Guillaume Bichot (Technicolor)
 | Guillaume Bichot graduated in 1990 from the University of Paris VI (Network and computer Science) worked as Software engineering consultant for Thomson CE and France Telecom in the field of Network administration and supervision. In 1996 he moved to Technicolor Research laboratory where he is currently leading one of the six worldwide research projects. Principal Scientist in the Network Science domain his work addresses electronic content distribution to/within the home. He was involved as a key contributor in home network related initiatives (HAVi.org, Eureka Commend), various standardization efforts (DVB, ETSI, 3GPP) and collaborative projects related to [wireless] broadband access networking (e.g. FP6 Broadwan project). He took part of the Princeton Thomson lab creation focusing on cellular mobile video. His particular interest is about scalable video delivery, multi-path communications and broadcast/broadband combined delivery. http://www.bichot-ficot.net/Software%20and%20telecommunication.html |
Abstract
| Broadcast/broadband tight coupling for a new personalized experience
Hybrid TV is now ramping up and popularized with connected TVs and new hybrid set-top-boxes enabling the broadcast service to be enriched with broadband accessible content. The hybrid applications range from widgets, electronic program guide, VOD and catch-up TV that are channel and/or program contextual.
We qualify the coupling of such broadcast/broadband combination as loose as there are very few contextual links and little timing constraint between the two delivery networks.
In this talk we will present the benefits of having tight coupling between the two networks for delivering new personalized services based on the following motivation:
• To provide personalized media services to the end user
We first make a short review of broadcast/broadband coupling in both mobile and fixed environments. We present the high value media delivery scenario and use cases envisaged for the short to longer term including some involving multiple terminals. Finally we present the issues and challenges that must be addressed and detail potential solutions.
(We believe that the presented topics are very relevant for consideration in standards setting organizations such as DVB or equivalent) |