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STB is Morphing
STB
TV
Move to the Cloud
DVR functionality is slowly migrating from
the SET box to the Cloud
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Internet-connectable STB shipments
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By end 2017, traditional STB-based DVR households still dominate,
but Network and Cloud DVR households will have grown to 13%
Satellite Cable IPTV OTT STBs
STB-based
DVR HHs
Network
DVR HHs
CloudDVR
HHs
2013 2017
Is there a place for STB @SmartHome?
?
What if STB is the Cloud?
=
Capacity
1TB on modern boxes
Private Clouds
Network
Attached
Storage
OwnCloudOpen Source Cloud
Storage
SeaFileOpen Source Cloud
Storage
Mesh Networks
STB Cloud Perspective
P2P mesh network
P2P mesh network
75%Streamed from Peers
Solving CDN cost issue
Streaming cost using
central server
$Bn, est. annual
Video library size ‘000s
Because streaming on-demand
videos requires so much RAM,
media distributors such as cable
companies face exponential costs
if they attempt to offer a wide
range of movies through their
central servers
Adaptive Steaming @household
Traffic Peaks
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Netflix Traffic Comparsion — House of Cards Season 3 Launch Weekend
Typical Weekend (Feb 19-22) House of Cards Launch Weekend (Feb 26 – Mar 1)
Smart Recommendation Engine
Opportunistic Content Delivery
Solve
• Bandwidth Peaks
• Bandwidth overutilization
• Storage and HW
underutilization
What about DRM?
Reward System
Blockchain
Reuse Bandwidth
Reuse Storage
Reuse Hardware
Capabilities
The tech is already
there!
...and tech talent for the challenge is here!
Job Trends
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DevOps Engineer Data Scientist
Gains when Applied
• Leverage existing
infrastructure
• Reduce First/Last Mile
congestion
• Reduce Back-end CapEx
• Improve QoS/QoE
