International Telecommunication Union Putting to the test ITU’s IPTV Standards ITU’s First Ever Interop Event on IPTV (20-23 July 2010) Paolo Rosa ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability (Nairobi, Kenya, July 2010)

International Telecommunication Union ITU Interop Events Council-09 mandated the following lines to implement WTSA Resolution 76 a pilot conformity assessment database interoperability events human resources capacity building assistance in the establishment of test facilities in developing countries a business plan for long term implementation

International Telecommunication Union  Three main IPTV services:  live television  time-shifted programming  video on demand  ITU-T IPTV is delivered  over managed IP Networks instead of traditional radio, satellite, cable or public Internet  via subscriber-based telco networks with high-speed access into set- top boxes ITU-T Suite of IPTV Standards (1/2)

International Telecommunication Union  ITU-T IPTV is a global set of standards Including;  H.770 (service discovery)  H.721 (IPTV terminal)  H.750 (metadata)  H.762 (LIME: interactive multimedia)  H.701 (error recovery)  H.740 (audience measurement)  H.761 (ginga-NCL) ITU-T Suite of IPTV Standards (2/2) Put to the test during the event

International Telecommunication Union  1 st part (20-21 July): Testing – closed event  Two types of testing carried out  Conformance testing: each company tests against a checklist  Interop testing: one-on-one testing  Testing was carried out with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack environment  2 nd part (22-23 July): Showcasing – open event  Prospective customers invited  ITU Secretary General gave welcome address  Film crew, ITU photographer and media team on site ITU Interop Event on IPTV comprised two parts

International Telecommunication Union ITU IPTV Check List to become part of ITU-T Recommendation  Test report will be fed into the standards development process H. 721 Conformity Check List H. 762 Conformity Check List H. 770 Conformity Check List H. 750 Conformity Check List

International Telecommunication Union  Eight organizations participated at July event:  NTT  NEC  Mitsubishi  Sumitomo  OKI  Cisco+TVstorm  PUC-Rio (Brazilian university)  Participants paid a 3,000 CHF fee Participating companies + fee structure

International Telecommunication Union  Event highlight on YouTube, ITU website (  ITU press release (  Photos on Flickr ( Event Promotion

International Telecommunication Union  4.5 (out of 5) for the overall satisfaction with the event 1) High Evaluation from Participants very poor poorneutral satisfactoryvery satisfactory  Most participants of Geneva interop event already confirmed to participate in the next event 1) 14 questionnaires returned

International Telecommunication Union  Broaden pool of test suites  Enhance test bed with more servers, more equipments  Increase participation of contents providers Lessons learnt from the event

International Telecommunication Union  Singapore (24-27 September)  Tunisia (November, to be discussed)  Pune, India (December)  Workshops planned  Visitors including regulators, broadcasters, telecom companies, system integrators, test laboratories, etc. Future ITU IPTV Interop Events

International Telecommunication Union  Topics may include:  Home networking  VDSL 2  GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks)  Showcasing in ITU TELECOM (October, 2011) Future ITU Interop Events

International Telecommunication Union Photos taken during the event Setting up

International Telecommunication Union Photos taken during the event Kick-off meeting

International Telecommunication Union Photos taken during the event Testing

International Telecommunication Union Photos taken during the event Showcasing with Secretary General’s attendance

International Telecommunication Union Photos taken during the event Showcasing

International Telecommunication Union Useful links  ITU Interop event (  ITU press release (  Event highlight on Youtube (  IPTV-Global Standards Initiative (IPTV-GSI) (  ITU-T Study Group 16 (SG16) – Multimedia coding, systems and applications (  SG16 Question 13 (Q13/16) - Multimedia application platforms and end systems for IPTV (  Resolution 76 of World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 08 (WTSA 08): Studies related to conformance and interoperability testing, assistance to developing countries, and a possible future ITU mark programme (