Speakers

Mobile video will increase 25-fold between 2011 and 2016, accounting for over 70 percent of total mobile data traffic by the end of the forecast period. This explosive growth in mobile video presents significant challenges to preserve video quality and manage network congestion for tomorrow’s network. This session will discuss new technologies and architectural approaches service providers should adopt to meet this demand. It will explore some of the options for optimizing mobile video delivery, such as policy management, CDNs, bandwidth management, and traffic offload, which can mitigate the complexities created by continuously evolving formats, devices, consumer behaviors, and bandwidth issues presented by mobile video consumption.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

With capital budgets tight but bandwidth demand growing, service providers are looking to exploit their existing copper plant and finding new technologies in play. This session will examine multiple ways of delivering up to 100 Megabits per second over copper plant. Technologies will include: VDSL 2 vectoring, VDSL2 bonding, which are beginning to deploy, as well as G.Fast and phantom mode, which are emerging. It will also look at how dynamic spectrum management and the combination of DSL and WiFi can deliver additional bandwidth.

The confluence of broadband-ready device proliferation, the increasing sophistication of the home network, and the movement of content to the Cloud creates a fertile ground for service providers to both better understand and to create deeper relationships with their customers. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of facilitating the connected home, from understanding broadband behaviors and consumption patterns, to implementing the ecosystem and toolset necessary to successfully build deeper, more secure, and more profitable subscriber relationships.

Service providers, seeking to retain subscribers and drive new revenues in highly competitive markets, are building new business strategies that leverage value-added services. This workshop includes research presentations from Parks Associates industry analysts and a panel discussion addressing the new opportunities for service providers in entertainment, premium technical support, home security, and other value-added services.

Parks Associates' research finds over 40% of U.S. broadband households own an Internet-connected device, creating opportunities for multiscreen services, but consumers are also interested in a variety of connected home services, with 65% of U.S. broadband households interested in at least one security or energy service. Other service categories include cloud services, home management, and even healthcare, creating a variety of bundling options and many different ways to succeed in the connected home.

Key takeaways:

• Strategies to engage consumers and increase the value proposition of the connected home
• • Service combinations that resonate with different consumers
• Revenue potential for different service categories
• Implications of connected CE: leveraging the multiscreen home to increase provider presence
• Key partnerships among operators, retailers, manufacturers, and technology providers

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

Retransmission rights remain a difficult and expensive aspect of providing video services. The regulations governing video services are under pressure from market and technology changes, and could be changing in the near term. Understanding those regulations is key to negotiating successfully and avoiding costly mistakes. This session will feature national experts on both aspects of the retrans regulatory issue: The pending possibilities of reform and the current consent laws and regulations. Attendees will get helpful tips for negotiating retransmission consent agreements and avoiding pitfalls and will be better prepared for possible changes to come.

What's the best path, economically, for operators contemplating a CDN strategy? Build it, or rent capacity from a growing roster of third-party partner CDNs? This session will discuss how to think through the economic tradeoffs, both business and technical, associated with CDN planning and implementation. Attendees will learn how to cost out a CDN rollout, from two perspectives: Building it, or renting “space” with a third-party partner.

The cloud has played an increasingly pivotal role in the evolution and scaling of the multi-screen video experience and services. Operators have offered network-based DVR services for several years now and with the advances in cloud computing, capabilities have stepped up the migration of multi-screen video applications, such as video navigation and content delivery networks, towards the cloud. What now are the prospects for more aggressive adoption of cloud platforms in multi-screen video evolution including linear channel Pay TV offerings, etc.? This panel will explore the ways in which cloud-based multi-screen video can change the economics of telco business models and open up the possibility of new services and new profits.

The Telecommunications industry continues to innovate at a rapid pace. Service demands from consumers and businesses are at an all-time high; causing Service Providers to ensure their technology investments can keep up with customer demands. In order to outpace the speed of innovation, Service Providers must continue to stay abreast of the latest technologies that are disrupting the telecommunications industry. Please consider attending Cisco’s Pre-Conference workshop as we will be discussing how technologies such as Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networking, IPv6 and Caching will radically impact how future Telecommunications services will be delivered. In this workshop, you will learn how to leverage these new technologies for your company’s, and customer’s, advantage.

Service providers, seeking to retain subscribers and drive new revenues in highly competitive markets, are building new business strategies that leverage value-added services. This workshop includes research presentations from Parks Associates industry analysts and a panel discussion addressing the new opportunities for service providers in entertainment, premium technical support, home security, and other value-added services.

Parks Associates' research finds over 40% of U.S. broadband households own an Internet-connected device, creating opportunities for multiscreen services, but consumers are also interested in a variety of connected home services, with 65% of U.S. broadband households interested in at least one security or energy service. Other service categories include cloud services, home management, and even healthcare, creating a variety of bundling options and many different ways to succeed in the connected home.

