Presentation by Yuval Fisher, CTO - RGB Networks, on Sep 8, 2012. This installment of the Multi-network Solutions in the Real World Forum series discussed real-world examples of multi-network video rollouts from across Europe. It was offered on-site during IBC 2012, with the goal to break down the technical and business challenges that operators face with multi-network services.

1. Solving DVB + OTT
Network Challenges
Yuval Fisher
CTO
RGB Networks #multinetwork #IBC2012

2. There are many challenges!
 Content rights
 Siloed/converged DVB/OTT headends
 Content discovery
 Content distribution
 QAM bandwidth
 CDN infrastructure
 Conditional Access and DRM
 QoE
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3. Bad: Siloed Delivery / DRM
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4. Multi-network Multi-device Delivery
 Good:
 One device per
function
 Integrated
CA/DRM
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5. Multi-network Multi-device Delivery
 DVB broadcast
 IPTV
 “OTT”
 Stat-mux
 HLS
 Smooth
 iPad / iOS
 Gaming consoles
 Smart TVs
 STBs
 Mobile devices
 Linear
 VoD
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6. Completing the Ecosystem
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7. Other Considerations
 Note: there are many points of integration
between video processing components and
CA/DRM components.
 Hardware vs. software video Transcoding
 Packaging ? stat-mux ?
 Distributed vs. combined OTT
packaging/transcoding
 Dumb vs. smart CDN
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8. Integrated Ecosystem
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9. Advantages
 Single vendor for video processing
 Many claim to do this, few do in the same
product
 Single vendor for CA/DRM
 Many companies with uneven coverage
 Simplified operations
 Reduced OpEx
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10. Conclusion
 Network operators should look for:
 A delivery ecosystem that can address multiple
networks and devices
 A transcoding solution that is converged i.e.
capable of delivering to multiple architectures
and devices
 A CA/DRM system that unifies revenue security
for video services to hybrid DVB+OTT devices as
well as across mobile networks
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11. Thank You
Visit us at #4.C78
yfisher@rgbnetworks.com
www.rgbnetworks.com
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