1 LINX55 Multicast go slow Brandon Butterworth
Research & Development2 Briefly Rights for open TV streaming ended in August (was intended to last longer) Radio carry on due to prior agreements and will be retrieved from the passworded section of
Research & Development3 Until iPlayer Includes live TV multicast streams alongside P2P video downloads Next phase of iPlayer is a closed trial for BBC staff in Nov 2006 ISPs invited to join Dec/Jan 2006 Full launch pending approval, estimated mid 2006
Research & Development4 iPlayer considered dangerous Source: iMP ~Traffic reporting database Average number of downloads and requests Full Trial Launch (1 st Nov)
Research & Development5 iPlayer - why? Base size = 2,240 Introduction to new BBC titles Why people choose to use iMP? Source: iMP Quantitative research, GfK (Feb 2006)
Research & Development6 iPlayer - what? Top 5 titles represent ¼ of all viewing. However, 85% of titles are downloaded and requested to view. number of requested views Source: iMP ~Traffic reporting database
Research & Development7 iPlayer ISP role Recruitment into the trials –ISPs lead recruitment into the technology trial –Invited to participate in content trial Sharing of research –Results of content trial and early indications of a possible service –Discussions around content distribution Follow-up on service proposals –Service plans and proposed timeframes
Research & Development8 Other multicast news NTL and others in progress –It takes time to convert a large network –Some are planning regional internal trials –Anyone else want to admit they’re working in it? Other broadcasters live –SMG: Virgin Radio + others –Gcap Media: Capital + others IX development –Some thought about how to proceed
Research & Development9 Don’t panic
Research & Development10 Panic Technical trials will turn into live services over next months. iPlayer could be big IPTV with LLU looming –triple/quad play is the new.com –Sky want your customers 21cn roll out starting “Free” broadband
Research & Development11 Formats Video –Real, 360K 1.2M 3 - 5M Audio –Real, 128K –Adding more WM
Research & Development12 Multicast Trial Network Standalone infrastructure AS31459 UK AS34158 International - soon Dedicated LINX & LoNAP ports, PIs in Telehouse North if required. UK only routes as per BBCi Broadband. All welcome
Research & Development13 Questions