Key takeaways:

• Strategies to engage consumers and increase the value proposition of the connected home
• • Service combinations that resonate with different consumers
• Revenue potential for different service categories
• Implications of connected CE: leveraging the multiscreen home to increase provider presence
• Key partnerships among operators, retailers, manufacturers, and technology providers

Innovation in Middleware
Innovation in Video Processing

Innovation in Broadband Access Networks
Innovation in Customer Premise Equipment

Though most IPTV providers have been exploring multi-screen opportunities, in order to properly implement these plans they must be able to assure that video content will be delivered at the same optimal quality that consumers have grown accustomed to on their TV sets. This session will explore some of the latest technology developments in delivery video quality across multiple devices, leveraging new tools to proactively identify diagnose and resolve customer-affecting service issues. Service providers will learn how to deliver choice to their customers without creating a nightmare for their ability to monitor and manage the customer experience.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

Local content represents a way to differentiate your video service, whether you are doing IPTV or a straight OTT play. This session explores the many different ways of cultivating a wide range of local content, in addition to the obvious choices of local sports. Learn how to nurture and aggregate video content already being produced by local organizations and to provide tools to make community-produced OTT video available on managed networks through VoD or linear IPTV. Explore hyperlocal ad sales and new technologies making it possible to bring profits to local content.

Developing new services and then selling and marketing those services have not been traditional strengths for service providers, but if they are to successfully generate new revenues on top of their broadband service offerings, they will need to either develop these strengths or find other ways to incorporate them. This session explores options for developing new IP services and requirements for preparing your staff to sell those services and also will explain some of the necessary fundamentals of educating a market when delivering new services to businesses or consumers.

The market for cloud-based IT services is taking off for both enterprises and SMBs and service providers that don't have a cloud strategy may find themselves losing lucrative business to competitors and value-added resellers. Learn how to leverage partnerships to more quickly create a cloud offering, and gain insight into the impact this market trend could have on your business and your customers.

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

Offering multiplatform viewing seems like a no-brainer – but how exactly do you do it, without making major upfront capital investments? This session will focus on practical, incremental steps toward a TV Everywhere strategy to include learning how to access vast libraries of content, leveraging content provider's federated portals and developing marketing, content and technology strategies for a multiplatform service. It will also look at the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from an “always on,” secure connected STB device to a multi-screen on-demand video delivery.

Learn how service providers are leveraging Software-Defined Metro network concepts to expand into incremental revenue generating opportunities. Telco executives will share insights on how they’ve leveraged the infrastructure put in place to support video and broadband services to incrementally support new services to grow revenue and improve margins. See how advancements in software-defined network solutions provide critical differentiation to win these new higher-margin services.

ATIS’ Cloud Services Forum is developing critical standards and solutions to enable operators to interconnect capabilities in groundbreaking new ways. During this session, experts from ATIS member companies will discuss lessons learned from live testing and explore how these findings will enable a high-quality, seamless telepresence experience. Many aspects of this work, such as video measurement, quality of experience and integration with other architecture domains apply to many of the services that the attendees of the Cloud Services Summit deploy today and are considering for tomorrow. You will also learn how ATIS’ approach is advancing unified communications that are delivered from the cloud.

Virtualization is a key concept for the delivery of cloud and managed services. By leveraging virtualization, service providers can more efficiently offer a broader and more diverse product portfolio, while reducing CAPEX and OPEX. This session will help you better understand the role of virtualization and the benefits it can bring.

Mobile video will increase 25-fold between 2011 and 2016, accounting for over 70 percent of total mobile data traffic by the end of the forecast period. This explosive growth in mobile video presents significant challenges to preserve video quality and manage network congestion for tomorrow’s network. This session will discuss new technologies and architectural approaches service providers should adopt to meet this demand. It will explore some of the options for optimizing mobile video delivery, such as policy management, CDNs, bandwidth management, and traffic offload, which can mitigate the complexities created by continuously evolving formats, devices, consumer behaviors, and bandwidth issues presented by mobile video consumption.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

The market for cloud-based IT services is taking off for both enterprises and SMBs and service providers that don't have a cloud strategy may find themselves losing lucrative business to competitors and value-added resellers. Learn how to leverage partnerships to more quickly create a cloud offering, and gain insight into the impact this market trend could have on your business and your customers.

Gateways are a next step in the evolution of video customer premises equipment and will serve as an in-home point of presence that can add home security, monitoring and other revenue-generating services to existing IPTV services. Some gateways integrate telephony, video conferencing and more. This session explores what types of video gateways are available and in use today, and by whom, as well as how they work, how they keep content secure, and how they can be used to deliver a consistent user experience to any type of consumer device.

By 2015, 90% of IP traffic is expected to be video, putting pressure on the telecom industry to find more efficient ways to handle that traffic and to deliver it over unmanaged networks to many different types of endpoints. Emerging technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HEVB and HTML5 can be used to create the next-gen ecosystem for IP video delivery and in this session, industry experts will explain those terms and how these new encoding standards will help to provide a base on which to build a sustainable video business model.

Whether it's multi-screen video, IPTV to the TV set, OTT video over premium broadband, VoD or some blend of all of the above, service providers must be able to build one network to support video distribution or risk seeing any business case jettisoned by high costs. This session explores the key architecture and technology choices and explains the key network elements that are part of the transformation. A new approach to network planning, drivers for network growth and concepts such as distributed video delivery, distributed video manipulation, the role of caching and content delivery network management will be covered.

Retransmission rights remain a difficult and expensive aspect of providing video services. The regulations governing video services are under pressure from market and technology changes, and could be changing in the near term. Understanding those regulations is key to negotiating successfully and avoiding costly mistakes. This session will feature national experts on both aspects of the retrans regulatory issue: The pending possibilities of reform and the current consent laws and regulations. Attendees will get helpful tips for negotiating retransmission consent agreements and avoiding pitfalls and will be better prepared for possible changes to come.

