IPTV Training Courses, IPTV Courses, IPTV Classes, IPTV Tutorials

Why this IPTV course?

This two day IPTV course covers the entire delivery chain from content creation to counting the profits, looking at the technologies along the way

Who should attend this IPTV course

Technical staff seeking an authoritative coverage of IPTV will find this IPTV course or our IPTV seminar invaluable.

IPTV Course Pre-requisites

Attendees should have some experience working in the telecoms, networking or communications industry prior to attending this course.

Lifetime Post-Course Support

After completing this IPTV training course, delegates receive lifetime post-training support from LEVER Technology Group PLC, to help them apply the technologies and skills they have learned with us, to provide career-long support, and to ensure they are better equipped for their future roles in IT and networking.

IPTV Training Course Content

Introduction

What is IPTV and how is it different from traditional TV?
The Market

What and Where?
Who

Impact:

Large Broadcasters
Small Broadcasters - Setting up on your Own GDB

The Technologies Involved
The Internet Protocol - Friend or Foe
Creating the Programme Streams Getting the Signal to the Customer
Viewing the Programmes - Set Top Boxes
Making it Pay - Billing for IPTV

The Internet Protocol - Friend or Foe

A Brief Overview
Relevant Characteristics
Quality of Service

Delivering Across the Network: IP Multicasting

Principles of IP Multicasting
IP Multicasting at Layer 2 - IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol
IP Multicasting at Layer 3 - PIM - Protocol Independent Multicasting

Creating the Programme Streams

Video Formats

All the MPEGs, etc.

Digital Video Broadcasting DVB

DVB-S Satellite
DVB-C Cable
DVB-T Terrestrial
DVB-H Handheld
DVB IPI Internet Protocol

MHEG - Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group
Services to Help You

RSS - Really Simple Syndication

Some Industry Interfaces

ASI, the Asynchronous Serial Interface
DVB-SPI - Synchronous Parallel Interface
DHEI - Digital Headend Interface
MXI - Material eXchange Format
AAF - Advanced Authoring Format
BWF - Broadcast Wave Format
FLV - Flash Video

Getting the Signal to the Customer:

A Brief Summary of the Characteristics of:

Cable
Satellite
xDSL
Broadband Wireless Access
Passive Optical Network
UMTS TDD Mode

Viewing the Programmes

Set Top Boxes
Handheld Devices
Digital Rights Management

Network architecture

Network migration
DWDM transport
Ethernet
Switching
Routers
Servers

Future direction of IPTV

Addressable advertising
Anywhere TV service
Global TV channels
TV on demand
Personal media channels
Future compression technologies
Future bandwidth requirements

Making it Pay - Billing for IPTV

Pay Per View
Packages: Triple Play
Advertising Strategies

Avoiding the Zapper
Know your Customer
Pay per Advert Sees

An End to "One Size Fits All" Programming
Basic Services versus Premium Channels
Triple Play and Quad Play
Subscriptions and Pay per View
Open Programming versus Restricted (Walled Garden)
Regular and Promotional Billing
Impact of Quality of Service (QoS)
Home and Away Service Provision

IPTV In Depth — a 2-day IPTV training course

A market-leading training course covering IPTV, IP Multicasting, and the entire delivery chain from content creation to ROI, looking at the technologies used in IPTV systems