Internet2 IPTV Trial Spring 2011

Walt Magnussen, Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC)

David Devereaux Weber

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Ellen Vaughn – Internet2

The market

•  TAMU – Dorm lines 5,800 on campus – Admin drops 470 – Charge $9.25 per drop

•  $5.25 programming •  $4.00 infrastructure

– Total cable TV billings $580,000 per year

The market

•  Higher Education – There are 1.8 million students living on

campus at over 900 campuses (Source ACUHO-I).

– Assuming approximately the same billing revenue this represents about $200 million per year

Current infrastructure •  Analog and digital cable plants

– 550 Mhz – 750 Mhz *** – >1.2 GHz

•  Combination of broadband coaxial and fiber optic modulators

Current service providers

•  Local Cable TV providers – Programming is whatever is available – Many rural campuses have little to no options

•  PVAMU has Northland Cable with 32 channels

•  Satellite aggregators such as CTV – Requires local head-end

IPTV Building a Head End TAMU Campus

College Station, Texas

IPTV Opportunities

•  More cost effective distribution – New buildings with Broadband trunk cable

•  $12,000 trunk installation •  $8,000 distribution

– Specialized programming •  International languages •  Student programming •  Research Programming (the Research Channel) •  Sports events

Motivating factors

•  New construction – building 32 new apartment buildings. Desire to actually do triple play, voice, data and video over IP.

•  Replacement of aging infrastructure. •  Expansion of services and channels.

– Additional channels – PPV

IPTV Trial

•  Six years in the making •  Road block is still retransmission rights

and DRM •  System now on line •  Trial to begin today •  20 Universities asked to participate

Infrastructure

Trial Details •  Duration April 17, 2011 to ??? •  Goal – to establish a sustainable IPTV service using the Internet2 Backbone •  Issues to be assessed

–  Content rights – Phase 1 –  DRM, especially for laptop and desktop computers – Phase 1 –  Multicast support Phase 1 –  QoE monitoring Phase 1 –  Local Channel ingress Phase 1 –  PPV support Phase 2 –  HD support Phase 1 –  Premium Channel support either phase 1 or 2 –  Integration of education and entertainment program guides Phase 1 –  International Programming Phase 2 –  Emergency Alert Notification support Phase 2 –  Additional Athletic content support Phase 2

Program Lineup •  ABCNN •  ESPN •  Lifetime •  Starz •  Encore •  StarzlB •  CI •  CSPAN3 •  IndiePlex •  MoviePlex

•  The Reserch Channel (in progress) •  Pegasus TV (pending) •  Al Jazeera (pending)

Project Participants

TAMU ITEC – host site and technical support University of Wisconsin at Madison Invision – technical support, soft client, aggregation support Avail – content and technical support Secure Media – DRM management Internet2 Project facilitation Participating Universities see next slide

Participating Universities •  Univ of Arizona •  University of Pennsylvania •  Ohio State •  University of Arkansas •  Univ. of Minnesota •  Rutgers •  Cabrillo •  Iowa State •  NYSER net •  Utah State University •  Northwestern University

•  Cal State •  University of Central Florida •  Georgia State •  Indiana University •  Penn State •  University of Wisconsin in

Madison •  Case Western University •  Texas A&M University •  University of Texas •  LSU

Requirements for Participating University

•  Provide single point of contact •  Access to about 50 students in residence

halls •  Multicast support to the bed •  Purchase at least on set top box •  Provide feedback for final report

Questions

•  For more info www.internet2.edu/IPTV