The Telecommunications industry continues to innovate at a rapid pace. Service demands from consumers and businesses are at an all-time high; causing Service Providers to ensure their technology investments can keep up with customer demands. In order to outpace the speed of innovation, Service Providers must continue to stay abreast of the latest technologies that are disrupting the telecommunications industry. Please consider attending Cisco’s Pre-Conference workshop as we will be discussing how technologies such as Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networking, IPv6 and Caching will radically impact how future Telecommunications services will be delivered. In this workshop, you will learn how to leverage these new technologies for your company’s, and customer’s, advantage.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

ATIS’ Cloud Services Forum is developing critical standards and solutions to enable operators to interconnect capabilities in groundbreaking new ways. During this session, experts from ATIS member companies will discuss lessons learned from live testing and explore how these findings will enable a high-quality, seamless telepresence experience. Many aspects of this work, such as video measurement, quality of experience and integration with other architecture domains apply to many of the services that the attendees of the Cloud Services Summit deploy today and are considering for tomorrow. You will also learn how ATIS’ approach is advancing unified communications that are delivered from the cloud.

Video service providers still face traditional issues of being able to remotely troubleshoot video quality issues, but those problems have been compounded by the introduction of more connected devices in the home, as well as OTT video. Because this proliferation of new technologies, devices and services can have a major impact on the customer’s experience, service providers find themselves responsible for home network management as well as traditional customer service. This session will look at the latest tools and techniques for smarter customer service that doesn't drive up costs.

Learn how service providers are leveraging Software-Defined Metro network concepts to expand into incremental revenue generating opportunities. Telco executives will share insights on how they’ve leveraged the infrastructure put in place to support video and broadband services to incrementally support new services to grow revenue and improve margins. See how advancements in software-defined network solutions provide critical differentiation to win these new higher-margin services.

Gateways are a next step in the evolution of video customer premises equipment and will serve as an in-home point of presence that can add home security, monitoring and other revenue-generating services to existing IPTV services. Some gateways integrate telephony, video conferencing and more. This session explores what types of video gateways are available and in use today, and by whom, as well as how they work, how they keep content secure, and how they can be used to deliver a consistent user experience to any type of consumer device.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

Simply adding OTT to the service mix won't help consumers if they become overwhelmed by choices and are unable to find programming that matches their specific needs. This session will address tools for content discovery and ways to enable ease of use for consumers in navigating the rapidly increasing pool of video content.

Gateways are a next step in the evolution of video customer premises equipment and will serve as an in-home point of presence that can add home security, monitoring and other revenue-generating services to existing IPTV services. Some gateways integrate telephony, video conferencing and more. This session explores what types of video gateways are available and in use today, and by whom, as well as how they work, how they keep content secure, and how they can be used to deliver a consistent user experience to any type of consumer device.

The arrival of many more connected devices in the home – TVs, game systems, tablets – is not new but the question for service providers is whether they can capitalize on these new devices for services and revenues, or whether they represent further disruption of the video value chain and potential customer support headaches. This panel will focus on the evolution of the digital home and where these changes present opportunities for partnerships, innovative new services and new connections to the consumer.

The arrival of many more connected devices in the home – TVs, game systems, tablets – is not new but the question for service providers is whether they can capitalize on these new devices for services and revenues, or whether they represent further disruption of the video value chain and potential customer support headaches. This panel will focus on the evolution of the digital home and where these changes present opportunities for partnerships, innovative new services and new connections to the consumer.

Based on quantitative research on consumers and their video preferences by Altman Vilandrie & Company, this session explains consumer video preferences for providers, devices, advertising type, ad length and price. The study to be presented also explores consumers’ online video viewing behavior, service provider brand preferences, and cord-cutting tendencies. Service providers will see not only specific quantification of current consumer preferences, but will also glean an understanding of how they can maximize their own share, revenue and/or profit.

With capital budgets tight but bandwidth demand growing, service providers are looking to exploit their existing copper plant and finding new technologies in play. This session will examine multiple ways of delivering up to 100 Megabits per second over copper plant. Technologies will include: VDSL 2 vectoring, VDSL2 bonding, which are beginning to deploy, as well as G.Fast and phantom mode, which are emerging. It will also look at how dynamic spectrum management and the combination of DSL and WiFi can deliver additional bandwidth.

Whether it's multi-screen video, IPTV to the TV set, OTT video over premium broadband, VoD or some blend of all of the above, service providers must be able to build one network to support video distribution or risk seeing any business case jettisoned by high costs. This session explores the key architecture and technology choices and explains the key network elements that are part of the transformation. A new approach to network planning, drivers for network growth and concepts such as distributed video delivery, distributed video manipulation, the role of caching and content delivery network management will be covered.

Developing new services and then selling and marketing those services have not been traditional strengths for service providers, but if they are to successfully generate new revenues on top of their broadband service offerings, they will need to either develop these strengths or find other ways to incorporate them. This session explores options for developing new IP services and requirements for preparing your staff to sell those services and also will explain some of the necessary fundamentals of educating a market when delivering new services to businesses or consumers.

