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elebrating its 10th
birthday, TV
Connect London is
returning with what is
claimed as its biggest and
best line-up of speakers,
new sponsors and
exhibitors, innovative features and networking
opportunities for 2014. The
event brings together leading service providers from
across the globe to meet,
network and discuss the
future of connected TV
entertainment.
As the industry’s convergence continues, TV Connect
(Grand Hall Olympia, March 1820) reflects this with an agenda
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that brings together leading
OTT players, telcos, cablecos,
broadcasters, content providers
and solution providers to speak
on the evolution of multiscreen
experiences.
Event organisers expect to
surpass 2013’s figures of 7,500
attendees from 83 countries as
delegates aim to be part of the
world’s largest and most established Connected Entertainment
event.
CONFERENCES. This year’s
sessions will offer expert insight
on a wide variety of topics,
including: The future opportunities and challenges for telcos
entering the digital home; The
OTT’s impact on telco and
pay-TV business models;
Engaging cross-platform audiences with social TV and
Assessing cloud TV’s impact on
the business of broadcasters
and network owners
These discussions will feature leading industry figures,
including Andrew Fisher, chairman, Shazam; Spencer Stevens,
CTO, Sony Pictures
Entertainment; Alvaro De
Nicola, CTO TV, BT; Francisco
Varela, global head of platform
partnerships, YouTube; and
Nicolas Bry, SVP Digital,
Orange France Telecom. During
this three day conference, these
SELECTED
EXHIBITORS
fied video server capable of
streaming both RTSP and ABR
formats from a single appliance.
ACCESS -Stand 93
The provider of
advanced software technologies to the mobile,
beyond-PC and digital
TV markets will be demonstrating its solutions for multiscreen delivery, whether on
its booth or through joint
demos with partners. A major
highlight is support for the
new CVP-2 guidelines, developed by the DLNA, which
enable operators to retain the
same studio confident security when delivering content
both in the home or through
the cloud. Partner demonstrations will also include cloudbased delivery through a CDN
and cloud-based UI.
Appear TV - Stand 111
The provider of next-generation headends for broadcast
and IP television will demonstrate its range of head-ends
that maximise power and
flexibility for all operators,
including cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, OTT/multiscreen and digital/analogue
simulcast. A highlight is the
demonstration of the latest
Appear TV designed high
channel-density hardware
based multiscreen transcod-
24 IP television
panellists and many more will
reveal where TV is headed in
the near future.
EXHIBITION. On the show
floor, TV Connect London
brings together over 200
exhibitors offering technologies
and solutions in connected
entertainment.
Product categories include:
Network Solution Providers;
Content Management
Solutions; Middleware and
Gateways; Software Solutions;
Quality and Security
Improvement; Content Delivery
Networks/Storage/ Cloud; UI,
Search and Recommendation,
and OSS, BSS and Payment
Solutions.
Clearleap - Stand 131
ing module providing operators with the ability to deliver
live channels simultaneously
to all screen formats.
Bridge Technologies –
Stand 67
The monitoring and analysis
specialist will present a
strong product portfolio for
connected media op erations,
majoring on Objective QoE –
the company’s solution for
precision quality of experience monitoring.
“It’s important to understand that QoE solutions to
date have tended to be based
on a subjective methodology
and criteria derived from the
telecoms industry, and this
doesn’t make sense as a basis
for evaluating digital media
services,” said Simen K.
Frostad, chairman, Bridge
Technologies. “In following
this path, conventional QoE
systems have gone up a blind
alley and are not delivering
the most useful and meaningful data to digital media operators.”
Broadpeak —
Stand 69
The video delivery component
specialist will showcase a
comprehensive line-up of content delivery network (CDN),
live, and VOD video server
technologies that address
operators’ most critical
needs: the ability to deliver
video over cable, IPTV, OTT,
and mobile networks in the
most cost-effective manner
possible while ensuring the
highest possible quality of
experience (QoE) for end
users.
Broadpeak will demonstrate enhancements to its
nanoCDN technology. The
first application of nanoCDN
eliminates live multiscreen
consumption peak issues by
turning millions of broadband
gateways or STBs into active
components of an operator’s
content delivery infrastructure.
Also on display will be a
range of streaming servers
and CDN equipment from
Broadpeak, including a uni-
The provider of multiscreen
video logistics solutions for
the television industry, will be
demonstrating its multiscreen
platform. Built to deliver
streaming video solutions
across multiple devices,
Clearleap’s platform harnesses the latest developments in
content management, delivery
and multiscreen monetisation.
“We are excited to be joining our fellow industry peers
at this year’s TV Connect,
showcasing our IP- technology
alongside some of the very
best multiscreen vendors in
Europe,” said Braxton Jarratt,
CEO, Clearleap. “As TV
Everywhere becomes a major
prerogative for broadcasters,
we believe our technology is
overcoming the challenges
faced by today’s television
industry. Not only is it providing fast, efficient and failsafe
management and distribution
of content across devices, but
it is introducing new marketing and revenue opportunities
for our customers.
Multiscreen monetiation is a
key focus for Clearleap, and
we look forward to showing
the industry just how we do