1. Why would Broadcasters
Transport their Real-time
Professional Video over IP?
Marie Josée Drouin,
D. Technologies Inc.
February 24th, 2003

2. Agenda
 Video transport models
 TDM, ATM, Satellite, real-time IP
 Video over IP technologies
 Broadcasters and IP
 Now, tomorrow and Future
 Conclusion: Video over IP: Why and
Who?
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3. Hypothesis #1
“The cost models of the different
methods of real-time video
transport technologies are similar”

4. Transport Models: TDM
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5. Transport Models: ATM
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6. Transport Models: Satellite
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7. Transport Models: IP
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8. Transport Cost Models
TDM Satellite ATM IP real-time
Encoding $ $$ $$ $$
Encapsulators & TX $ $ $ $
De-encapsulators & RX $ $ $ $
Bandwidth Used $$$ $$ $$ $$
Total $$ $$ $$ $$
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9. Hypothesis #2
“Video IP technologies are here”

10. IP Technology issues
 Transmission interface vs. throughput
 Integrated control software
 IP QoS
 Security and access to servers
 File formats
 Content management
 Metadata
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11. Hypothesis #3
“Broadcasters are using IP now”

12. Broadcasters & IP - Now
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Live or Taped
Live or Taped
or Server
or Server
Signal
Signal Acquisition manipulation for Broadcasting
broadcasting
Live or Taped
Program or Server
Ads
Content
Local
Production
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13. Broadcasters & IP - Now
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Live or Taped
Live or Taped
or Server
or Server
Signal
Signal Acquisition manipulation for Broadcasting
broadcasting
Live or Taped
Program or Server
Ads
Content
Local
Production
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14. Broadcasters & IP - Now
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Live or Taped
Live or Taped
or Server
or Server
Signal
Signal Acquisition manipulation for Broadcasting
broadcasting
Live or Taped
Program or Server
Ads
Content
Local
Production
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15. Broadcasters & IP - Now
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Live or Taped
Live or Taped
or Server
or Server
Signal
Signal Acquisition manipulation for Broadcasting
broadcasting
Live or Taped
Program or Server
Ads
Content
Local
Production
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16. Broadcasters & IP - Tomorrow
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Live or Taped
or Server
Signal
Signal Acquisition Server manipulation for Broadcasting
broadcasting
Live or Taped
Program or Server
Ads
Content
Local
Production
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17. Broadcasters & IP - Future
Programming Program
Sales Team
Team Schedules
Signal
Broadcasting
Signal Acquisition Server manipulation for
Server
broadcasting
Ad Server
Program
Ads
Content
Local
Local
Production
Production
Server
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18. Video over IP: Why do it?
 Tapes = Going, going, gone
 Large content hosting at affordable
price
 Need to share the same video
programming between sites
 Video file transfers
 IP is the COMPUTER language
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19. Video Over IP: Who’s doing it?
 Who is actively buying servers?
 Who has video ingress into a server?
 Who has recurring content put on a server?
 Who has non-real time content?
Answer:
 Specialty channels
 Centralized broadcasters
 Time-zone transmissions
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20. Questions?
mjdrouin@videotron.ca

21. The Author
 Marie Josée Drouin received her Engineering Degree
from Laval University in 1988 and her Masters in
Technological Management from Montreal
Polytechnique University in 1990. She has held
various engineering and management positions at
Bell Canada before moving to Teleglobe where she
held the position of Director of their Video division for
4 years.
 She has been involved with Broadcast since 1995 and
currently provides her consulting services to Telecom
Providers and Broadcasters around the globe.
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