The cloud has played an increasingly pivotal role in the evolution and scaling of the multi-screen video experience and services. Operators have offered network-based DVR services for several years now and with the advances in cloud computing, capabilities have stepped up the migration of multi-screen video applications, such as video navigation and content delivery networks, towards the cloud. What now are the prospects for more aggressive adoption of cloud platforms in multi-screen video evolution including linear channel Pay TV offerings, etc.? This panel will explore the ways in which cloud-based multi-screen video can change the economics of telco business models and open up the possibility of new services and new profits.

Whether it's multi-screen video, IPTV to the TV set, OTT video over premium broadband, VoD or some blend of all of the above, service providers must be able to build one network to support video distribution or risk seeing any business case jettisoned by high costs. This session explores the key architecture and technology choices and explains the key network elements that are part of the transformation. A new approach to network planning, drivers for network growth and concepts such as distributed video delivery, distributed video manipulation, the role of caching and content delivery network management will be covered.

As in previous years, Heavy Reading will be conducting a survey of US consumers to gauge opinions on video consumption across device platforms, provider perceptions and satisfaction levels with video services. This study provides insights into US consumer behavior and attitudes towards video services, and is a useful business planning tool for any organization that is part of the video distribution eco-system. The findings of this survey will be presented at the Telco TV conference at the Las Vegas Hilton on Wednesday, October 24th from 4:05 pm - 4:30 pm.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

Video, voice and Internet services each have their own unique characteristics and requirements. When they meet in the access network, traffic of one type can mean problems for another unless the network is designed and sized to handle each service individually and in combination. This session addresses the need to model each service based on current estimates and future projections of Busy Hour loading, and to combine the results to predict the capacities required for optimum performance across the network.

WiFi offload represents the most logical way to handle the proliferation of smartphones and resulting mobile data traffic. The goal of data offloading is to provide a user experience on Wi-Fi networks similar to that on a wireline network. However, to achieve this it’s crucial that Wi-Fi is as easy-to-use and secure as cellular network access. This session will explain Hotspot 2.0: an initiative that ensures seamless and secure roaming between 3G/4G and Wi-Fi networks, and how its capabilities represent a new business opportunity for network operators.

Video service providers still face traditional issues of being able to remotely troubleshoot video quality issues, but those problems have been compounded by the introduction of more connected devices in the home, as well as OTT video. Because this proliferation of new technologies, devices and services can have a major impact on the customer’s experience, service providers find themselves responsible for home network management as well as traditional customer service. This session will look at the latest tools and techniques for smarter customer service that doesn't drive up costs.

Service providers, seeking to retain subscribers and drive new revenues in highly competitive markets, are building new business strategies that leverage value-added services. This workshop includes research presentations from Parks Associates industry analysts and a panel discussion addressing the new opportunities for service providers in entertainment, premium technical support, home security, and other value-added services.

Parks Associates' research finds over 40% of U.S. broadband households own an Internet-connected device, creating opportunities for multiscreen services, but consumers are also interested in a variety of connected home services, with 65% of U.S. broadband households interested in at least one security or energy service. Other service categories include cloud services, home management, and even healthcare, creating a variety of bundling options and many different ways to succeed in the connected home.

Key takeaways:

• Strategies to engage consumers and increase the value proposition of the connected home
• • Service combinations that resonate with different consumers
• Revenue potential for different service categories
• Implications of connected CE: leveraging the multiscreen home to increase provider presence
• Key partnerships among operators, retailers, manufacturers, and technology providers

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

Broadband carriers are increasingly looking to the data center as a key component of their network strategy. Many carriers have already built or acquired data centers and have acquired important lessons learned as a result. This session will offer great insight from these lessons learned and will offer ‘best practices’ advice for evaluating your data center strategy.

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

Rural communities, in particular, need access to education and health resources that are often not locally presence. The growing fields of telemedicine and distance learning also represent potential new video markets for service providers who are up to the challenge of navigating sometimes complex business models and working with a variety of partners, including your local schools and health care facilities. This session will focus on practical steps to be taken to build these markets, and the opportunities they represent.

In today's content delivery ecosystem, content owners and broadcasters are looking for a way to deliver video to set top boxes and devices across the globe without breaking the bank. To meet this need, a new approach in delivering video over-the-top and to multiple screens has emerged. Using native and AMT Multicast (Automatic Multicast Tunneling), this delivery method overcomes the traditional obstacles inherent in deploying multicast over best effort / unmanaged networks that have network segments that do not support native multicast. These types of networks make up the bulk of today's residential broadband infrastructure. This new video delivery technology provides a sustainable ecosystem for scaling linear broadcast over-the-top efficiently in the last mile over existing capital deployments, as well as enabling predictable business models for linear broadcasters.

Video service providers still face traditional issues of being able to remotely troubleshoot video quality issues, but those problems have been compounded by the introduction of more connected devices in the home, as well as OTT video. Because this proliferation of new technologies, devices and services can have a major impact on the customer’s experience, service providers find themselves responsible for home network management as well as traditional customer service. This session will look at the latest tools and techniques for smarter customer service that doesn't drive up costs.

The arrival of many more connected devices in the home – TVs, game systems, tablets – is not new but the question for service providers is whether they can capitalize on these new devices for services and revenues, or whether they represent further disruption of the video value chain and potential customer support headaches. This panel will focus on the evolution of the digital home and where these changes present opportunities for partnerships, innovative new services and new connections to the consumer.

