Next Generation TV for a Next Generation Broadband Network
Broadband TV is more than Entertainment
A project developed jointly by Ericsson and Melbourne University’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) has received a Global Innovation Award at the 2011 Global Telecoms Business Awards ceremony in London.
The award recognises collaboration between the University of Melbourne, IBES and Ericsson in developing Uni TV. The Uni TV project explores the use of IPTV to deliver education across a number of fields such as medicine, chemistry and engineering by delivering 3D content to help students engage with complex subject matter.
The Global Telecoms Business Awards are given annually to recognise innovation in the telecommunications industry.
Colin Goodwin, Ericsson Broadband Strategy Manager said, "The essential innovation with UniTV was to take Ericsson's standard IPTV product, which today delivers video entertainment to TV sets in countries around the world, and customise it for educational use. While this could have been done on today's broadband networks, the delivery of 3D and haptic (remote touch) elements, demonstrated with IBES, require the very high speeds the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) will deliver."
IBES research leader, Ken Clarke said, "Uni TV provides a platform for innovation in the delivery in education across the world. Uni TV enables educators, technologists and vendors to work together to deliver educational services across a number of programs. As Australia rolls out the NBN, Uni TV will provide the basis for other educational services, such as professional development of remote doctors."
As IPTV is deployed over the next generation of fibre-based broadband networks it will become possible to use IPTV for many other purposes beyond simple entertainment. The aim of the Uni TV project was to demonstrate the ability of IPTV to deliver high-quality lecture and tutorial video material to students’ homes. While this was done in the context of university tuition, the concept can be extended to many other forms of educational and professional training.
IPTV refers to the delivery of video to television sets in homes and businesses, over very fast fixed broadband connections, rather than the old-style terrestrial broadcast networks. The combination of video and Internet technologies in IPTV means that the end-user is far more in control of what they watch - and how and when they watch - than the traditional passive viewer model.
Uni TV can be seen on YouTube at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8iOFdqkiE
Ericsson’s leadership in IPTV was also highlighted in March 2011 when the Ericsson Multiscreen TV solution won the ‘Best Multiscreen TV Service’ award at the IP&TV Industry Awards 2011. This solution extends the TV experience to a range of devices such as tablets, smartphones and computers.
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