www.openiptvforum.org

Open IPTV ForumOverview

Creating a mass-market for the next-generation of IPTV

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Mobility

SharingOn demand

The Vision

via Managed Networks and the Open Internet

Personalized and Interactive IPTV in a standardized way

Forum essentials

• What is the Open IPTV Forum?– A global organization involving many of the key stakeholders in the IPTV market

• What are the Forum goals?– To create an end-user mass market for IPTV– To accelerate the introduction and deployment of IPTV– To ease the integration of end-to-end IPTV solutions– To facilitate the creation of IPTV services

• Why is the Forum needed?– No consensual standards exist for IPTV– Diverse implementation is a barrier to IPTV evolution and growth– Harmonization of IPTV infrastructure and service development reduces risk for all

stakeholders

• What does the Forum do?– Agree and publish end-to-end specifications for standardized IPTV solutions and services

Forum essentials• Who benefits from the work of the Open IPTV Forum?

– Service Providers can reduce integration costs and focus on service features and revenue generation

– Technology and Equipment Suppliers benefit from clear specifications which help ensure interoperability

– Content and Applications Vendors know the capabilities and limitations of the IPTV systems they use

• How does the Forum operate?– The steering group provides guidance on the general directions of the Forum and approves the

Forum's deliverables– Starting with Service and Platform requirements and a Functional Architecture - technical

specifications are developed by the Working Groups.– Where possible existing standards from established standards bodies are used.

• What is the Forum timeline?– Requirements and architecture specifications for Release 1 are already available from the

Forum's website.– The Release 1 Technical Specifications will be published during 2008.– As IPTV service expectations continue to evolve, the Forum will revise and extend the published

specifications in subsequent Releases.

The standardization issue…

• Fragmented World of Standards- No end-to-end perspective

• Proprietary solutions• Limited interoperability and

economics of scale

IPTV

CPE - Home Devices

IMS - Control Layere2e

Service Layer

Transport

Standardization - a success factor for IPTV mass market

Issues addressed by Open IPTV Forum

Forum Objectives

• Specify an open e2e specification for IPTV including: – Architecture and interfaces– Network and terminal functionality – Interactive and personalized services– Technology choices for all major functionalities– A common UNI (User-Network Interface) for Open Internet and managed networks– Certification of equipment including end user devices and service provider offerings

• The e2e specification shall support:– A variety of IPTV and internet multimedia services – Managed networks and open Internet– Integration with communication services– Convergence of IPTV and multimedia services across different access technologies– Easy integration of 3rd Party content offerings– Various devices in the home network

Forum Intent• To include all the key players in the IPTV value chain

– CE vendors– Content providers– Network Operators– Service Providers– Network Equipment Vendors– Home Network Equipment Vendors– Broadcasters

• To improved Time-to-Market compared with “traditional”standardization bodies

• To cover all necessary aspects for delivery of IPTV:– Service discovery– Content delivery– Security– Billing, operations– Maintenance and management aspects

• To base specifications on existing technologies and standards asfar as possible

– Define necessary extensions to fill the gaps in existing standards– Give feedback to relevant standard bodies– Candidate technologies (non exhaustive): DLNA, IMS, DVB-IPI, Internet portals, web Browser, multimedia

middleware

• Shall consider the establishment of the certification and logo program to ensure the e2e interoperability

Members: 26 - February 2008:

Forum scope

AccessProvider

Service PlatformProvider

CPCP

CP

SLA

Managed NetworkOpen IPTVcommon UNI

3rd Party Content Provider

Service PlatformProvider

Open Internet

SPI

SLA SLA

SLACGM

IPTVProvider

IPTVProvider

IPTVProvider

IPTVProvider

SPI

* Triple play Walled Garden

* Portal site Walled Garden

* Authentication, billing, etc.

TCI

*QoS, Multicast

AccessProvider

AccessProvider

IAI

•Delivery of EPG andcontent binary

CPISPI

CPI

HomeNetwork

SPI (Service Provider Interface)

UNI (User Network Interface)TCI (Transport and Control Interface)

IAI (Internet access Interface)CPI (Content Provider Interface) CGM (Consumer generated Media)

CP (Content Provider)

* Authentication, billing, etc.•Delivery of EPG andcontent binary

Open IPTV Features• Broadcast TV• Video on Demand• Local PVR• Network-based PVR• Content Guide (search, browser & meta data based,

personalization• Advertisement (within content, EPG, other information• Information services (associated, unassociated)• Interactivity and Applications • Security (authentication, DRM)• User Management• Remote ITF Management• Parental Control• User Interface• Service Portability• Home Networking• Centralized Charging• QoS management• Notification Service• Interworking with communication services

Intended Time line

20082007

Architecture & Requirements

Solution specifications

OIPTV specification Release 1

20082007

OIPTV interoperability specification Release 1

Oct.

Interoperability

Certification

Aug

Open IPTV Forum Organization

Steering GroupYunChao Hu (E)

Barry Gravenhorst (So)Helmut Schink (NSN)

Requirements WGEunhee Rhim (Sa)

Vacant

Architecture WGNilo Mitra (E)

Mario Bonnet (T)

Solution WGPaul Szucs (So)

Glenn Adams (Sa)

Std Coord AdHocJürgen Heiles (NSN)

Admin&Budget AHThomas Rex (E)

Working Proc. AHHamid Amir-Alikhani

(Pa)

IOT WGTBD

Marketing WGHelmut Schink (NSN)

Monika Gadhammar (E)

Cert. & Logo AHJon Piesing

(Ph)

New Membership• The Forum is open for those Membership Applicants that are

committed to actively contribute to the agreed objectives of the forum• The Applicant need to accept the Terms & Conditions of the Open

IPTV Forum Agreement and state their commitment to the technology choices within the Technology Framework Document

• The Applicant will be invited to the Steering Group for presentation of their membership application

• The Membership Application Process is described on the web-site– http://www.openiptvforum.org/membership.html

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