Ready For A Triple Play Future?
In the coming years IPTV is expected drive growth so video needs to be integrated as part of your triple play strategy. You'll also want to develop competency and explore the opportunities for delivering pay TV services profitably and successfully. And as IPTV has moved beyond the trial stage to actual deployment, there’s lesson to learn from the pioneers.

At the 3rd annual China Broadband Triple Play/IPTV Forum, carriers and other industry players come together to discuss the current IPTV issues. An interesting program addresses China’s IPTV eco-system, latest global technological developments, content, services, market trends, licensing, partnerships as well as regulatory affairs. Find out how to be at the forefront of opportunities presented by IPTV and what solutions are available to meet the challenges ahead in China’s unique telecom environment. This event brings substantial educational benefits to carriers, broadband service providers, content licensors and distributors, telecom regulators, ISPs, WISPs, service providers, telecom research institutes, systems/network integrators, network operators, systems vendors, device/terminal makers, video solution providers, application developers, etc.

Why attend?
China Broadband Triple Play/IPTV Forum provides the knowledge on how you can shorten time to service deployment. You'll also learn about the current industry standards for everything from transport to video. Come hear the market analysis for broadband video services. Find out which architecture can deliver the best ROI. Familiarize yourself with the programming and content issues, plus much more! Among the topics that will be addressed at the upcoming Forum in 2006 are....

• Definition of IP-TV and the service concept  

• Market demand and trends for triple play/IPTV

• Integration strategy 

• Business drivers for telcos to offer triple play services.

• Consideration for entering the video distribution business and the strategies for ensuring your venture becomes profitable.  

• What content consumers want from broadband and how you can tailor your programming to meet their demand.

• Approaches other telcos have taken to secure content deals.

• Infrastructure upgrades needed to support current and future services.

• Regulatory landscape regarding telco TV and how to work around the legal framework using models such as franchising, licensing and alliances with broadcasters and content producers.

• Who to partner with for content and how to effectively distribute content across to customers.

• Approaches to content protection and available technologies

• Bandwidth saving compression tools.

• Upgrades for the access network. 

• Investment required in the backhaul part of your network, the economics of triple play, OPEX, CAPEX, cost recovery and ROI.

• End-to-end triple play solutions from leading industry vendors.

• Role of carrier grade products to implement and integrate video/television as part of your service.

• Adding Electronic Programming Guides (EPG) functions and Video on Demand (VoD) features to existing IPTV services Technical considerations and challenges for deploying IP-TV application

• Transport and access network implementation issues

• Triple play applications - implications on the network

• Access to media content through licensing, procuring and partnerships 

• Selection criteria for head-end servers for IP-TV, VoD, System Management, Middleware, CPE management

• Selection criteria for CPE for broadband termination and triple play applications

• Selection criteria for CPE for media termination (set-top box) 

• Positioning, differentiating, bundling, packaging, pricing and marketing of voice, data and video services

• Value added applications for the triple play environment-network games, e-commerce, instant messaging, video telephony Convergence of triple play mobile applications

• Plus much more! 

Who should attend? 
Triple play has captured the attention and imagination of operators around the globe. Over the coming years, most of the world's telcos and service providers will aspire to adopt video in addition to telephony and data over one network. China is no exception. Now is the time to come forward to explore the vision and promise of video over broadband.

• Fixed line and mobile carriers

• Broadband service providers

• Provincial PTT

• Content licensors and distributors

• Telecom regulators

• ISPs and WISPs

• Service providers

• Telecom research institutes

• Systems/network integrators

• Network operators

• Systems vendors

• Device/terminal makers

• Standards development groups

• Video solution providers

• Application developers

• Industry analysts

• Investors

• Consultants

• Trade media

Event Secretariat:
Infoex-World Services Ltd. 
202 Tesbury Center, 28 Queens Road East, Hong Kong, SAR China
Tel.852-2865 1118 
Fax.852-2865 1129 
Email: info@infoexws.com