HDTV European Commission Workshop 2005, January 21th Stephane MERIRES Vice President, Projects Director

TPS in some figures June 1996 : creation of TPS Shareholders : TF1 (66%) and M6 (34%) 1,7 million subscribers – satellite,cable and phone line (ADSL) 600 employees – 570 M€ turn over deals with American majors (Warner, Paramount, …), English Premier League French basketball TPS is one of the main French editor of premium and thematic channels (cinema, sport, kids channels)

HD-Forum, objectives, structures Technical work focus French HDTV channels projects

HD-Forum, objectives, structures Technical work focus French HDTV channels projects

 Its creation  Launch 8 th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian Minister of Industry  16 founder members : TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty, Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio, Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp

 Its creation  Launch 8 th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian Minister of Industry  16 founder members : TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty, Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio, Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp  its goal  Promote, support, present, explain, and let know HDTV  Organize, finance, and take part in every meeting, event or exhibition to help promoting and presenting HDTV  Study and provide answers to technical questions about launch of HDTV in all distribution networks  More generally, create and contribute to every action in connection with HDTV

 Its creation  Launch 8 th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian Minister of Industry  16 founder members : TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty, Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio, Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp  its goal  Promote, support, present, explain, and let know HDTV  Organize, finance, and take part in every meeting, event or exhibition to help promoting and presenting HDTV  Study and provide answers to technical questions about launch of HDTV in all distribution networks  More generally, create and contribute to every action in connection with HDTV  Structure  3 colleges : TV Channels/Producers, Manufacturers, Broadcasters/Consumers Electronics retailers

2 Commissions have been organised and have been started their work Technical Commission : 6 working-groups  « Broadcasting »  « HD formats & Production Equipments »  « Consumer Electronics Equipments »  « Contribution links »  WG ad-hoc « basic HD set-top-box specification »  WG ad-hoc « digital “PAD” (ready to broadcast) » Communication & Market Commission : 6 working-groups  « Label HD Label »  « HD FORUM demo Channel »  « Internet website »  « Market »  « Documents »

HD-Forum, objectives, structures Technical work focus French HDTV channels projects

 WG Broadcasting  networks : satellite DVB-S2, cable, DTT, ADSL 2+ low capability for DTT and ADSL  new video compression needed  HD compression video format : MPEG4-H264, VC1,…  MPEG4-H264 has been adopted by DVB on October 2004

Bande Passant MPEG-2 MPEG-4 part 2 MPEG4 all/most features implemente d complexity From Ken McCann, DVB-AVC group chairn H264 / MPEG-4 AVC Algorithm progress Quatre fois la bande passante demande un codage plus performant First real time implementation 2 nd phase features, double pass etc MPEG 2 all features implemented Time Titre de la diapositive base MPEG-2 MPEG-4 part 2 MPEG4 all features implemented complexity From Ken McCann, DVB-AVC group H264 / MPEG-4 AVC Algorithm progress Reducing bit rate and keep same quality needs an advanced video codec First real time implementation 2 nd phase features, double pass etc MPEG 2 all features implemented Time Compression efficiency

 WG HD Formats & Production Equipments  1080i25 versus 720p50 : quality comparison : with new displays with full HD capability 1080x1920 no more discussion  1080i is better than 720p range of equipments : 1080i25  complete chain equipment production is available 720p50  very few of equipments in 50 Hz

 WG HD Formats & Production Equipments  1080i25 versus 720p50 : quality comparison : with new displays with full HD capability 1080x1920 no more discussion  1080i is better than 720p range of equipments : 1080i25  complete chain equipment production is available 720p50  very few of equipments in 50 Hz HD Forum Recommendation  standardization for both 1080i25 and 720p50

 WG Consumer Electronic Equipments  displays : HD label needed mandatory specifications Inputs : 1080i25 and 720p50 resolution : minimum of 720 lines, no minimum for vertical resolution 16/9 screen format physical connectors : YPrPb (analog component) AND DVI or HDMI content protection : HDCP on digital inputs

 WG Consumer Electronic Equipments  displays : HD label needed mandatory specifications Inputs : 1080i25 and 720p50 resolution : minimum of 720 lines, no minimum for vertical resolution 16/9 screen format physical connectors : YPrPb (analog component) AND DVI or HDMI content protection : HDCP on digital inputs HD Forum supports the “HD ready” label from EICTA HD Forum adopt “HD ready” and will communicate on this in France

 WG Consumer Electronic Equipments  displays : HD label needed mandatory specifications Inputs : 1080i25 and 720p50 resolution : minimum of 720 lines, no minimum for vertical resolution 16/9 screen format physical connectors : YPrPb (analog component) AND DVI or HDMI content protection : HDCP on digital inputs HD Forum supports the “HD ready” label from EICTA HD Forum adopt “HD ready” and will communicate on this in France  Display peripheral equipments : HD recorder (hard disk, DVD’s), …. minimal spec needed for in/out connectors, formats in/out, …on process

 WG ad-hoc “Basic HD set-top-box specifications” HD Forum work on process has based its work on the IEC specification document First priority Receiver capabilities Video System characteristics Video Display formatting Multiplex and transport stream characteristics Second stepSubtitling Digital Interface Active Format Descriptor Service and program specific information Not concerned CA systems Return channel tuners interactive services

 WG Contribution links preservation of the final quality distribution best quality for the primary transport acceptable price  WG ad-hoc “Digital PAD” this new Working group will start its work next days

HD-Forum, objectives, structures Technical work focus French HDTV channels projects

 Satellite TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on 2005 : TPS star (movie & sport premium channel), TF1, M6, and others thematic channels

 Satellite TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on 2005 : TPS star (movie & sport premium channel), TF1, M6, and others thematic channels  ADSL TPS is working with France Telecom to migrate to ADSL 2+ : HD TPS L offer on ADSL as soon as possible

 Satellite TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on 2005 : TPS star (movie & sport premium channel), TF1, M6, and others thematic channels  ADSL TPS is working with France Telecom to migrate to ADSL 2+ : HD TPS L offer on ADSL as soon as possible  Digital Terrestrial Television French government has chosen MPEG2 for free TV and MPEG4 for PayTV to favour HDTV and TV on mobile introduction. TPS will start on DTT on May 2005 with MPEG4-SD and move to HD as soon as possible in 2005 (needing encoders/decoders and authorisation process)

 TPS is working to design its “multi-standard Set-top-box” MPEG2 and MPEG-4 H264 codec, 1080i25 and 720p50 down conversion HD to SD Audio Mpeg1-layer 2 and Dolby Digital audio Dolby Digital down-mixing to analog stereo DVB common scrambling algorithm DVB-S and DVB-S2 HD video output : YPrPb and HDMI with HDCP content protection SD video output : Peritel connector audio digital output : SPDIF ; audio analog output : RCA And more other advanced functionalities …

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