Learn how service providers are leveraging Software-Defined Metro network concepts to expand into incremental revenue generating opportunities. Telco executives will share insights on how they’ve leveraged the infrastructure put in place to support video and broadband services to incrementally support new services to grow revenue and improve margins. See how advancements in software-defined network solutions provide critical differentiation to win these new higher-margin services.

By 2015, 90% of IP traffic is expected to be video, putting pressure on the telecom industry to find more efficient ways to handle that traffic and to deliver it over unmanaged networks to many different types of endpoints. Emerging technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HEVB and HTML5 can be used to create the next-gen ecosystem for IP video delivery and in this session, industry experts will explain those terms and how these new encoding standards will help to provide a base on which to build a sustainable video business model.

Service providers, seeking to retain subscribers and drive new revenues in highly competitive markets, are building new business strategies that leverage value-added services. This workshop includes research presentations from Parks Associates industry analysts and a panel discussion addressing the new opportunities for service providers in entertainment, premium technical support, home security, and other value-added services.

Parks Associates' research finds over 40% of U.S. broadband households own an Internet-connected device, creating opportunities for multiscreen services, but consumers are also interested in a variety of connected home services, with 65% of U.S. broadband households interested in at least one security or energy service. Other service categories include cloud services, home management, and even healthcare, creating a variety of bundling options and many different ways to succeed in the connected home.

Key takeaways:

• Strategies to engage consumers and increase the value proposition of the connected home
• • Service combinations that resonate with different consumers
• Revenue potential for different service categories
• Implications of connected CE: leveraging the multiscreen home to increase provider presence
• Key partnerships among operators, retailers, manufacturers, and technology providers

The Telecommunications industry continues to innovate at a rapid pace. Service demands from consumers and businesses are at an all-time high; causing Service Providers to ensure their technology investments can keep up with customer demands. In order to outpace the speed of innovation, Service Providers must continue to stay abreast of the latest technologies that are disrupting the telecommunications industry. Please consider attending Cisco’s Pre-Conference workshop as we will be discussing how technologies such as Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networking, IPv6 and Caching will radically impact how future Telecommunications services will be delivered. In this workshop, you will learn how to leverage these new technologies for your company’s, and customer’s, advantage.

Whether it's multi-screen video, IPTV to the TV set, OTT video over premium broadband, VoD or some blend of all of the above, service providers must be able to build one network to support video distribution or risk seeing any business case jettisoned by high costs. This session explores the key architecture and technology choices and explains the key network elements that are part of the transformation. A new approach to network planning, drivers for network growth and concepts such as distributed video delivery, distributed video manipulation, the role of caching and content delivery network management will be covered.

Video service providers still face traditional issues of being able to remotely troubleshoot video quality issues, but those problems have been compounded by the introduction of more connected devices in the home, as well as OTT video. Because this proliferation of new technologies, devices and services can have a major impact on the customer’s experience, service providers find themselves responsible for home network management as well as traditional customer service. This session will look at the latest tools and techniques for smarter customer service that doesn't drive up costs.

Offering multiplatform viewing seems like a no-brainer – but how exactly do you do it, without making major upfront capital investments? This session will focus on practical, incremental steps toward a TV Everywhere strategy to include learning how to access vast libraries of content, leveraging content provider's federated portals and developing marketing, content and technology strategies for a multiplatform service. It will also look at the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from an “always on,” secure connected STB device to a multi-screen on-demand video delivery.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

Local content represents a way to differentiate your video service, whether you are doing IPTV or a straight OTT play. This session explores the many different ways of cultivating a wide range of local content, in addition to the obvious choices of local sports. Learn how to nurture and aggregate video content already being produced by local organizations and to provide tools to make community-produced OTT video available on managed networks through VoD or linear IPTV. Explore hyperlocal ad sales and new technologies making it possible to bring profits to local content.

Developing new services and then selling and marketing those services have not been traditional strengths for service providers, but if they are to successfully generate new revenues on top of their broadband service offerings, they will need to either develop these strengths or find other ways to incorporate them. This session explores options for developing new IP services and requirements for preparing your staff to sell those services and also will explain some of the necessary fundamentals of educating a market when delivering new services to businesses or consumers.

Service providers, seeking to retain subscribers and drive new revenues in highly competitive markets, are building new business strategies that leverage value-added services. This workshop includes research presentations from Parks Associates industry analysts and a panel discussion addressing the new opportunities for service providers in entertainment, premium technical support, home security, and other value-added services.

Parks Associates' research finds over 40% of U.S. broadband households own an Internet-connected device, creating opportunities for multiscreen services, but consumers are also interested in a variety of connected home services, with 65% of U.S. broadband households interested in at least one security or energy service. Other service categories include cloud services, home management, and even healthcare, creating a variety of bundling options and many different ways to succeed in the connected home.

Key takeaways:

• Strategies to engage consumers and increase the value proposition of the connected home
• • Service combinations that resonate with different consumers
• Revenue potential for different service categories
• Implications of connected CE: leveraging the multiscreen home to increase provider presence
• Key partnerships among operators, retailers, manufacturers, and technology providers

Offering multiplatform viewing seems like a no-brainer – but how exactly do you do it, without making major upfront capital investments? This session will focus on practical, incremental steps toward a TV Everywhere strategy to include learning how to access vast libraries of content, leveraging content provider's federated portals and developing marketing, content and technology strategies for a multiplatform service. It will also look at the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from an “always on,” secure connected STB device to a multi-screen on-demand video delivery.

