IPTV@IBC2009 Special Report
The Open IPTV Forum
he Open Internet Protocol gatherings, discussions continue framework for delivering a set of IPTV
Television Forum was regularly via email, conference calls services. Release One consists of
established in March 2007 by and interim face-to-face meetings. seven specifications defining the
Ericsson, France Telecom, Members are encouraged to be requirements:
Nokia Siemens Networks, actively involved with the working • Volume 1 - Overview.
T
Formed two
Panasonic, Philips, Samsung groups, not only those groups working • Volume 2 - Media Formats.
Electronics, Sony Corporation and years ago, on the specifications which directly • Volume 3 - Content Meta Data.
Telecom Italia, with the aim of
the Open IPTV
affect their company’s business but • Volume 4 - Protocols.
accelerating the deployment of ‘easy
Forum aims to
also in overall support to the Forum, • Volume 5 - Declarative Application
to use’ IPTV services to the consumer.
deliver a plug
for example representing the Forum Environment.
To do this it was judged necessary at events. The Forum also offers a • Volume 6 - Procedural Application
and play
to address the requirements of every great opportunity for members to Environment.
experiencepart of the IPTV delivery system from express ideas and assist future • Volume 7 - Authentication, Content
‘content in’ to ‘content out’, and
for end users.
development and deployment of the Protection and Service Protection.
deliver a set of seamlessly
The OIPF is
IPTV ecosystem. These specifications are freely
interoperable specifications. Today the
currently
available from the Forum’s website,
Forum has grown to 59 worldwide
working on
Objectives
www.oipf.tv.
members, and continues to produce Subsequent releases will continue
Release Two
and extend OIPF IPTV ‘end to end’ The Forum’s aim is to accelerate the to build on this framework by
specifications, delivering the next of its IPTV deployment of IPTV. This includes: introducing additional functions and
generation of IPTV to a world market.
Solution
• to create specifications for the services that are expected as required
Specifications;
delivery of interactive and in the IPTV environments of the future.
Operations
these
personalised end-to-end IPTV, Existing technologies and open
including telecommunication systems, standards are used whenever
specifications
The Forum, formally established as a applications and other services, and possible, and the Forum’s
are expectedlegal entity in March 2009, is guided electronic devices such as consumer specifications seek to ‘glue together’
by a steering board consisting of the
to be
products, all fully compatible and the existing fragmented solutions
founders and elected representatives
completed by
interoperable, to and for the benefit rather than attempt to create an
from the membership. The
the first
of the consumer. entirely new standardisation initiative.
membership is divided into five
quarter of
• to publish and promote the Forum’s The Forum’s aim is to accelerate the
constituencies representing the Specifications as an open and non- deployment time, but balanced with
2010.
various business sectors of the end-to- discriminatory solution that may be capital cost outlay. Both the managed
end value chain, namely used by communications systems networks and Open Internet IPTV
content/service providers, network vendors, application and other service models are supported.
operators, network infrastructure providers, & CE product manufacturers. The Forum is currently working on
vendors, consumer electronics • to strive to enhance and progress Release Two of the OIPF IPTV Solution.
manufacturers and technology development and acceptance of the These specifications are expected to
suppliers. The Forum meets formally Forum’s Specifications. be completed by the first quarter of
four times a year for face-to-face 2010. Key follow up work ongoing for
meetings. The technical work is Delivering IPTV Release One includes interoperability
addressed by working groups, each test specifications and profiling of the
responsible for the production of a Figure one is a simplified diagram of Release One Solution. The Forum will,
specific area, such as formulating the IPTV delivery system. This diagram in due course, establish and publish a
requirements, defining a functional shows that two basic solutions co- certification and logo programme to
architecture, creating protocol and test
Figure 1: IPTV
exist, ‘managed’ and ‘open’. The key ensure end to end interoperability. The
specifications, etc. Alongside formal
delivery.
difference is in the ‘access provider’ Forum’s current specification release
stage, managed network having the road map is given in Figure 2.
‘access provider’ as part of a ‘triple
play walled’ solution while open OIPF at IBC
Internet keeping the ‘access provider
and ‘portal site walled’ stages At IBC 2009 the OIPF can be found in
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separate. The IPTV system is fed with the IPTV Zone exhibition area at
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