14 June RegenTV John Defoe L B Newham

14 June Background – the Prototype Wired up Communities (WuC - DFES) Newham Council’s assets Efforts of newham.net and Media Trust Time provided by local people £1.4m for about 400 homes

14 June The Prototype – the technology Groundbreaking – most advanced ipTV service in the UK at the time, original PC on TV Estate server connected to homes by 1 Gb fibre and Cat 5 (10/100Mb) wiring The service needs about 7mbps bandwidth to the set top box Access via set top box, plus remote control and wireless keyboard

14 June In the Home

14 June The Prototype - goodies PC functionality with Microsoft Office (Citrix) Free-to-air TV channels (satellite and terrestrial) Videos/Home2Home School interactivity Multiplayer video games Video streaming of Olympic works Internet, , intranet, access to Council services

14 June The Prototype – the people Carpenters estate statistics Meet the Neighbours – community involvement, Media Trust Residents appear in “how do I” videos Residents star in community videos “Living the High Life” consultation on Masterplanning Residents help produce and edit the videos

14 June The Prototype – secrets of success Experts, agencies and trainers are locally based - they join in local events Newham Council facilitates activities and keeps an open mind! Minimal red tape Maintained by a local community enterprise

14 June The prototype – evidence of success Launched in October ’03, residents say estate “more friendly” 17% of residents have been involved in developing local content (against a 3-12% WuC comparator) 95% of residents use the StB (highest for WuC study) 75% turnout for TMO elections

14 June The Prototype - downside ‘Heath Robinson’ effect 15 separate operating systems 4 racks of servers Spaghetti wiring Needs ‘super-techie’ to keep it running Needs Cat5 wiring to every home Cost Sustainability

14 June RegenTV – the product New smaller stb No need for Cat5 wiring – can use coax Single rack Simplified operating systems Open Source E-Gif/ XML standards

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14 June CAT5e Computer cabling IRS coax Wireless – Wifi, WiMax ADSL/ ADSL2 RegenTV – possible delivery mechanisms

14 June RegenTV – Major elements The technological product Hardware & software including infrastructure The community engagement product Manual Videos Documentation – how to use the product Commercial opportunities The business case Sustainability

14 June RegenTV Thank you – questions? John Defoe