Whether it’s hosted IP voice, disaster recovery services, or unified communications, the number of applications enabled by the cloud are on the rise. But which hold the most promise for broadband carriers? This session will offer key perspective on the applications that are in demand and offer the best ROI.

The Telecommunications industry continues to innovate at a rapid pace. Service demands from consumers and businesses are at an all-time high; causing Service Providers to ensure their technology investments can keep up with customer demands. In order to outpace the speed of innovation, Service Providers must continue to stay abreast of the latest technologies that are disrupting the telecommunications industry. Please consider attending Cisco’s Pre-Conference workshop as we will be discussing how technologies such as Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networking, IPv6 and Caching will radically impact how future Telecommunications services will be delivered. In this workshop, you will learn how to leverage these new technologies for your company’s, and customer’s, advantage.

Learn how service providers are leveraging Software-Defined Metro network concepts to expand into incremental revenue generating opportunities. Telco executives will share insights on how they’ve leveraged the infrastructure put in place to support video and broadband services to incrementally support new services to grow revenue and improve margins. See how advancements in software-defined network solutions provide critical differentiation to win these new higher-margin services.

Developing new services and then selling and marketing those services have not been traditional strengths for service providers, but if they are to successfully generate new revenues on top of their broadband service offerings, they will need to either develop these strengths or find other ways to incorporate them. This session explores options for developing new IP services and requirements for preparing your staff to sell those services and also will explain some of the necessary fundamentals of educating a market when delivering new services to businesses or consumers.

Retransmission rights remain a difficult and expensive aspect of providing video services. The regulations governing video services are under pressure from market and technology changes, and could be changing in the near term. Understanding those regulations is key to negotiating successfully and avoiding costly mistakes. This session will feature national experts on both aspects of the retrans regulatory issue: The pending possibilities of reform and the current consent laws and regulations. Attendees will get helpful tips for negotiating retransmission consent agreements and avoiding pitfalls and will be better prepared for possible changes to come.

Gateways are a next step in the evolution of video customer premises equipment and will serve as an in-home point of presence that can add home security, monitoring and other revenue-generating services to existing IPTV services. Some gateways integrate telephony, video conferencing and more. This session explores what types of video gateways are available and in use today, and by whom, as well as how they work, how they keep content secure, and how they can be used to deliver a consistent user experience to any type of consumer device.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

By 2015, 90% of IP traffic is expected to be video, putting pressure on the telecom industry to find more efficient ways to handle that traffic and to deliver it over unmanaged networks to many different types of endpoints. Emerging technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HEVB and HTML5 can be used to create the next-gen ecosystem for IP video delivery and in this session, industry experts will explain those terms and how these new encoding standards will help to provide a base on which to build a sustainable video business model.

Rural communities, in particular, need access to education and health resources that are often not locally presence. The growing fields of telemedicine and distance learning also represent potential new video markets for service providers who are up to the challenge of navigating sometimes complex business models and working with a variety of partners, including your local schools and health care facilities. This session will focus on practical steps to be taken to build these markets, and the opportunities they represent.

Telcos have a short window of opportunity to develop a competitive advantage with their multiscreen offerings by providing subscribers with bundles that include live TV as well as Video on Demand (VOD). And the most in-demand live TV today is sporting events. This session will explain the complexities of delivering live multiscreen TV based on the experience of Canadian operators who have delivered live sporting events including the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the 2010 Winter Olympics and MLB Baseball.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

With both service and content providers seeking ways to monetize their multi-screen video offerings, advertising is emerging as a critical way to generate more revenue from the extra screens. As a result, equipment and software vendors are developing new, more advanced ways for providers to insert ads in video programming, no matter where and when that content may run and what devices subscribers may use. In this special LR Cable breakfast session, we will explore the different new ad insertion techniques, examine the technological options for delivering them, look at the new business models that may develop and see what challenges must be overcome.

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

With capital budgets tight but bandwidth demand growing, service providers are looking to exploit their existing copper plant and finding new technologies in play. This session will examine multiple ways of delivering up to 100 Megabits per second over copper plant. Technologies will include: VDSL 2 vectoring, VDSL2 bonding, which are beginning to deploy, as well as G.Fast and phantom mode, which are emerging. It will also look at how dynamic spectrum management and the combination of DSL and WiFi can deliver additional bandwidth.

By 2015, 90% of IP traffic is expected to be video, putting pressure on the telecom industry to find more efficient ways to handle that traffic and to deliver it over unmanaged networks to many different types of endpoints. Emerging technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HEVB and HTML5 can be used to create the next-gen ecosystem for IP video delivery and in this session, industry experts will explain those terms and how these new encoding standards will help to provide a base on which to build a sustainable video business model.

Mobile video will increase 25-fold between 2011 and 2016, accounting for over 70 percent of total mobile data traffic by the end of the forecast period. This explosive growth in mobile video presents significant challenges to preserve video quality and manage network congestion for tomorrow’s network. This session will discuss new technologies and architectural approaches service providers should adopt to meet this demand. It will explore some of the options for optimizing mobile video delivery, such as policy management, CDNs, bandwidth management, and traffic offload, which can mitigate the complexities created by continuously evolving formats, devices, consumer behaviors, and bandwidth issues presented by mobile video consumption.

