At our San Francisco meeting in December 2006, we defined Home Networking as the area of focus for our activities in the first quarter of this year. With that in mind, we planned various projects that addressed the issues and challenges related to home networking.
In early March the BSF collaborated with the MPEG Industry Forum in an interactive panel at the IPTV World Forum in London; Andrew Keevil moderated the discussions that covered various aspects of the new trends in home networks. The panel presentations are currently available to BSF members on the BSF website.
In addition, I was honored to be invited to participate in a private televised session addressing Media Convergence, organized by the TeleManagement Forum. The valuable discussions held during this session constitute a basis for the TeleManagement World Forum, to be held later this year in Nice.
For the remainder of the quarter, we will continue to focus our activities on the Home Networking arena, by finalizing the Home Networks survey introduced by Ovum at our December 2006 meeting, developing a white paper on Home Networking issues identified by our members and arising from the panel discussions at the IPTV World Forum, and participating in industry events that relate to the subject.
In the spirit of strengthening our relationship with other important industry fora, the BSF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the TeleManagement Forum whereby members of each organization will have influence over related work in the area of telecom-web convergence issues. The groups will share and review each other's documents and participate in joint events.
The BSF Q2 meeting, focused on Advanced Applications, will be held in North America in the Spring. For the third quarter of the year, our efforts will relate to Monetizing IP Traffic, with the Q3 meeting planned for the early Fall in Western Europe. Detailed information on upcoming meetings will be posted on the BSF website in the upcoming weeks.
Finally, the notes from the 4th Annual Content Roundtable, held in Los Angeles and hosted by Warner Music, will be available to our members later this month.
During the first two months of 2007, Marketing Committee members have been busy representing the Forum at industry events.
David Price of Harmonic Inc. moderated a panel session at IPTV World Forum Latin America, entitled "Putting Subscribers at the Centre of Their Own Entertainment Universe". Mary Francia of Philips and 2006 Marketing Committee Chair was a panelist.
Matthew Marnik of Juniper Networks represented the BSF at the Global IPTV Deployment Strategies Forum 2007, where he spoke on the topic of IPTV Services and IPTV Advertising as significant revenue generators for telcos. This topic has also been submitted for consideration to the Broadband World Forum Europe 2007.
Andrew Keevil of SupportSoft moderated a BSF panel for the IPTV World Forum London on March 7th. The session, entitled "From Vision To Reality: Making The "Real" Digital Home Work" is focused on Home Networking, theme for the BSF activities during Q1 of 2007. Panelists include speakers from Juniper Networks, Telekom Austria, Harmonic Inc., and dicas.
In addition, the BSF will carry forward the Q1 Home Networking theme at NXTcomm, held in June in Chicago, with an interactive panel discussion on June 18th. If you are interested in participating on the panel, please contact Matthew Marnik at Matthew Marnik as soon as possible.
Finally, the BSF has secured sponsorship of 10 worldwide industry events during this first quarter.
Besides the speaking engagements, the Marketing Committee has actively promoted the newest BSF documents and following an invitation from the IEC, we submitted the "IPTV Explained," "Business Models and Drivers for Next Generation IMS Services" and "Video Quality in IPTV Platforms" white papers for various IEC publications.
In 2006, Ovum conducted a 1000+ end-user study to determine usage and expectations around home networks, with a particular focus on what service providers could offer relative to the home network. The fascinating, and often surprising results of this survey were presented at the Q4 BSF meeting in San Francisco.
As a complement to the end-user study, Ovum is conducting a service provider survey on plans for services relating to the home network. This study will be complete and the results available to BSF members in March.
As always, we welcome all interested members to participate in the Marketing Committee, conference calls are held every two weeks. For more information, please visit us online.
BSF Q4 2006 Meeting: Improving the Consumer Experience
The fourth quarter meeting of the Broadband Services Forum (BSF) took place between December 6 and 7, 2006 in San Francisco, California. Sponsored by SupportSoft, the event focussed on the consumer experience and included interactive discussions and presentations from:
Customer care software supplier SupportSoft on Broadband 2.0
Automation software supplier Motive on next-generation services strategy
Industry analyst firm Ovum on the peliminary results of BSF's consumer research survey
BSF VP of Marketing on the impact of IPTV on the advertising industry
Network equipment and solutions vendor Alcatel-Lucent on content management
More detailed notes on the meeting are available to members on the BSF web site.
