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12 Analyst cornerAs pay TV channels look to go to advertising support-ed models, Guy Bisson gives his verdict on the best potential markets
14 COVER STORY - DOCSIS 3.1Get ready for the new Docsis standard - coming to a network near you sooner rather than later
16 Cable Congress reviewBroadband continues to displace TV as cables focus
18 Second screen synchronisationSynchronisation technology will see a boom, but what
it needs is a killer app. And how do companies choose between the ACR techniques out there?
22 OTT QoSManaging service quality over unmanaged networks and devices requires a radically different approach to traditional TV distribution. How can this be guaran-teed in light of all the variables?
24 Guest column The DTG on the importance of the Future Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) Taskforce
27 CDN roundtableCSI assembled a diverse panel to look at the current and future market for content delivery networks
34 TeleportsWe examine the future prospects of teleport services, which are evolving in new and different directions
42 MPEG-DASHThe streaming standard aims to unify but it faces a struggle. Dolby gives its view on page 38
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and Germany. In any case, these discussions ask profound questions about the long-term future of the DTT platform (see pages 24 and 27). Cable, meanwhile, realising that the future is IP-based, is to even greater degrees boosting the efficiency of its networks and plants to be ready for Gigabit speeds as more and more video is pushed down broadband pipes (see pages 14 and 16). Goran Nastic, editor
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news in brief
Amazon working on STB
Amazon is developing its own set-
top box to support its streaming
video services. The device, due
later this year, will connect to
TVs and also provide access to
Amazons expanding video
services, including the companys
VoD store, making use of its
existing content and billing
relationships to move even more
into the living room. Amazon has
introduced several original
television pilots for customer
feedback as it looks to expand its
services. The STB is being
developed by Amazons Lab126
division. The move would pit the
retail giant against the likes of
Apple TV, Roku, and Xbox, as
well as Intel, which is launching
its own OTT STB this year.
Canadian television network Bulb
Television has become the first
channel in North America, and
one of the first in the world, to
announce plans of a 4k ultra HD
feed, with launch as early as next
month, and 8k also in the pipeline
before the end of next year.
Bulb TV has been transmitting a
4000 pixels feed for internal testing
over the last several weeks and will
be releasing the signal in 4k, 1080
HD and standard definition formats
when it launches in May. The ultra
HD format is four times the
resolution of a typical 1080 high def.
Content will begin to be produced
in-house and acquired in the 4k,
while content airing that was filmed
in 1080p will be up converted. The
4000 pixel feed currently streams at
around 50mbps.
The company is also first
broadcaster to announce plans to
launch an 8k version of the channel
when technology permits, namely
once the H.265 codec and encoders
become readily available, ideally as
soon as fall 2014.
According to its blurb, Bulb
Television will be airing intellectual
programming of conferences and
shows with substance in a non-
traditional format.
The idea came up several months
ago that if were building a new
master control anyway, lets
be the first to break ground
with this new revolution
technology as well, said
founder Evan Kosiner.
Bulb TV is set to launch
in markets across Canada
on cable, satellite and IPTV
platforms in May and June.
Operators who cannot immediately
carry the new 4k format will have
options to carry a 1080 signal or
SD signal.
SES has launched an Ultra
HD Experience initiative to drive
the development of the value chain.
Content producers and
broadcasters are invited to submit
ultra HD footage via www.ses.com/
ultrahd-experience and will be
given the opportunity to broadcast
via an SES satellite.
Bulb TV turns on 4k
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news in brief
Swisscom TV abroad
Swisscom TV plus customers will
be able to access and watch
recorded programmes up to 30
days old while abroad using their
smartphones, tablets, laptops and
PCs. More than 80% of the
operators TV plus customers
regularly record programmes and
they will be able to watch these
outside of Switzerland as of 29
April. The company also said that
iPhones and Android
smartphones can now be used as
TV remote controls. Forward
EPG search functionality has also
been added.