Though most IPTV providers have been exploring multi-screen opportunities, in order to properly implement these plans they must be able to assure that video content will be delivered at the same optimal quality that consumers have grown accustomed to on their TV sets. This session will explore some of the latest technology developments in delivery video quality across multiple devices, leveraging new tools to proactively identify diagnose and resolve customer-affecting service issues. Service providers will learn how to deliver choice to their customers without creating a nightmare for their ability to monitor and manage the customer experience.

Washington has been a busy place of late, and activity there has a ripple effect on the rest of the telecom landscape. This session will provide an up-to-the-minute DC perspective on politics, policy and telecom, and how it is likely to impact your bottom line.

Getting it right the first time is critical when building the capability and capacity for cloud and managed services. The building blocks for these services involve an IP technology foundation that is designed and built for the robust delivery of consumer and business applications. This panel of industry experts will discuss the importance of this foundation and how to achieve it.

Though most IPTV providers have been exploring multi-screen opportunities, in order to properly implement these plans they must be able to assure that video content will be delivered at the same optimal quality that consumers have grown accustomed to on their TV sets. This session will explore some of the latest technology developments in delivery video quality across multiple devices, leveraging new tools to proactively identify diagnose and resolve customer-affecting service issues. Service providers will learn how to deliver choice to their customers without creating a nightmare for their ability to monitor and manage the customer experience.

Simply adding OTT to the service mix won't help consumers if they become overwhelmed by choices and are unable to find programming that matches their specific needs. This session will address tools for content discovery and ways to enable ease of use for consumers in navigating the rapidly increasing pool of video content.

Rural communities, in particular, need access to education and health resources that are often not locally presence. The growing fields of telemedicine and distance learning also represent potential new video markets for service providers who are up to the challenge of navigating sometimes complex business models and working with a variety of partners, including your local schools and health care facilities. This session will focus on practical steps to be taken to build these markets, and the opportunities they represent.

The cloud has played an increasingly pivotal role in the evolution and scaling of the multi-screen video experience and services. Operators have offered network-based DVR services for several years now and with the advances in cloud computing, capabilities have stepped up the migration of multi-screen video applications, such as video navigation and content delivery networks, towards the cloud. What now are the prospects for more aggressive adoption of cloud platforms in multi-screen video evolution including linear channel Pay TV offerings, etc.? This panel will explore the ways in which cloud-based multi-screen video can change the economics of telco business models and open up the possibility of new services and new profits.

Globally, the deployment of IPv6 is progressing rapidly, as new IPv4 addresses are no longer available in some markets. That inevitability is expected to hit North America in 2013, yet many smaller network operators have not yet put their IPv6 deployment plans into place. In this session, an industry expert will explain why waiting to deploy IPv6 is not the best option and discuss the range of transition strategies.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

Whether it’s hosted IP voice, disaster recovery services, or unified communications, the number of applications enabled by the cloud are on the rise. But which hold the most promise for broadband carriers? This session will offer key perspective on the applications that are in demand and offer the best ROI.

Mobile video will increase 25-fold between 2011 and 2016, accounting for over 70 percent of total mobile data traffic by the end of the forecast period. This explosive growth in mobile video presents significant challenges to preserve video quality and manage network congestion for tomorrow’s network. This session will discuss new technologies and architectural approaches service providers should adopt to meet this demand. It will explore some of the options for optimizing mobile video delivery, such as policy management, CDNs, bandwidth management, and traffic offload, which can mitigate the complexities created by continuously evolving formats, devices, consumer behaviors, and bandwidth issues presented by mobile video consumption.

Mobile video will increase 25-fold between 2011 and 2016, accounting for over 70 percent of total mobile data traffic by the end of the forecast period. This explosive growth in mobile video presents significant challenges to preserve video quality and manage network congestion for tomorrow’s network. This session will discuss new technologies and architectural approaches service providers should adopt to meet this demand. It will explore some of the options for optimizing mobile video delivery, such as policy management, CDNs, bandwidth management, and traffic offload, which can mitigate the complexities created by continuously evolving formats, devices, consumer behaviors, and bandwidth issues presented by mobile video consumption.

The market for cloud-based IT services is taking off for both enterprises and SMBs and service providers that don't have a cloud strategy may find themselves losing lucrative business to competitors and value-added resellers. Learn how to leverage partnerships to more quickly create a cloud offering, and gain insight into the impact this market trend could have on your business and your customers.

The confluence of broadband-ready device proliferation, the increasing sophistication of the home network, and the movement of content to the Cloud creates a fertile ground for service providers to both better understand and to create deeper relationships with their customers. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of facilitating the connected home, from understanding broadband behaviors and consumption patterns, to implementing the ecosystem and toolset necessary to successfully build deeper, more secure, and more profitable subscriber relationships.

Whether it’s hosted IP voice, disaster recovery services, or unified communications, the number of applications enabled by the cloud are on the rise. But which hold the most promise for broadband carriers? This session will offer key perspective on the applications that are in demand and offer the best ROI.

