October 29 | Fall VON | Boston
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Telephony's IPTV WORKSHOP AGENDA*
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 Opening Address: Lyn Cantor, Vice President of Marketing, Tektronix
9:15 - 9:45 Industry Q&A: Tara Maitra, Vice President & General Manager of Programming, TiVo
With Carol Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, Telephony
9:45 - 10:45 Refining Video: The Service Provider Edge
How different is IPTV? In a market that includes hundreds of options for Internet video, broadcast video, cable programming and easier access to premium content on all fronts, how can IPTV providers expect to differentiate their service? This panel session will explore the importance of content and interactivity and how IPTV service providers can maintain a strong position as providers of enhanced content—and ultimately a competitive edge.
Panelists:
Brian Caskey, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, UTStarcom
Rory Altman, Co-Founder and Director, Altman Vilandrie and Co.
10:45 - 11:00 Networking break
11:00 - 12:00 Quality Concerns: The IPTV Hit-or-Miss Issue
Early IPTV deployments in small markets--with friendly customers--have had the luxury of rolling out less than perfect systems. Widespread deployment by large carriers will be a different story. Tier 1 service providers attempting to displace cable providers as the TV entertainment leaders will have to hit a service home run the first time around or they could loss the game entirely. Join a panel of experts on video quality to discuss how service providers can offer the highest quality IPTV experience.
Panelists:
Mike Hollier, Chief Technology Officer, Psytechnics
Mike Humes, Product Manager, IPTV Solutions, Tektronix
Deepesh Arora, Director of Applications and Service Testing, Ixia
12:00 - 1:30 VON Networking Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 The Analyst View: Steven Hawley, Principal and Consultant Analyst, Advanced Media Strategies
2:00 - 3:00 Security in an IPTV World
To date, IPTV security has focused on digital rights management to protect content, but there are also issues around theft of service that will grow as the service becomes more popular. This panel of experts will address what service providers need to be doing to address security from the outset.
Panelists:
Steven Hawley, Principal and Consultant Analyst, Advanced Media Strategies
Manish Singh, Vice President Field Engineering, Continuous Computing
Meir Lehrer, Vice President of US Technical Sales and Partnerships, NDS
3:00 - 3:15 Networking Break
3:15 - 3:45 Afternoon Keynote Address: Alan Young, Senior Vice President & CTO, SES Americom
3:45 - 4:45 Architectural Evolution: Building IPTV Networks
As IPTV content strategies and deployment approaches continue to evolve, carriers must construct the best networks to support and carry IPTV services. This panel of technology experts will look at the technology challenges, architectural decisions involved and how to navigate them, from video distribution and edge networking to technologies and devices inside the home.
Panelists:
David Foote, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Telecom USA
Sam Harlan, Director of Video Services, CHR Solutions
Maribel Lopez, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
* Note: Agenda subject to change
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