack-mount PCs, running dual quad-core Xeon CPU
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1252 files
70% traffic
400 GB
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http://newteevee.com/2007/12/10/its-hard-to-find-something-to-watch-online/
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The Zune software can stream MP4 files to the Xbox
360 however the Zune software is limited to H.264
base/main profile only because of it's own internal
H.264 decoder whereas the Xbox 360 can play up
to H.264 high profile
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works as a set-top box and streams your video, photos and
music from your pc to your television (through the
DPG-1200). It has a separate remote that lets control your
pc and launch movies as you would with the pc mouse.
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ease of choice
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the ZvBox will search for an empty
channel on your cable and localcast all
media from your computer as an HD
channel to your HD television
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a scarce resource
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Questions ?
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