The evolution of networking now includes a software approach to network management. SDN promises to help network operators simplify the provisioning and delivery of services, as well as more flexibility in the control plane. This session will discuss the growing role of SDN for network operators.

Simply adding OTT to the service mix won't help consumers if they become overwhelmed by choices and are unable to find programming that matches their specific needs. This session will address tools for content discovery and ways to enable ease of use for consumers in navigating the rapidly increasing pool of video content.

The confluence of broadband-ready device proliferation, the increasing sophistication of the home network, and the movement of content to the Cloud creates a fertile ground for service providers to both better understand and to create deeper relationships with their customers. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of facilitating the connected home, from understanding broadband behaviors and consumption patterns, to implementing the ecosystem and toolset necessary to successfully build deeper, more secure, and more profitable subscriber relationships.

Local content represents a way to differentiate your video service, whether you are doing IPTV or a straight OTT play. This session explores the many different ways of cultivating a wide range of local content, in addition to the obvious choices of local sports. Learn how to nurture and aggregate video content already being produced by local organizations and to provide tools to make community-produced OTT video available on managed networks through VoD or linear IPTV. Explore hyperlocal ad sales and new technologies making it possible to bring profits to local content.

Service providers have discovered that OTT video represents an opportunity to add new features to their existing services to create blended packages. This session will be based on real-world experience of multiple network operators who are creating unique content blends using OTT and broadcast content.

Though most IPTV providers have been exploring multi-screen opportunities, in order to properly implement these plans they must be able to assure that video content will be delivered at the same optimal quality that consumers have grown accustomed to on their TV sets. This session will explore some of the latest technology developments in delivery video quality across multiple devices, leveraging new tools to proactively identify diagnose and resolve customer-affecting service issues. Service providers will learn how to deliver choice to their customers without creating a nightmare for their ability to monitor and manage the customer experience.

The cloud has played an increasingly pivotal role in the evolution and scaling of the multi-screen video experience and services. Operators have offered network-based DVR services for several years now and with the advances in cloud computing, capabilities have stepped up the migration of multi-screen video applications, such as video navigation and content delivery networks, towards the cloud. What now are the prospects for more aggressive adoption of cloud platforms in multi-screen video evolution including linear channel Pay TV offerings, etc.? This panel will explore the ways in which cloud-based multi-screen video can change the economics of telco business models and open up the possibility of new services and new profits.

The arrival of many more connected devices in the home – TVs, game systems, tablets – is not new but the question for service providers is whether they can capitalize on these new devices for services and revenues, or whether they represent further disruption of the video value chain and potential customer support headaches. This panel will focus on the evolution of the digital home and where these changes present opportunities for partnerships, innovative new services and new connections to the consumer.

With emerging multiscreen requirements, payTV operators must implement flexible and robust solutions to create competitive advantages and gain market share. Alcatel-Lucent’s video ecosystem partners will highlight strategic options to address these opportunities.

With capital budgets tight but bandwidth demand growing, service providers are looking to exploit their existing copper plant and finding new technologies in play. This session will examine multiple ways of delivering up to 100 Megabits per second over copper plant. Technologies will include: VDSL 2 vectoring, VDSL2 bonding, which are beginning to deploy, as well as G.Fast and phantom mode, which are emerging. It will also look at how dynamic spectrum management and the combination of DSL and WiFi can deliver additional bandwidth.

The market for cloud-based IT services is taking off for both enterprises and SMBs and service providers that don't have a cloud strategy may find themselves losing lucrative business to competitors and value-added resellers. Learn how to leverage partnerships to more quickly create a cloud offering, and gain insight into the impact this market trend could have on your business and your customers.

Innovation in Middleware
Innovation in Video Processing

Innovation in Service Assurance
Innovation in Content Management Systems

Independent Service Provider Innovation Award

Innovation in DRM & Conditional Access Systems
Innovation in Consumer Viewing Experiences & Interactivity

Local content represents a way to differentiate your video service, whether you are doing IPTV or a straight OTT play. This session explores the many different ways of cultivating a wide range of local content, in addition to the obvious choices of local sports. Learn how to nurture and aggregate video content already being produced by local organizations and to provide tools to make community-produced OTT video available on managed networks through VoD or linear IPTV. Explore hyperlocal ad sales and new technologies making it possible to bring profits to local content.

David Wittwer, President and CEO for TDS Telecommunications Corp. will briefly discuss TDS’ history and market position.

Wittwer’s keynote will cover the following topics:

a. TDS IPTV product expansion in their top markets

b. ManagedIP development, growth and expansion. Wittwer will showcase why TDS moved in the VoIP direction and how their commercial customers are reacting.

c. TDS Hosted and Managed Services (HMS) growth and market execution. Wittwer will provide color commentary on TDS acquisition activities over the last 24 months and expand on how TDS sees HMS helping to grow the revenue/services portion of their business

d. Broadband stimulus. TDS was more successful than any company their size or larger. Wittwer will cover why TDS pursued federal broadband stimulus dollars and what it means for their most rural customers.

The confluence of broadband-ready device proliferation, the increasing sophistication of the home network, and the movement of content to the Cloud creates a fertile ground for service providers to both better understand and to create deeper relationships with their customers. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of facilitating the connected home, from understanding broadband behaviors and consumption patterns, to implementing the ecosystem and toolset necessary to successfully build deeper, more secure, and more profitable subscriber relationships.