BroadcastAsia 2014

Chairman’s Address

John Bigeni, DVB Asia Representative

Keynote Address: Current and Future Developments from DVB
What are DVB’s current developments with related standards?

Peter Siebert, Director, DVB Project

Removing the STB: DVB-CI+ Standardisation
Background in DVB-CI and what it is required to do – Interface between the Conditional Access System & the TV set.
Why DVB-CI+?
Description of the CI+ standard and how technically, it overcomes any previous shortcomings
DVB-CI+ 1.4 additional features and how it can eliminate the need for a STB

Martin Gold, Senior Director, Cisco

11.50 AM

DVB-CI+ Applications
Outline of Applications, Market Overview etc

Erik Gazzoni, Product Strategy and Innovation, SmarDTV

12.15 PM

HEVC and UHDTV
Header Encoding Options
Service Distribution – IP
Network Adaptation
Regional Transcoding

Pierre Larbier, Chief Technology Officer, ATEME

12.40 PM

1.55 PM

4K Terrestrial Transmissions using DVB-T2: End to End Solution
Applications (commercial) for 4K transmissions
UHDTV delivery over DVB-T2
RF Modulation and HEVC Decoding

Nik Dimitrakopoulos, Regional Manager for Asia, Broadcast, Rohde & Schwarz

2.20 PM

The Mysteries of DVB-S2X: DVB-S2 & Enhancements
Overview of the S2X ingredients and the new opportunities they open for Digital Satellite Services
“S2X is not S3” but instead an extension of the famous DVB’s satellite transmission toolbox used by up to 500 million IRD worldwide
What are the implications of the revised DVB-S2 specifications on the various market segments they are addressing?

Gerard Faria, Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder, TeamCast

2.45 PM

Sat Industry in Transition! DVB-S2 Extensions! Migration Strategies Unleashed?
Enhancements to the DVB-S2 standard to expand satellite capacity, support the launch of new services, and continued drive to reduce OPEX
What is in scope for the extensions to the DVB-S2 standard?
DSV-S2 extensions: What is the technology behind it and what are the space segment efficiency gains?
Migration scenarios of existing distribution and DTH networks to the new technology

Steven Soenens, Vice President, Product Management, Newtec

3.45 PM

DVB-T2 Practical Experience with T2 Deployments
DVB-T2 Market overview
Case Studies of recent T2 Implementations
The flexibility of DVB-T2 in meeting different business requirements and how best to leverage this technology

Colin Prior, APAC Sales Manager, Enensys

3.35 PM

Afternoon Break

DVB-T2 / UHDTV Receiver Developments
Receiver & Chipset developments for UHDTV
iTV receivers & STB
Trends in receiver costs
Receiver Middleware

Laurent Le-Morvan, Senior Marketing Manager, STMicroelectronics

Panel: DTT Experiences & What are the Key Opportunities

Panellists:
Tan Sai Yoon, Vice President, MediaCorp
Natee Sukonrat, Chairman, National Broadcasting Commission
Peter Siebert, Director, DVB Project Officer

Moderator:
Amal Punchihewa, Technical Director, ABU

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

End of Conference Day 2