Fourth Annual Content Roundtable
Prior to the Q4 meeting, the Fourth Annual Content Roundtable meeting took place in Burbank, California on December 5. Hosted by Warner Music Group, this meeting brought together content owners and service providers to discuss their successes, failures, issues and concerns. It was also attended by a number of solutions vendors. Topics ranged from the emergence of "over the top" video and the importance of the user interface for IPTV, to the challenges of defining the customer and the role of advertising. A complete report on this meeting will be made available to members by the end of March.
NAB 2007
Advanced Video Services in Next Generation Video Ecosystems
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Las Vegas Convention Center Room S228
10:00 - 5:30
Keynote Speaker: Helmut Leopold, BSF Chairman
Theme: Broadband Technology and Value Added Services: Issues and Challenges
Thursday, June 28, 2007
London, UK
Panelists:
Helmut Leopold, Telekom Austria
Paul Szucs, Sony Europe
VOIP and Wireless VOIP: The Future Is Calling
April 16-17, 2007
Singapore
This is a unique event that will provide key telecom players with the insights and knowledge in implementing VoIP for fixed and mobile networks. The keynote speakers and case studies will address key challenges such as QoS, migration strategies and interoperability as well as new applications and the revenue potential of VoIP.
Drawing an executive delegation from across Asia, this event simply cannot be missed. It is an essential platform to showcase products and services.
Key Topics:
- A do-or-die situation: Assessing threats and opportunities VoIP presents incumbents
- Identifying emerging VoIP applications to exploit new revenue streams
- Setting the stage to incorporate wireless VoIP into service offerings
- Defining best practices for successful network migration
- The case for IMS: Next generation networks and new mobile applications
For more informatoin go to:VOIP and Wireless
2007 China Broadband Triple Play/IPTV Conference
April 18 - 19, 2007
Kempinski Hotel, Beijing, China
At the upcoming 4th annual, participants will be able to join over 500 telecom executives and other industry players in discussing all the current developments from a business and technological perspective. A world class program featuring a faculty of authorities on triple play and IPTV are there addresses all your information needs. China DSL Forum will be staged concurrently.
For more information, please go to: China-Tripleplay-IPTV
ISP & Broadband Forum
April 23-26, 2007
Hilton Olympia, London, United Kingdom
IIR's ISP & Broadband Forum is established as a key meeting point and discussion forum for senior representatives from ISPs, telecoms operators, broadband providers and content & media companies. The reputation of the conference has been built through its ability to deliver stimulating presentations and invaluable networking opportunities.
For more information please go to:ISP & Broadband Forum
IMS 2.0 World Forum
April 24-26 2007
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Building on the huge success of the Global IMS Series which has attracted over 2000 attendees, Informa Telecoms & Media are now proud to announce the even bigger 4th IMS 2.0 World Forum. This market leading IMS event has been revised and recharged for 2007.
For more information please go to: IMS World Forum
C5 World Forum
March 26-29, 2007
Milan, Italy
The C5 World Forum conference and exhibition has emerged from the need to move beyond the digital networked economy to focus more intently on the implications of network convergence of communications and its role in shaping personalized content and communications for customers.
Examine how the roles of content providers, customers, and end users are shaping the future of information communication technology through our rich educational programming.
For more information please go to: C5 World Forum
CONNECTIONS
May 1-3, 2007
Santa Clara, CA
Now in its eleventh year, CONNECTIONS: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments.
CONNECTIONS offers industry and consumer perspectives through presentations of Parks Associates and CEA research, keynote speakers, panel speakers, media and organization support, and a showfloor displaying the latest technologies.
For more information please go to: CONNECTIONS
Digital Media Delivery 2007
May 10-11, 2007
London, UK
Digital Media Delivery 2007 will be a Converged Event for a Converged Industry. Its launch is based on the proposition that the sector is saturated with silo events addressing individual aspects of digital media; IPTV, DTH, DSL, MPEG 4, mobile TV, etc, etc. What is needed is a single event where a well-defined community of vendors in the digital media distribution chain - from ingestation through transmission to home gateway - can meet an equally well-defined community of buyers.
For more information please go to: Digital Media Delivery 2007
Broadband Connect Summit
June 28, 2007
London, UK
Technosummits is a key technology events resource providing interactive roundtable format discussion platform, bringing together Thought leaders from the technology sector and key decision makers from Enterprises to address, discuss, and explore critical technology and business issues with a view of finding solutions to move the industry forward.
The Broadband Connect Summit will concentrate on broadband services, of which broadband entertainment will be a major focus. This summit brings all these diverse and yet interwied themes together; it is where key decision makers and industry's leaders of today-and toorrow- come together to explore where wired, wireless, chips, systems, software, carrier networks, standards and regulation are going.
For more information please go to: Broadband Connect Summit
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