The SnapTV concept

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The SnapTV concept

• Snap TV is een nieuw concept voor
  gemeenschappelijke sateliet en CAI antenne
  systemen (CATV/SMATV)
• Concept is optimized for owners of
• small and medium size networks
• clusters of small and medium size networks
• Using IPTV technology to enable cost efficiency

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The IPTV puzzle
What DVB gateway?
What VOD server?
What CA system?

What monitoring system?
What middleware?
What set-top box?
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IPTV puzzled by SnapTV
What DVB gateway?
What VOD server?
What CA system?
What monitoring system?

What middleware?
What set-top box )?
What applications )?
No CA is also option for closed networks )
Provided through 3rd parties
Kreatel/Motorola is pre-integrated for nPVR and
VoD.
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Versatility
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Quality monitoring
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Usage patterns
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Availability reports
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Configuration
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Functions summary
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Conventional DVB-IPTV head-end
Demodulation Descrambling Service filtering
MPTS to SPTS splitting Multicasting
Bit-rate adaptation Re-multiplexing
DVB-S
TS descrambler
IP streamer
TS descrambler
ASI mux
IP streamer
TS descrambler
Network Gear
IP streamer
DVB-T
IRD
IRD
IP streamer
IRD
Camera
Web server
Encoder
Portal EPG
AV encoding
VoD server
Network Manager
VOD streaming
QoS Monitoring
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The difference?
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Content neutral

• Network owner defines the channel offering and
  line-up
• Most conditional access systems supported
• New video formats supported
• MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, Windows Media
• Standard definition and high definition
• Multiple feeds supported
• DVB-S, DVB-S2 (digital satellite)
• DVB-T (digital terrestrial)
• Multistandard RF/PAL (analog radio and TV)
• Baseband video (CVBS and S-video)
• MPEG files and DVD

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Time-shifting support

• Network recorder with 1000 or 4000 hours of TV
  program storage
• Enables individual playback of any program, eg
  from last day or last week

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On demand support

• Video on demand
• Video advertising
• Content uploaded from file, DVD or provided as
  baseband video
• Easy publishing of local content such as info
  channel, training videos, ads etc
• Trick play

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Network requirements

• Independent of physical cabling, can use any of
• Coax
• CAT-5/6
• Fiber
• Unlike conventional SMATV, no requirement to
  install and maintain an RF network
• Reuse of broadband infrastucture
• Cabling
• Switches and other network components
• Maintenance
• Know-how
• Multicast routing protocols should be supported,
  eg PIM-SM
• For multiple services (eg IP telephony, internet
  access and IPTV, QoS should be established)

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Functionality for users

• Ordinary TV channel zapping
• Digital radio
• TV and PC playback
• Program guide always up to date, no limitation on
  the number of channels or the number of days
• Searchable program guide
• Time-shift (Pause, playback of programs from the
  past etc)
• Wide channel offering
• Upload of own video clips from PC

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Playback on TV and PC

• Pre-integrated with leading STB manufacturers
• Kreatel/Motorola
• Amino
• WIP on Kaon and on LCD TVs with integrated IPTV
  modules

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TV with EPG and timeshift
Program guide with both future and past events.
Seamless navigation. Watch yesterdays football
match or Lost episode today
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Searchable program guide
With thousands of radio and TV channels available
and a historic program guide, Search is a key!
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Private storage
Storage resources can be reserved for private
use. Upload own content from PC!
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Functions for network owner

• Simple feeding of own infochannel and own video
  clips
• Built-in web browser in STB enables web and
  portal solutions
• Usage reports and statistics
• Per channel
• Per program
• QoS monitoring in the network
• Packet loss
• Jitter
• SnapTV can deliver fully provisioned service

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Case study 1

• Pioneers in offering and IPTV to their
  inhabitants
• Owns and runs their own triple play network
• 65 flats, expanding to 350 by inviting neighbours
• First IP-based SMATV network in a city in Norway
• 24 TV channels with recording
• Operational since summer 2006

Welhavens gate 10-14 OBOS apartment block
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Case study 2

• Triple play provided by Cyberhemsen
• IPTV system by SnapTV
• 36 TV channels
• Locally produced info-channel
• Operational since Jan 2006

Geilo ski resort Apartments and cottages
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Case study 3

• First off-shore IPTV system in the world
• 350 workiers sharing 175 cabins
• 14 TV channels with 24 hours time-shifting
• Operational since fall 2005

Borgholm Dolphin Accomodation unit in the North
Sea
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Summary

• Inexpensive and versatile IPTV-system
• Content neutral
• Ideal for new-builds removes the need for RF
  networks and RF know-how
• Supports info-channel
• Supports PC playback
• Supports Pay TV
• Supports Interactive solutions/web

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Supplier for BeneluxRian BV bergstraat 255581
BG Waalre Nederland040-2213656
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